technocracy

balance of technocracy and democratic accountability, as well as a

Politicians fear the rise of an all-powerful virtual technocracy that threatens their governing interests.

Notwithstanding the progressive Constitution, which was the product of many years of ideological struggles, we seem to have resigned ourselves to the notion that mere technocracy can drive change.

Drawing on ideas from sociology, philosophy, politics, and ecology, he considers design as a force to counter technocracy and alienation.

'What they are doing is replacing elected members with bureaucracy and technocracy: all powers would go to the chief operating officer.

Technocracy differs from a traditional democracy in that individuals elected to a leadership role are chosen through a process that emphasizes their relevant skills and proven performance, as opposed to whether or not they fit the majority interests of a population.

The technocracy remains in charge of daily management.

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But he cautioned against their corrupting influence and warned that "The prospect of domination of the nation's scholars by Federal employment, project allocations, and the power of money is ever present--and is gravely to be regarded...in holding scientific discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itselfbecome the captive of a scientific-technological elite." Already in 1961, Eisenhower saw democracy losing ground to technocracy. What he did not know was that in the decades following the end of the Cold War, technocracy would become progressively more ideological and detached from strategic realities.

People will probably dismiss him as a marionette mouthing the stuff the technocracy produces.

Four years of Eurocrisis have left us with technocracy on the one hand and populism on the other.