Technocratic Challenge to Democracy
Journal Data
| Type | SOURCE_BOOK |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Group |
| ISBN-13 | 9780429342165 |
| Open Library | OL20750007W |
| Total publications | 3 |
| Coverage period | 2020 - 2020 |
| Language | EN |
| Impact factor | 11.667 |
This book represents the first comprehensive study of how technocracy currently challenges representative democracy and asks how technocratic politics undermines democratic legitimacy. How strong is its challenge to democratic institutions? \nThe book offers a solid theory and conceptualization of technocratic politics and the technocratic challenge is analyzed empirically at all levels of the national and supra-national institutions and actors, such as cabinets, parties, the EU, independent bodies, central banks and direct democratic campaigns in a comparative and policy perspective. It takes an in-depth analysis addressing elitism, meritocracy, de-politicization, efficiency, neutrality, reliance on science and distrust toward party politics and ideologies, and their impact when pitched against democratic responsiveness, accountability, citizens' input and pluralist competition. In the current crisis of democracy, this book assesses the effects of the technocratic critique against representative institutions, which are perceived to be unable to deal with complex and global problems. It analyzes demands for competent and responsible policy making in combination with the simultaneous populist resistance to experts. \nThe book will be of key interest to scholars and students of comparative politics, political theory, policy analysis, multi-level governance as well as practitioners working in bureaucracies, media, think-tanks and policy making
Neoliberal technocracy
This chapter examines the tension between technocracy and democracy, making a crucial distinction between two conceptions of democracy: the individual or liberal, and the collective or aggregative. It focuses on the neoliberal variety of technocracy, which, arguably, is the most relevant and influential. Neoliberal technocracy shares many of the characteristics of traditional technocracy, but it also displays some specific traits that set it apar…
Technocratic cabinets
This chapter aims to show that technocracy is neither a complex nor a multidimensional concept. It discusses the possibility for future research based on the analyses and the conceptualizations/operationalizations of technocracy put forward. The concept of technocracy can be applied to different political regimes. In other words, technocracy as a type of cabinet can occur in a democratic as well as in a non-democratic setting. Technocracy as a mo…
The Technocratic Challenge to Democracy
This book represents the first comprehensive study of how technocracy currently challenges representative democracy and asks how technocratic politics undermines democratic legitimacy. How strong is its challenge to democratic institutions? \nThe book offers a solid theory and conceptualization of technocratic politics and the technocratic challenge is analyzed empirically at all levels of the national and supra-national institutions and actors, …
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Neoliberal technocracy
This chapter examines the tension between technocracy and democracy, making a crucial distinction between two conceptions of democracy: the individual or liberal, and the collective or aggregative. It focuses on the neoliberal variety of technocracy, which, arguably, is the most relevant and influential. Neoliberal technocracy shares many of the characteristics of traditional technocracy, but it also displays some specific traits that set it apar…
Technocratic cabinets
This chapter aims to show that technocracy is neither a complex nor a multidimensional concept. It discusses the possibility for future research based on the analyses and the conceptualizations/operationalizations of technocracy put forward. The concept of technocracy can be applied to different political regimes. In other words, technocracy as a type of cabinet can occur in a democratic as well as in a non-democratic setting. Technocracy as a mo…
The Technocratic Challenge to Democracy
This book represents the first comprehensive study of how technocracy currently challenges representative democracy and asks how technocratic politics undermines democratic legitimacy. How strong is its challenge to democratic institutions? \nThe book offers a solid theory and conceptualization of technocratic politics and the technocratic challenge is analyzed empirically at all levels of the national and supra-national institutions and actors, …