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This book explores the fundamental shift that has occurred in America and Britain as elites accumulate unprecedented capital and influence and a meritocracy has emerged to manage national affairs, a change that means opportunity, affluence, and power have gravitated away from most of the population.
List of contents
Chapter 1: Retro-Revolution, Chapter 2: Meritocracy Ascendant, Chapter 3L The Populist Revolt, Chapter 4: The Repression of the Mediocracy, Chapter 5: The Deep State, Chapter 6: Hoax, Chapter 7: Knowledge, Stratified, Chapter 8: The Future of Democracy
About the author
David Stoesz, Ph.D., has published widely in social policy, including
Quixote's Ghost: The Right, the Liberati, and the Future of Social Policy (2005),
The Dynamic Welfare State (2014),
The Investment State: Charting the Future of Social Policy (2017),
Building Better Social Programs: How Evidence Is Transforming Public Policy (2020), and
Welfare State 3.0: Social Policy After the Pandemic (2021). He was Fulbright Distinguished Chair in the UK in 2014 and Australia in 2017; in 2010 he was inducted into the National Academy of Social Insurance. He is the Founder and CEO of Up$tart: https://www.upstartbenefits.com.
Summary
This book explores the fundamental shift that has occurred in America and Britain as elites accumulate unprecedented capital and influence and a meritocracy has emerged to manage national affairs, a change that means opportunity, affluence, and power have gravitated away from most of the population.
