{"product_id":"the-treachery-of-the-elites-jan-hartman-9783631858455","title":"The Treachery of the Elites","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book gives explanations for the growing gap in wealth and income and the rise of anti-democratic movements. The power of the elites today is supposedly founded on merit (education, intelligence etc.), but a closer look shows that a well-marked-out pool is just self-re-producing. The power these in-groups wield often leads to moral insensibility, made worse by a condescending attitude towards people further down the food chain. The pre-dominance of the model of the nation-state, with its centralism and top-down structure, is one of the roots of this problem, as is the lack of comparisons and value judgements; examples from transport and urbanism show that they are possible. The deplorable situation is made worse by the \"anti-\"social-media scuppering open and productive discussions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jan Hartman,Georg Schmid\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3631858450\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783631858455\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/22\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.63d","brand":"Jan Hartman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48136985182463,"sku":"9783631858455","price":58.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_32a66b01-1436-450f-bc33-1d64834386b1.jpg?v=1770165775","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-treachery-of-the-elites-jan-hartman-9783631858455","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}