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Technocratic Centrism

1990– · EU institutions, IFIs · Technocratic · Doctrine / school · coding confidence medium

+05ECmarket
−02CUpluralist
+01AUmonist
+08SCcentral
−04IDuniversal
−08CHlawful

Each axis runs from −10 to +10, with zero a genuine mixed or balanced position rather than an absence of opinion. A score describes a stated position and a governing record; it is not a judgement of merit. What each score means →

Core principles

Rule-bound, expert-designed policy insulated from short-term electoral pressure.

Economic model

Fiscal rules, independent central banks, competition enforcement, structural reform conditionality.

Organisation of powers

Delegation to non-majoritarian institutions: courts, agencies, central banks, treaty bodies.

Reading note

Its high authority score is not authoritarianism but deliberate insulation. The two are different phenomena that get the same insult.

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The evidence for every score

All six cells are sourced. A rationale explains what the score is measuring and each artefact is something a third party can check without taking anyone's word for it.

EC · Economic organisation · scored +05

Coded +5: market allocation with rule-bound correction rather than direction.

  • Documented act or statuteCompetition enforcement and state aid control are the characteristic instruments.

CU · Social and cultural order · scored −02

Coded −2: procedurally liberal without a substantive cultural programme.

  • ScholarshipRights adjudication is delegated to courts rather than legislated as a programme.

AU · Organisation of power · scored +01

Coded positive on delegation rather than on authoritarianism. The distinction is the reason for the separate entry from neoliberalism.

  • Documented act or statuteMonetary policy in most advanced economies is set by bodies insulated from electoral removal by statute or treaty.
  • Documented act or statuteFiscal rules and treaty limits constrain the range within which elected majorities may legislate.

SC · Scale of decision · scored +08

Coded +8: authority pooled above the nation state by treaty.

  • Documented act or statuteMonetary policy for twenty countries is set by a single body insulated from any national electorate.

ID · Rule of membership · scored −04

Coded −4: free movement as a constitutive commitment.

  • Documented act or statuteFree movement of persons is one of the four freedoms of the single market.

CH · Method and tempo · scored −08

Coded −8: change through treaty amendment and rule revision.

  • Documented act or statuteTreaty change requires unanimity and ratification in every member state.

Scores that have been revised

AU +03 → +01Delegation to non-majoritarian institutions constrains majorities; it does not concentrate power in a centre that cannot be checked. The authority axis measures checkability, and treaty-bound bodies are checkable by courts and by exit. Reduced to separate insulation from concentration more sharply.

Nearest organisations by measured distance

Straight-line separation across all six axes, out of a maximum of 49.0. Proximity means similarity of stated position, not endorsement and not resemblance in outcome.

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Scores are revised on evidence, so a citation should carry the version it refers to. Version 4.3.1 is current; the revision log records every change.

McGrath, K. (2026). Technocratic Centrism. The Political Atlas, version 4.2. https://thepoliticalatlas.com/organisations/technocracy/ (accessed 2026-08-01).

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