Technopopulism: The New Logic of Democratic Politics

by Carlo Invernizzi Accetti, Christopher J Bickerton, Christopher J. Bickerton

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 technopopulism--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 La R publiqe En Marche--combine technocratic and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198807767
• ISBN13: 9780198807766
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"