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The data welfare state / Anne Kaun, Anu Masso.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Kaun, Anne, author.
Masso, Anu, 1977- author.
Contributor:
EBSCOhost
Series:
Data justice series
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Public welfare administration--Data processing.
Public welfare administration.
Welfare state.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (136 pages).
Place of Publication:
London ; Thousand Oaks, California : Sage, [2025]
Contents:
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Preface
About the Authors
Introduction
Data-Based Automation and Welfare
What Is Automation and Datafication?
What Is Welfare?
The Datafied Welfare State and Automated Decision-Making
References
1. Evolving Data Welfare State
Public Service Automation and Datafication in Driving Social Change
The Evolution of the Data Welfare State: A Historical Perspective
Unravelling the Forces Behind the Data Welfare State
Variations of Welfare Automation and the Data Welfare State
Conclusions
References
2. The Mundanisation of Algorithmic Public Services
Mundanisation
From Rebel to Model: Automating Benefit Applications
Automating the Swedish Public Employment Services
Frictions
Failure
Care
From the Magical Creature 'Kratt' to a Personalised State: The Case of Estonia
Failures
Conclusion
3. Experiences of Data Welfare
Why Should Citizens Care About the Data Welfare State?
How Do Citizens Care?
Awareness and Suitability
Trust in Automated Decision-Making
Risk Perception
It Is All About Values
Typology Based on Citizens' Attitudes towards Automation
Type 1: Risk-Inexperienced Sceptics
Type 2: Advocates of Efficiency
Type 3: Social Sceptics
Type 4: Welfare Watchdogs/Vigilant Welfare Defenders
Type 5: Informed Avant-gardists
4. (Re-)Configuring Data Welfare
Mapping and Counter-Mapping as Methods to Critically Engage With the Data Welfare State
Investigating and Questioning the Data Welfare State Through Litigation
Exploring Data Welfare State Through Future Scenarios
Controversial Interactions With Public Agencies: Experiences of Long-Term Unemployed
From Security Promises to Perceived Uncertainties: Example of Predictive Policing
Conclusion: Crisis in the Welfare Question: Rethinking the Welfare State in the Age of Automation
Three Propositions for the Data Welfare State
Index
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 19, 2025).
Other Format:
Print version :
Print version: KAUN, ANNE. MASSO, ANU. DATA WELFARE STATE.
ebook version :
ISBN:
9781036205393
1036205398
9781036202309
1036202305
9781036203337
1036203336
Publisher Number:
90103003861
CIPO000194241
CIPO000194641
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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