Policy Press

The New Technocracy

By Anders Esmark

Published

Apr 8, 2020

Page count

300 pages

ISBN

978-1529200881

Dimensions

234 x 156 mm

Imprint

Bristol University Press

Published

Apr 8, 2020

Page count

300 pages

ISBN

978-1529200874

Dimensions

234 x 156 mm

Imprint

Bristol University Press

Published

Apr 8, 2020

Page count

300 pages

ISBN

978-1529200911

Dimensions

Imprint

Bristol University Press

Published

Apr 8, 2020

Page count

300 pages

ISBN

978-1529200911

Dimensions

Imprint

Bristol University Press
The New Technocracy

Setting a new benchmark for studies of technocracy, this book shows that a solution to the challenge of populism will depend as much on a technocratic retreat as democratic innovation. Esmark examines the development since the 1980s of a new 'post-industrial' technocratic regime and its complicity in the populist backlash against politics and political elites that is visible today.

The new technocracy – a combination of network governance, risk management and performance management – has, the author argues, abandoned the overtly anti-democratic sentiments of its industrial predecessor and proclaimed a new partnership with democracy. The rise of populism, however, is a clear sign that the inherent problems of this partnership have been exposed and that technocracy posing as democracy will only serve to exacerbate existing problems.

Anders Esmark is Associate Professor in Public Organization and Policy in the Department of Political Science at the University of Copenhagen.

Rediscovering Technocracy

Technocratic Revolutions: From Industrial to Post-industrial Technocracy

Who are the Technocrats? From the Technostructure to Technocratic Government

The Technocratic Regime: Technocracy, Bureaucracy and 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?

Conclusion: Technocracy at the End of the World