The revolt of the public and the crisis of authority in the new millennium

The revolt of the public and the crisis of authority in the new millennium /

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In the words of economist and scholar Arnold Kling, "Martin Gurri saw it coming." Technology has categorically reversed the information balance of power between the public and the elites who manage the great hierarchical institutions of the industrial age--government, political parties, th...

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Main Author: Gurri, Martin (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Francisco, CA : Stripe Press, [2018]
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Social media > Political aspects.
Online social networks > Political aspects.
Political participation > Technological innovations.
Social movements.
Protest movements.
Internet > Social aspects.
Politische Beteiligung
Politische Elite
Politischer Konflikt
Protestbewegung
Social Media
Zivilgesellschaft
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Prelude to a turbulent age
  • 2. Hoder and Wael Ghonim
  • 3. My thesis
  • 4. What the public is not
  • 5. Phase change 2011
  • 6. A crisis of authority
  • 7. The failure of government
  • 8. Nihilism and democracy
  • 9. Choices and systems
  • 10. Finale for skeptics
  • Reconsiderations : Trump, Brexit, and farewell to all that.

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