The Algorithmic Society

Technology, Power, and Knowledge
2. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-22194-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Crime, Security and Justice

We live in an algorithmic society. Artificial Intelligence and algorithms have become the main mediators through which power and knowledge are 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 AI and algorithms.

Governments are increasingly turning towards AI tools 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 AI, power and knowledge.

This new revised and updated edition includes topics such as:

- Algorithmic governmentality

- Transparency and accountability

- Fairness in criminal justice and predictive policing

- Principles of good digital administration

- Digital sovereignty and responsible AI

- AI and 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 AI and algorithms into the governance of society.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schuilenburg, Marc

Peeters, Rik

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Staatsbürgerkunde, Staatsbürgerschaft, Zivilgesellschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Ethische Themen & Debatten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Innen-, Bildungs- und Bevölkerungspolitik
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Verwaltungsrecht Verwaltungspraxis Polizei
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Kultur-, Wissenschafts- & Technologiepolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Algorithmic Society: An Introduction ALGORITHMIC GOVERNANCE 2. The Data-Level Bureaucracy: AI, Algorithms, Data Mobilities and Discretionary Space in Algorithmic Governance 3. Governing by Algorithms and Algorithmic Governmentality: Towards Machinic Judgement 4. Algorithmic Regulation: Machine Learning as a Governance Tool 5. Responsible and Accountable Algorithmization: How to Generate Citizen Trust in Governmental Usage of Algorithms 6. Towards Principles of Good Digital Administration: Fairness, Accountability and Proportionality in Automated Decision-Making ALGORITHMIC JUSTICE 7. The Seductiveness of Fairness: Is Machine Learning the Answer? – Algorithmic Fairness in Criminal Justice Systems 8. Rethinking Predictive Policing: Towards a Holistic Framework of Democratic Algorithmic Surveillance 9. Algorithmic Reasoning: The Production of Subjectivity Through Data 10. Just Innovation? The Birth of ELSA Labs in an AI Ecosystem ALGORITHMIC CITIES 11. Smart City Imaginaries: Looking Beyond the Techno-Utopian Vision 12. Sense in the (Smart) City: Where Personalisation is the Political 13. Inclusive Data Usage for Democratic Debate in Cities: The Role of Intermediaries 14. Five Smart City Futures: A Criminological Analysis of Urban Intelligence 15. Understanding the Algorithmic Society: Concluding Thoughts

Über Autor(innen)

Marc Schuilenburg is Professor Digital Surveillance at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He is the author, editor, or co-editor of 14 books, and focuses in his work on the way in which public safety and policing is changing due to the rise of AI and algorithms.

Rik Peeters is Research Professor of Public Administration at the Centre for Research and Teaching in Economics (CIDE), Mexico City. He analyses the interactions between state and citizens through studies of bureaucracy, digital government and administrative burdens.