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Algorithmic Governance

Politics and Law in the Post-Human Era

Ignas Kalpokas author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Published:25th Oct '19

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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.

ISBN: 9783030319212

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

120 pages

1st ed. 2019