Moore, Alfred James orcid.org/0000-0002-7252-5039 (2021) Architects and Engineers: Two Types of Technocrat and Their Relation to Democracy. Critical Review. pp. 164-181. ISSN 0891-3811
Abstract
Technocracy is a contested concept, but it is typically associated with the exercise of political power justified by claims to expertise, and is often contrasted with populist forms of politics. In Power Without Knowledge, Jeffrey Friedman reframes the concept of technocracy as a form of politics oriented to solving social and economic problems, and thereby extends it to cover not only epistemic elites but ordinary people. This move usefully challenges the simplistic framing of populism and technocracy as opposites, but at the expense of effacing other dimensions of democratic politics. Friedman also suggests that maximizing individuals’ exit opportunities will allow them to take advantage of their relatively reliable personal knowledge. The architecture of “exitocracy” would itself, however, be designed by experts who, as such, might be tempted to insulate the institutional architecture they design against democratic interference.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 Critical Review Foundation. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Politics (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 07 Apr 2022 08:30 |
Last Modified: | 24 Oct 2024 00:14 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/08913811.2020.1857610 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | No |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/08913811.2020.1857610 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:185536 |
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