Digitalization in Practice : Intersections, Implications and Interventions

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perriam, Jessamy.

Contributor:

Kjær, Katrine Meldgaard.

Series:

De Gruyter Contemporary Social Sciences Series

De Gruyter Contemporary Social Sciences Series ; v.14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electronic government information.

Public administration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (198 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin/Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2024.

Summary:

This book explores the implications and interventions of digital transformations in public sector services across various countries, including Denmark, China, India, and the UK. It examines how digitalization has shifted state operations, governance practices, and citizen interactions with public services. The book delves into the complexities of digital inclusion, the politics of digital technologies, and the challenges citizens face in accessing essential services. By gathering accounts from those impacted by digital transformation, it provides a global outlook on how welfare activities are digitalized and the varying impacts on citizens' everyday lives. The text addresses the intersection of people, policies, and technologies, highlighting the power struggles and social implications of digital states. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Introduction: encountering the intersections, implications and interventions of digital transformation

Chapter 1 Between bureaucracy and agility: the quiet transformation of the Danish digital state

Chapter 2 One data state, two data logics: unfolding China's data governance

Chapter 3 Digital state APIs: sociotechnical approaches to a small yet important piece of digital infrastructure

Chapter 4 The digital state overflowing its boundaries: considering the case of digital inclusion in Denmark

Chapter 5 The politics of seamlessness: a rights claims perspective on digital identification technologies

Chapter 6 The citizen from hell: experiencing digitalization

Chapter 7 Matters of subjects: the digital citizen in technology comprehension

Chapter 8 Poor policy made durable: when digital transformation meets social harm

Chapter 9 Aggregating like a state: discriminatory data practices of legislated ghettoization in Denmark

Contributor biographies

Index.

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ISBN:

9783110787641

3110787644

OCLC:

1435920840