Algorithmic Governance: Politics and Law in the Post-Human Era

By Ignas Kalpokas

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030319210
• ISBN13: 9783030319212
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"