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The Technocratic Challenge to Democracy.

Bertsou, Eri.

The Technocratic Challenge to Democracy. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (341 pages) - Routledge Research on Social and Political Elites Series . - Routledge Research on Social and Political Elites Series .

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Preface and acknowledgements -- List of contributors -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: The technocratic challenge to democracy -- PART I: Concepts and theory -- 1: Technocracy and political theory -- 2: Neoliberal technocracy: The challenge to democratic self-government -- 3: Technocracy and depoliticization -- 4: Technocratic responsiveness -- 5: Measuring technocracy -- PART II: Institutions, actors and policies -- 6: Technocratic cabinets -- 7: Technocrats in cabinets and their policy effects -- 8: Technocratic cabinets in European negotiations -- 9: Technocracy in discourse: The case of direct democracy -- 10: Technocracy and the policy process -- PART III: Comparative perspectives -- 11: The EU between technocratic and democratic legitimacy -- 12: Technocracy in Latin America: Between stability and democratic deficit -- 13: Technocracy in Central/Eastern Europe and its impact on democratization -- Conclusion-Technocracy and democracy: Friends or foes? -- Appendix -- References -- Index.

This book represents the first comprehensive study of how technocracy currently challenges representative democracy and asks how technocratic politics undermines democratic legitimacy and how strong is its challenge to democratic institutions.

9781000043563


Technocracy.


Electronic books.

HB87 / .T436 2020

321.8

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