Why Some Nations Are Warming to Technocracy
Oct 20, 2017 15:06:28 #
Leonid Bershidsky ~ October 18, 2017
Young democracies are hungry for competent government, even if they didn't elect it.
It's an interesting paradox that ordinary people asked to choose the best form of government don't necessarily choose democracy -- the only form structured around how they feel about such questions. A 38-country survey published by Pew Research Center on Monday shows most people the world prefer a technocracy, with a minority favoring a type of military or civilian authoritarianism.
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-10-18/why-some-nations-are-warming-to-technocracy
Young democracies are hungry for competent government, even if they didn't elect it.
It's an interesting paradox that ordinary people asked to choose the best form of government don't necessarily choose democracy -- the only form structured around how they feel about such questions. A 38-country survey published by Pew Research Center on Monday shows most people the world prefer a technocracy, with a minority favoring a type of military or civilian authoritarianism.
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-10-18/why-some-nations-are-warming-to-technocracy
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