The New Experts: Populist Elites and Technocratic Promises in Modi's India

If right-populists have had enough of establishment experts, how do they replace them, with whom, and to what effect? Presenting the first in-depth analysis of India's new intellectual elite in the wake of a Hindu supremacist government, The New Experts investigates the power of appointed experts in normalising ideologies of governance, beyond party rhetoric. The New Experts presents an accessible narrative of how and why particular ideas gain prominence in elite policy and political discourse. Drawing on in-depth interviews and ethnographic research with national and international policy makers, politicians, bureaucrats, consultants, and journalists, this book analyses how political leaders in India strategically use modes of populist spectacle and established technocratic institutions to produce shared visions of glorified technological and hyper-nationalist futures. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available open access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.

如果右翼民粹主義者已經對建制派專家感到厭倦，他們將如何取而代之，與誰合作，並產生什麼樣的影響？《新專家》是對印度新智識精英的首次深入分析，該精英群體出現在印度教至上主義政府上台之後。本書探討了被任命的專家在規範治理意識形態方面的權力，超越政黨言論。《新專家》以易於理解的敘述方式呈現了特定觀點在精英政策和政治論述中獲得重要地位的原因和過程。通過與國內外政策制定者、政治家、官僚、顧問和記者的深入訪談和民族志研究，本書分析了印度政治領導人如何策略性地利用民粹主義表演和既有的技術官僚機構來塑造技術崇拜和超民族主義未來的共同願景。本書是「翻開它」計劃的一部分，也可能提供開放存取。詳情請查看我們的網站Cambridge Core。