{"product_id":"the-populist-delusion-neema-parvini-paperback","title":"The Populist Delusion -- Neema Parvini, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\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 \u003cem\u003epopulist delusion\u003c\/em\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\u003cem\u003eThe Populist Delusion\u003c\/em\u003e is the remedy for a self-defeating folk politics that has done the people a great disservice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Neema Parvini\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Imperium Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4\/20\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8\" H x 5\" L x 0.37\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781922602442\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Flowerburst LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49534447681840,"sku":"9781922602442","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2712\/8368\/files\/9781922602442_90d6160a-3f96-4036-9224-7be78289e240.jpg?v=1774867134","url":"https:\/\/flowerburst.co\/products\/the-populist-delusion-neema-parvini-paperback","provider":"Flowerburst","version":"1.0","type":"link"}