The Revolt of The Public

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How insurgencies - enabled by digital devices and a vast information sphere - have mobilised millions of ordinary people around the world.

In the words of economist and scholar Arnold Kling, Martin Gurri saw it coming. Technology has categorically reversed the information balance of power between the public and the elites who manage the great hierarchical institutions of the industrial age: government, political parties, the media. The Revolt of the Public tells the story of how insurgencies, enabled by digital devices and a vast information sphere, have mobilised millions of ordinary people around the world.

Originally published in 2014, The Revolt of the Public is now available in an updated edition, which includes an extensive analysis of Donald Trump's improbable rise to the presidency and the electoral triumphs of Brexit. The book concludes with a speculative look forward, pondering whether the current elite class can bring about a reformation of the democratic process and whether new organising principles, adapted to a digital world, can arise out of the present political turbulence.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Hardback
ISBN13: 9781732265141
Published: January 2019

Number of pages: 448
Width: 159 mm
Height: 235 mm
Depth: not specified

Publisher: Stripe Matter Inc