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Record Nr.

UNINA9910373878503321

Autore

Jordan Bill

Titolo

Automation and human solidarity / / by Bill Jordan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2020

ISBN

3-030-36959-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (153 pages)

Disciplina

303.4834

629.892

Soggetti

Social policy

Political theory

Political sociology

Robotics

Public policy

Democracy

Social Policy

Political Theory

Political Sociology

Public Policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Automation -- Chapter 3. Individualism and Solidarity -- Chapter 4. The Origins of Co-operation and Conflict -- Chapter 5. Nature and Science -- Chapter 6. Moral Regulation -- Chapter 7. Democracy, Communities and Interdependence -- Chapter 8. Globalisation -- Chapter 9. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a detailed analysis of the economic and political implications of the introduction of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics into the service sector of economies that have so far relied on service jobs to sustain levels of employment. It examines how reliance on coercive measures for enforcing low-paid service work attempts to postpone this third Industrial Revolution, and analyses the struggles that must still take place if we are to achieve a future of freedom and



social justice for all. While automation and globalisation have made human solidarities of traditional kinds more difficult to sustain, they have also made new kinds possible. Experiments in social policy, and especially the pilot projects with unconditional Universal Basic Incomes, offer a possible model for a new kind of society. The author argues that it is politics which will determine whether we can achieve these new human solidarities. Bill Jordan is Honorary Professor of Social Policy and Social Work at the University of Plymouth, UK. He has authored more than 25 books on politics, economic and social policy, social work and migration. He held visiting professorships in the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Slovakia, Hungary and the Czech Republic.