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Record Nr.

UNINA9910349318103321

Autore

Kalpokas Ignas

Titolo

Algorithmic governance : politics and law in the post-human era / / by Ignas Kalpokas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-31922-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (IX, 120 p. 1 illus.)

Collana

Palgrave pivot

Disciplina

519

303.483

Soggetti

Game theory

Technology—Sociological aspects

Political science

Behavioral economics

Application software

Political communication

Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences

Science and Technology Studies

Governance and Government

Behavioral/Experimental Economics

Computer Appl. in Administrative Data Processing

Political Communication

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction: I'll Be Watching You -- 2. The Premise of New Governance -- 3. The Code that Is Law -- 4. Personalisation, Emotion, and Nudging -- 5. Agency and The Posthuman Shape of Law -- 6. Dis-Imagining Rights, Legitimacy, and the Foundations of Politics -- 7. Conclusion/Manifesto: Just Another Brick in The Wall? (Hint: No).

Sommario/riassunto

This book analyses the changes to the regulation of everyday life that have taken place as a result of datafication, the ever-growing analytical, predictive, and structuring role of algorithms, and the prominence of the platform economy. This new form of regulation –



algorithmic governance – ranges from nudging individuals towards predefined outcomes to outright structuration of behaviour through digital architecture. The author reveals the strength and pervasiveness of algorithmic politics through a comparison with the main traditional form of regulation: law. These changes are subsequently demonstrated to reflect a broader shift away from anthropocentric accounts of the world. In doing so, the book adopts a posthumanist framework which focuses on deep embeddedness and interactions between humans, the natural environment, technology, and code. Ignas Kalpokas is Senior Lecturer of Public Communication at Vytautas Magnus University and Assistant Professor of International Relations and Development at LCC International University, Lithuania. He is the author of Creativity and Limitation in Political Communities (2017) and A Political Theory of Post-Truth (2019).