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Book SynopsisThe rise of populist parties and movements across the Western hemisphere and their contempt for ‘experts’ has shocked the establishment. This book examines how the ‘post-industrial’ technocratic regime of the 1980’s – of managerialism, depoliticisation and the politics of expertise – sowed the seeds for the backlash against the political elites that is visible today
Table of ContentsRediscovering Technocracy Technocratic Revolutions. From Industrial to Post-industrial Technocracy Who are the Technocrats? From the Technostructure to Technocratic Government The Technocratic Regime. Technocracy vs. Bureaucracy vs. Democracy Technocratic Organization. The Power of Networks Technocratic Regulation. Coping with Risk and Uncertainty Technocratic Calculation. Economy, Evidence and Experiments New Populism vs. New Technocracy Reining Technocracy Back In?