Meritocracy, Populism, and the Future of Democracy

ISBN-13: 9781032146263 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 164 str.

David Stoesz

Opis

This book explores the fundamental shift that has occurred in America and Britain as elites accumulate unprecedented capital and influence and a meritocracy has emerged to manage national affairs, a change that means opportunity, affluence, and power have gravitated away from most of the population.

Spis treści

Chapter 1: Retro-Revolution, Chapter 2: Meritocracy Ascendant, Chapter 3L The Populist Revolt, Chapter 4: The Repression of the Mediocracy, Chapter 5: The Deep State, Chapter 6: Hoax, Chapter 7: Knowledge, Stratified, Chapter 8: The Future of Democracy

O autorze

David Stoesz, Ph.D., has published widely in social policy, including Quixote’s Ghost: The Right, the Liberati, and the Future of Social Policy (2005), The Dynamic Welfare State (2014), The Investment State: Charting the Future of Social Policy (2017), Building Better Social Programs: How Evidence Is Transforming Public Policy (2020), and Welfare State 3.0: Social Policy After the Pandemic (2021). He was Fulbright Distinguished Chair in the UK in 2014 and Australia in 2017; in 2010 he was inducted into the National Academy of Social Insurance. He is the Founder and CEO of Up$tart: https://www.upstartbenefits.com.