Technopopulism: The New Logic of Democratic Politics,Christopher J. Bickerton, Carlo Invernizzi Accetti

-What about this book

Technocratic appeals to expertise and populist invocations of ‘the people’ have become mainstays of political competition in established democracies. This development is best understood as the emergence of technopopulism a new political logic that is being superimposed on the traditional struggle between left and right. Political movements and actors such as Italy’s Five Star Movement and France’s La Republiqe En Marche combine technocratic and populist appeals in a variety of ways, as do more established parties that are adapting to the particular set of incentives and constraints implicit in this new, unmediated form of politics. In the first book-length treatment of the phenomenon of technopopulism, we combine theoretical and historical approaches, offering a systematic definition of the concept of technopopulism, while also exploring a number of salient contemporary examples. This book provides a detailed account of the emergence of this new political logic, as well as a discussion of its troubling consequences for existing democratic regimes. It ends by considering some possible remedies that go beyond the simplistic idea that in the right ‘dose’ populism and technocracy can counter-balance one another.

-Contents
Introduction 1
1. The Concept of Technopopulism 17
2. Varieties of Technopopulism 39
3. The Origins of Technopopulism 88
4. The Consequences of Technopopulism 144
5. Normative Reflections on Technopopulism 169
Conclusion: Beyond Technopopulism? 198
Bibliography 219
Index 243

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Date de parution:25 février 2021

Éditeur : OUP Oxford

Langue : Anglais

NB.de pages : 256 pages

ISBN-10 : 0198807767

ISBN-13 : 978-0198807766

Poids de l’article : 530 g

Dimensions : 23.62 x 2.29 x 16 cm