{"product_id":"technopopulism-the-new-logic-of-democratic-politics-9780198807766","title":"Technopopulism: The New Logic of Democratic Politics","description":"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 \u003cem\u003etechnopopulism\u003c\/em\u003e--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 \u003cem\u003eLa R?publiqe En Marche\u003c\/em\u003e--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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChristopher J. Bickerton, \u003cem\u003eReader in Modern European Politics, University of Cambridge, and Fellow of Queens' College, Cambridge, \u003c\/em\u003e, Carlo Invernizzi Accetti, \u003cem\u003eAssociate Professor in Political Theory, City College of New York (CUNY)\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Dr Christopher J. Bickerton\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Reader in Modern European Politics at the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge. He is also Fellow of Queens' College, Cambridge and Visiting Professor at the College of Europe in Bruges. His books include \u003cem\u003e European Union Foreign Policy\u003c\/em\u003e (2011), \u003cem\u003e European Integration: From Nation-States to Member States\u003c\/em\u003e (2012), and the best-selling \u003cem\u003e The European Union: A Citizen's Guide\u003c\/em\u003e (2016), which was nominated for the Baillie-Gifford non-fiction book prize. He has written regularly for the \u003cem\u003e New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e The Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003e Monde Diplomatique\u003c\/em\u003e. He is a regular panelist on the podcast \u003cem\u003e Talking Politics\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Dr Carlo Invernizzi Accetti\u003c\/strong\u003e is an Associate Professor in Political Theory at the City College of New York (CUNY). He is also Associate Researcher at the Centre for European Studies of the Institut d'?tudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) and Visiting Associate Professor of European Politics at Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA). His books include \u003cem\u003e Relativism and Religion: Why Democratic Societies Do Not Need Moral Absolutes\u003c\/em\u003e (Columbia UP, 2015) and \u003cem\u003e What is Christian Democracy? Politics, Religion, and Ideology\u003c\/em\u003e (Cambridge UP, 2019). He has published widely in academic journals, including in the \u003cem\u003e American Political Science Review\u003c\/em\u003e. He is a regular contributor on European and US political affairs for \u003cem\u003e The Financial Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e The Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e Foreign Affairs\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e La Repubblica\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003e Monde Diplomatique\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50912862798098,"sku":"9780198807766","price":135.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fccde40f-2f87-49cf-b4c2-906aa99346ed.jpg?v=1738778544","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/technopopulism-the-new-logic-of-democratic-politics-9780198807766","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}