The algorithmic society : technology, power, and knowledge

Author(s)

• Schuilenburg, Marc
• Peeters, Rik

Bibliographic Information

The algorithmic society : technology, power, and knowledge

edited by Marc Schuilenburg and Rik Peeters

（Routledge studies in crime, security and justice）

Routledge, 2021

• : hbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

We live in an algorithmic society. Algorithms have become the main mediator through which power is enacted in our society. This book brings together three academic fields - Public Administration, Criminal Justice and Urban Governance - into a single conceptual framework, and offers a broad cultural-political analysis, addressing critical and ethical issues of algorithms. Governments are increasingly turning towards algorithms to predict criminality, deliver public services, allocate resources, and calculate recidivism rates. Mind-boggling amounts of data regarding our daily actions are analysed to make decisions that manage, control, and nudge our behaviour in everyday life. The contributions in this book offer a broad analysis of the mechanisms and social implications of algorithmic governance. Reporting from the cutting edge of scientific research, the result is illuminating and useful for understanding the relations between algorithms and power.Topics covered include: Algorithmic governmentality Transparency and accountability Fairness in criminal justice and predictive policing Principles of good digital administration Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the smart city This book is essential reading for students and scholars of Sociology, Criminology, Public Administration, Political Sciences, and Cultural Theory interested in the integration of algorithms into the governance of society.

Table of Contents

1 The algorithmic society: An introduction 1 RIK PEETERS AND MARC SCHUILENBURG PART I Algorithmic governance 17 2 Governing by algorithms and algorithmic governmentality: Towards machinic judgement 19 PAUL HENMAN 3 Algorithmic regulation: Machine learning as a governance tool 35 CARY COGLIANESE 4 Responsible and accountable algorithmization: How to generate citizen trust in governmental usage of algorithms 53 ALBERT MEIJER AND STEPHAN GRIMMELIKHUIJSEN 5 Towards principles of good digital administration: Fairness, accountability and proportionality in automated decision-making 67 ARJAN WIDLAK, MARLIES VAN ECK AND RIK PEETERS PART II Algorithmic justice 85 6 The seductiveness of fairness: Is machine learning the answer? - Algorithmic fairness in criminal justice systems 87 FERNANDO AVILA, KELLY HANNAH-MOFFAT AND PAULA MAURUTTO 7 Rethinking predictive policing: Towards a holistic framework of democratic algorithmic surveillance 104 ROSAMUNDE VAN BRAKEL 8 Algorithmic reasoning: The production of subjectivity through data 119 GWEN VAN EIJK PART III Algorithmic cities 135 9 Smart city imaginaries: Looking beyond the techno-utopian vision 137 MARC SCHUILENBURG AND BRUNILDA PALI 10 Sense in the (smart) city: Where personalisation is the political 154 MICHAEL McGUIRE 11 Five smart city futures: A criminological analysis of urban intelligence 172 KEITH HAYWARD 12 Understanding the algorithmic society: Concluding thoughts 193 MARC SCHUILENBURG AND RIK PEETERS

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Details

• NCID: BC02244161
• ISBN:
  • 9780367204310
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: ix, 203 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HM851
  • DC23 : 303.48/33
  • DC23 : 303.4833
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Information technology -- Moral and ethical aspects
  • LCSH : Transparency (Philosophy)
  • LCSH : Public administration -- Moral and ethical aspects
  • LCSH : Digital communications -- Social aspects
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB27771793