{"product_id":"the-new-technocracy-9781529200881","title":"The New Technocracy","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEsmark, Anders:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Anders Esmark is Associate Professor in Public Organization and Policy in the Department of Political Science at the University of Copenhagen.","brand":"Bristol University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50854243172626,"sku":"9781529200881","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bae29b88-b158-4e63-9087-a01d6fb7a22e.jpg?v=1737463351","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-new-technocracy-9781529200881","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}