Anti-Politics, Depoliticization, and Governance

Fawcett, Paul; Flinders, Matthew; Hay, Colin; Wood, Matthew

doi:10.1093/oso/9780198748977.003.0001

Cited by 55 publications

(76 citation statements)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…Our analysis also suggests that technopopulism can be considered to be one the basic elements of the new trends of depoliticisation (Hay, 2007(Hay, , 2014Fawcett et al, 2017). At the same time, hyper-representation, favouring an anti-pluralist wave, constitutes another important tool for depoliticisation processes.…”

Section: Technopopulismmentioning

confidence: 70%

Populism between direct democracy and the technological myth

Blasio

Sorice

2018

Palgrave Commun

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In recent years, the scientific debate on populism has experienced a new momentum: on the one hand, the emergence of new populisms even in Western democracies and on the other hand, disagreement among scholars on the definition of populism. In this context, new trends have emerged-such as those concerning the link between populism and technology-along with the need to revise the traditional study paradigms, which are often difficult to operationalise. The transformation of the political sphere appears to be strongly interconnected with the digital media landscape. If the new forms of communication are the cause or the effect of processes, such as the personalisation of leadership, the verticalisation of political organisations, the presidentialisation of political parties, or the social delegitimisation of the old "intermediate bodies", these forms should be the subject of ongoing research. At the same time, a very simplistic storyline tries to overlap the rise of neo-populist parties with their use of communication technologies. A quality that is common to the many different populisms is an appeal to the use of direct democracy as a tool to empower citizens. Populism itself is sometimes portrayed as almost synonymous with direct democracy. At the same time, direct democracy is used by populists as a critique of the lack of participation in representative democracy and the need to make it more participatory. In this perspective, technology becomes a tool (and a storyline) to facilitate the use of direct democracy and the rise of a new form of "hyper-representation". At the same time, concepts such as efficiency, privatisation, short-termism, newism, and meritocracy are keywords successfully used by populist leaders, technocracy élites and neo-liberal political leaders. In other words, we can highlight a strange meeting between technological storytelling about direct democracy and technocracy myths. Even among the new populist parties, the technopopulists appear to represent an important category, whose peculiarities can easily be put into evidence using some empirical tools (such as content analysis). The aim of this article is to investigate the relationships between technocracy, direct democracy's storytelling and hyper-representation as a distinctive characteristic of neo-populisms.

show abstract

Section: Technopopulismmentioning

confidence: 70%

Populism between direct democracy and the technological myth

Blasio

Sorice

2018

Palgrave Commun

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Especially important is the guarantee of adequate commitment among the institutions of representative democracy (Torfing et al, 2012;Sørensen and Torfing, 2017;Fawcett et al, 2017). Such guarantees may be secured through the participation of political or administrative leaders, and by ensuring that essential strategic decision-making is conducted directly by the city or municipal council, or more indirectly as a result of the network.…”

Section: An Analytical Tool For Studying Multilevel Networkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Multilevel networks for climate change adaptation – what works?

Hauge

Hanssen²,

Flyen

2019

IJCCSM

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation.*Related content and download information correct at time of download. Design/methodology/approach -The findings are based on 12 qualitative interviews taken from two case studies, and the results are explained in relation to the multilevel network framework and environmental psychology.Findings -Multilevel networks can promote learning and identification of specific actions in connection with climate change adaptation. The aim should be to establish interdisciplinarity, with participants from at least two authority levels. Representatives should be in positions that enable them to introduce acquired knowledge to the organization and influence its application. A network requires organizational commitment, during the initial phase and throughout the follow-up process. Municipal leaders (mayors) must be aware of the network, act as signatories to relevant documents, and be familiar with participating representatives. Commitment to knowledge application within the organization also requires that participants understand where and how to work strategically to convert new ideas into action.Practical implications -This paper presents practical and research-based guidelines for the management of climate change adaptation networks at municipal, county and national authority levels.Originality/value -This paper combines political science and environmental psychology perspectives as a means of analysing network achievements. A psychological approach may help to promote a greater understanding of why and how network knowledge is transferred.

show abstract

“…• Proposition 2 (supply-side): if politicians were less enamoured by depoliticized forms of authority and not compromised by special interests then citizens would be less disaffected with their performance (e.g. Hay 2007;Flinders and Buller 2006;Marsh et al 2016, 388;Wood and Flinders 2014;Fawcett et al 2017). As 'insiders', we might expect civil servants to be critical of special interests exerting 'undue influence' over the policy process and be more favourably disposed towards depoliticized forms of authority that make long-term evidence-based decisions.…”

Section: Supplymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Another 'supply-side' explanation is derived from the depoliticization literature (e.g. Hay 2007;Flinders and Buller 2006;Wood and Flinders 2014;Fawcett et al 2017). In this view, politicians having abrogated their power to experts and arms-length bodies.…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Politicians, professionalization and anti-politics: why we want leaders who act like professionals but are paid like amateurs

Fawcett

Corbett

2018

Policy Sci

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Why are politicians so unpopular? One common explanation blames a professionalized political class that is increasingly detached from "ordinary citizens". But, there is very little empirical investigation of what it is about the professionalization of politics that engenders distrust. This article uses 12 focus groups and 15 interviews with civil servants from the Australian Public Service-'insiders' with first-hand knowledge and experience of the political system-to reflect on political professionalization and its findings highlight contradictory expectations: we want politicians who act like professionals, but who are paid like amateurs.

show abstract

Anti-Politics, Depoliticization, and Governance

Cited by 55 publications

References 0 publications

Populism between direct democracy and the technological myth

Populism between direct democracy and the technological myth

Multilevel networks for climate change adaptation – what works?

Politicians, professionalization and anti-politics: why we want leaders who act like professionals but are paid like amateurs

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About