The political economy of robots : prospects for prosperity and peace in the automated 21st century /: prospects for prosperity and peace in the automated 21st century. ([2018])
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- Book
- Title:
- The political economy of robots : prospects for prosperity and peace in the automated 21st century /: prospects for prosperity and peace in the automated 21st century. ([2018])
- Main Title:
- The political economy of robots : prospects for prosperity and peace in the automated 21st century
- Further Information:
- Note: Ryan Kiggins, editor.
- Editors:
- Kiggins, Ryan David, 1972-
- Contents:
- Editor and Contributors; Acronyms; 1 Robots and Political Economy; Utopia or Reality?; Human Prosperity and Peace; Information and the Robotic Revolution; References; 2 The Politics of Global Value Chains; Introduction; Origins and Scope of the GVC; IPR and Corporate Hegemony; Transnational Corporations and Contract Manufacturers; ECM, Labor, and the Race to the Bottom; Automation, Change, and Adjustment; Conclusion; References; 3 Drug Smuggling and Automated Borders: A Losing Battle of Escalation or State/Non-state Symbiosis. 4 Policy Implications of People Analytics and the Automated WorkplaceIntroduction; People Analytics; Artificial Intelligence and Software Algorithms; Robotics; Conclusion; References; 5 Automatic Medicine? Technology and the Future of Primary Health Care; Introduction; Philosophy of Medical Technology; Three Examples; Discussion; Conclusion; References; 6 Repressive Robots and the Radical Possibilities of Emancipated Automation; Weapons Grade Law Enforcement; Lethal Robots and the Repressive State Apparatus; The Shattered Laws of Robotics; Radically Humanized Technology? Thinking Fromm's Futures in Blomkamp's Elysium and ChappieConcluding Remarks; References; 7 The Political Economy of Bots: Theory and Method in the Study of Social Automation; Introduction; A Brief History of Bots; A Bot Timeline; Automated Actors and Political Communication; Units of Analysis: Old, New, and Aggregate; Understanding Networks; Understanding Software and Algorithms;Editor and Contributors; Acronyms; 1 Robots and Political Economy; Utopia or Reality?; Human Prosperity and Peace; Information and the Robotic Revolution; References; 2 The Politics of Global Value Chains; Introduction; Origins and Scope of the GVC; IPR and Corporate Hegemony; Transnational Corporations and Contract Manufacturers; ECM, Labor, and the Race to the Bottom; Automation, Change, and Adjustment; Conclusion; References; 3 Drug Smuggling and Automated Borders: A Losing Battle of Escalation or State/Non-state Symbiosis. 4 Policy Implications of People Analytics and the Automated WorkplaceIntroduction; People Analytics; Artificial Intelligence and Software Algorithms; Robotics; Conclusion; References; 5 Automatic Medicine? Technology and the Future of Primary Health Care; Introduction; Philosophy of Medical Technology; Three Examples; Discussion; Conclusion; References; 6 Repressive Robots and the Radical Possibilities of Emancipated Automation; Weapons Grade Law Enforcement; Lethal Robots and the Repressive State Apparatus; The Shattered Laws of Robotics; Radically Humanized Technology? Thinking Fromm's Futures in Blomkamp's Elysium and ChappieConcluding Remarks; References; 7 The Political Economy of Bots: Theory and Method in the Study of Social Automation; Introduction; A Brief History of Bots; A Bot Timeline; Automated Actors and Political Communication; Units of Analysis: Old, New, and Aggregate; Understanding Networks; Understanding Software and Algorithms; Understanding Modifications to Classical Units of Analysis; Automation, Qualitative Methods, and STS; Reconsidering Without Reinventing: Key Concepts in Ethnography of Information. The "Technically" Social: Challenges to Theory and MethodWhen Substrate Becomes Substance: Implications for Communication; Conclusion; References; 8 The Safe Hand: Liquidity, Money, and Financial Innovation; Safe Assets, Financial Innovation, and Financial Technology; The Financial Crisis and the Safe Assets Debate; The Nature of Liquidity and Money as a Means-in-Itself; Money and Financial Innovation: Some Historical Episodes; The Chartalist Turn: How American Farmers Became a Constituency of Credit; Financial Innovation in a Chartalist World; References. 9 Against Our Better Judgment: Practical Wisdom in an Age of Smart(er) MachinesThe Rise of the Machines; Becoming Dangerous Stupid; Wicked Problems and Practical Wisdom; Conclusion; References; 10 Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Autonomous Policy Decision-Making: A Crisis in International Relations Theory?; References; 11 Diplomacy's Lesson's Learned: First World War Submarine Warfare and the 21st Century Drone; Lesson One: Patience; Lesson Two: Clarity; Final Thoughts; 12 Conflict, Cohesion, and Comrades in Arms: Social Implications of Robotics in the Military. … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (xvii, 336 pages)
- Subjects:
- 338/.064
Political science
Automation -- Economic aspects
Military art and science -- Automation
International economic relations
Political economy
International economics
International organization
Globalization
Peace
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General
Automation -- Economic aspects
International economic relations
Military art and science -- Automation
Technology & Engineering -- Robotics
Business & Economics -- International -- Economics
Political Science -- International Relations -- General
Political Science -- Globalization
Political Science -- Peace
Robotics
International economics
International institutions
Globalization
Peace studies & conflict resolution
Political Science -- Economic Conditions
Political economy
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9783319514666
3319514660 - Related ISBNs:
- 9783319514659
3319514652 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references.
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