{"product_id":"the-populist-delusion-paperback","title":"The Populist Delusion - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNeema Parvini\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 2016 presidential campaign of Donald Trump unleashed a wave of populism not seen in America since the Nixon era, which carried him into the presidency. Seen widely as a vindication of the people over elites, his failure to bring about any meaningful change was then seen as an aberration, a departure from a natural state where the people are sovereign and their representatives govern by their consent. This is the \u003cem\u003epopulist delusion\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explodes that delusion. Beginning with the Italian elite school, Parvini shows the top-down and elite driven nature of politics by explicating one thinker per chapter: Mosca, Pareto, Michels, Schmitt, Jouvenel, Burnham, Francis, and Gottfried. The sobering picture that emerges is that the interests of the people have only ever been advanced by a tightly organized minority. Just as fire drives out fire, so an elite is only ever driven out by another elite.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Populist Delusion\u003c\/em\u003e is the remedy for a self-defeating folk politics that has done the people a great disservice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 174\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.37 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 25, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47408981606578,"sku":"9781922602442","price":29.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/2e362bf8026e122cd0b157a4df0781d7.webp?v=1778255605","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-populist-delusion-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}