Rise of the digital technocracy : global power and local resistance in a post-democratic world / edited by Garry Robson and �ukasz Wordliczek (Institute of American Studies and Polish Diaspora, Jagiellonian University, Poland).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Robson, Garry, editor.

Wordliczek, �ukasz, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technocracy.

Information technology--Political aspects.

Information technology.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (292 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2026.

Summary:

"This illuminating book explores the increasing super-concentration of wealth among select individuals and their networks alongside the growing trend towards technocratic surveillance in contemporary democracies. It suggests that tech conglomerates are occupied not only with making money at unprecedented levels, but also with using it to shape political, social and cultural processes according to their preferred ideologies. Contributing authors address the timely themes of Net Zero, smart cities and the transformative influence of AI to build an analysis of the current path to digital technocracy. They adopt an interdisciplinary approach to investigate the emergence of a concentrated global economic elite and examine key questions pertaining to manifestations of technologically enhanced population management strategies. Incorporating national case studies across China, Iran, the USA and elsewhere, Rise of the Digital Technocracy evaluates how the digitally engendered fear and suspicion embedded in the deployment of evolving technological tools are used as means of undermining and assuming increasing control of political systems. Innovative in its inter-connected analysis of global elites and technocracies, this book is essential reading for scholars and students of sociology, social policy, political theory and human-oriented data science. Professionals in bureaucracies, think-tanks and policy making will also benefit from its theoretical and practical insights"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Introduction: Rise of the digital technocracy - global power and local resistance in a post-democratic world garry robson and �ukasz wordliczek

1. The rise of the digital technocracy: What's in a name? / �ukasz Wordliczek

Part I: The road to the digital technocracy

2. Aldous huxley's blueprint for a brave new aristocracy: A new historicist analysis of the world economic forum and the technocratic great reset of the fourth industrial revolution / John Klyczek

3. Fear of a "scientific-technological elite": From eisenhower's to biden's farewell addresses - a useful category or obfuscating rhetorical device? / Michael Schaefer

4. From technocracy to technocratic politics: A new conceptual model for analysing the relation between technoscience and politics / Francesco Antonelli

5. Digitization and AI in the transformation of power relations / Jobst Landgrebe

6. The net zero energy transition: Opening the door to digital technocracy? / Cristina E. Parau

Part II: National case studies

7. Ahmadinejad's populism: Revolt against the "depoliticization of technocracy" or the "return of politics" / Alireza Samiee Esfahani

8. Digital town squares: Place as an analytical category for studying contemporary protests / Alesia Rudnik

9. Cognitive warfare at the heart of China's strategy to undermine the west / Tanguy Struye de Swielande, Kimberly Orinx and Simon Peiffer

10. Affect and the smart city: Fear, suspicion and technology in the making of urban futures / Eveleen Kaur Sidana

11. Building the 'nerd reich'? The maga technocrats and the digital hive / Garry Robson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781035390434 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.