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Meaning of technocracy in English

Examples of technocracy

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On the factory floor technocracy regularly eclipsed ideology.
They embodied insulated elitist technocracy rather than participatory politics.
Moreover, these discussions took place in a period when the tensions between democracy and technocracy were at the center of political discourse.
He called for technocracy through state power as the most efficient way to overcome the "chaos of civil society" that hampered modernization.
Technocracy, elite rule and corporatism have also been important influences.
No major pockets of technocracy seem to have developed in the civil service.
Tremonti has welcomed this as moving 'from technocracy to democracy' (ibid.).
Tude's government was a mixture of modern technocracy and patronage.
More seriously, if you scratched below the surface, as the technocracy gave way to civil servants less versed in the neo-liberal discourse, ownership of policies also weakened.
This will not be achieved by the proposal as it stands, which does nothing more than revive the nightmares of technocracy.
A new system has come into operation—technocracy as it is called.
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In my view, we have built in too much technocracy and not enough politics this time round.
To do this one needs great political sensitivity to manage the technostructure and oppose technocracy.
In my opinion, it has absolutely nothing to do with democracy being replaced with technocracy.
This would result in an increase in operational costs and create the impression of a monumental technocracy that would be rejected by the populations concerned.
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