The new authoritarianism
Subtitle: Trump, populism, and the tyranny of experts
By: Salvatore Babones
Publisher: Polity
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 115
ISBN-13: 9781509533084; 9781509533091; 9781509533114
Subjects: Liberalism; Democracy; Populism
Description: "In this provocative and highly original book, Salvatore Babones argues that democracy has been undermined by a quiet but devastating power grab conducted by a class of liberal experts. Populism thus represents an imperfect but reinvigorating political flood that has the potential to rejuvenate democracy across the west"--
Table of contents: title: Freedoms, rights, and the liberal ideal; title: The rise of the new authoritarianism; title: Liberal authoritarianism in a global world; title: The passion of Donald J. Trump; title: The populist purgative.