The New Technocracy

The 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. Populism, Esmark Augues, Is A Sign That The Technocratic Bluff Has Finally Been Called And That Technocracy Posing As Democracy Will Only Serve To Exasperate Existing Problems. This Book Sets A New Benchmark For Studies Of Technocracy, Showing That A Solution To The Challenge Of Populism Will Depend As Much On A Technocratic Retreat As Democratic Innovation.