The Technocratic Challenge to Democracy (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Bertsou, Eri; Caramani, Daniele

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 340
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. März 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000043563
• Artikelnr.: 58782622

Autorenporträt

Eri Bertsou is Postdoctoral Researcher in Comparative Politics at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. Daniele Caramani is Professor of Comparative Politics at the University of Zurich, Switzerland.

Inhaltsangabe

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?