{"product_id":"the-populist-delusion","title":"The Populist Delusion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNeema Parvini\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback, 174 pages\u003cbr\u003e9781922602442\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\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 populist delusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Populist Delusion is the remedy for a self-defeating folk politics that has done the people a great disservice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Imperium Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40540027748387,"sku":"9781922602442","price":39.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2514\/8624\/files\/DSC_8286.jpg?v=1723017351","url":"https:\/\/wardahbooks.mom\/products\/the-populist-delusion","provider":"Wardah Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}