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Cover Artificial Intelligence and Democracy
Artificial Intelligence and Democracy
Risks and Promises of AI-Mediated Citizen–Government Relations
Jérôme Duberry

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. This insightful book explores the citizen-government relation, as mediated through artificial intelligence (AI). Through a critical lens, Jérôme Duberry examines the role of AI in the relation and its implications for the quality of liberal democracy and the strength of civic capacity.

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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
21 Jun 2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788977319
Collections:
Political Science and Public Policy 2022
Cover Social Contracts and Informal Workers in the Global South
Social Contracts and Informal Workers in the Global South
Editors:
Laura Alfers
,
Martha Chen
, and
Sophie Plagerson

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline. Illustrating how current social contracts may be considered inadequate, irrelevant or unjust, Social Contracts and Informal Workers in the Global South draws on the accounts of informal workers to advocate for radically new conceptualizations of state-society, capital-labour and state-capital-labour relations characterised by recognition, responsiveness and reciprocity.

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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
10 Jun 2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839108068
Collections:
Sociology, Social Policy and Education 2022
Cover Justice and Vulnerability in Europe
Justice and Vulnerability in Europe
An Interdisciplinary Approach
Editors:
Trudie Knijn
and
Dorota Lepianka
Justice and Vulnerability in Europe contributes to the understanding of justice in Europe from both a theoretical and empirical perspective. It shows that Europe is falling short of its ideals and justice-related ambitions by repeatedly failing its most vulnerable populations.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
20 Nov 2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839108488
Collections:
Social and Political Science 2020
Cover Human Rights and Tobacco Control
Human Rights and Tobacco Control
Editors:
Marie E. Gispen
and
Brigit Toebes
Large-scale adverse health and developmental outcomes related to tobacco affect millions of people across the world, raising serious questions from a human rights perspective. In response to this crisis, this timely book provides a comprehensive analysis of the promotion and enforcement of human rights protection in tobacco control law and policy at international, regional, and domestic levels. This book was realised with funding from the Dutch Cancer Society (KWF).
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
14 Aug 2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788974820
Collections:
Law 2020
Cover Conflict and Transnational Crime
Conflict and Transnational Crime
Borders, Bullets & Business in Southeast Asia
Florian Weigand
Exploring the links between armed conflict and transnational crime, Florian Weigand builds on in-depth empirical research into some of Southeast Asia’s murkiest borders. The disparate voices of drug traffickers, rebel fighters, government officials and victims of armed conflict are heard in Conflict and Transnational Crime, exploring perspectives that have been previously disregarded in understanding the field.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
26 Jun 2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789905205
Collections:
Social and Political Science 2020
Cover Citizens’ Solidarity in Europe
Citizens’ Solidarity in Europe
Civic Engagement and Public Discourse in Times of Crises
Editor:
Christian Lahusen
Citizens’ Solidarity in Europe systematically dissects the manifestations of solidarity buried beneath the official policies and measures of public authority in Europe. In this exciting and innovative book, contributors offer comprehensive and original data and highlight the detrimental factors that tend to inhibit or annihilate solidarity, and those that are beneficial for the nurturing of solidarity.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
02 Mar 2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789909500
Collections:
Social and Political Science 2020
Cover Telework in the 21st Century
Telework in the 21st Century
An Evolutionary Perspective
Editor:
Jon C. Messenger
Technological developments have enabled a dramatic expansion and also an evolution of telework, broadly defined as using ICTs to perform work from outside of an employer’s premises. This volume offers a new conceptual framework explaining the evolution of telework over four decades. It reviews national experiences from Argentina, Brazil, India, Japan, the United States, and ten EU countries regarding the development of telework, its various forms and effects. It also analyses large-scale surveys and company case studies regarding the incidence of telework and its effects on working time, work-life balance, occupational health and well-being, and individual and organizational performance.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
29 Nov 2019
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789903751
Collections:
Economics 2019
Cover Citizenship in Times of Turmoil?
Citizenship in Times of Turmoil?
Theory, Practice and Policy
Editor:
Devyani Prabhat
This innovative book considers the evolution of the contemporary issues surrounding British citizenship, integrating the social aspects and ideas of identity and belonging alongside the legal elements. With contributions from renowned lawyers and academics, it challenges the view that there are immutable values and enduring rights associated with citizenship status.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
30 Aug 2019
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788119214
Collections:
Law 2019
Cover Towards Convergence in Europe
Towards Convergence in Europe
Institutions, Labour and Industrial Relations
Editor:
Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead
This book aims to answer a number of important questions. To what extent have European countries converged or diverged with EU-wide economic and social indicators over the past 20 years? What have been the drivers of convergence? Why do some countries lag behind, while others experience continuous upward convergence? Why are these trajectories not always linear? Particular attention is paid to the role of institutions, actors and industrial relations – focusing on the resources and strategies of governments, employers and trade unions – in nudging EU countries onto an upward convergence path.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
26 Apr 2019
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788978071
Collections:
Economics 2019
Cover Negotiating Early Job Insecurity
Negotiating Early Job Insecurity
Well-being, Scarring and Resilience of European Youth
Editors:
Bjørn Hvinden
,
Jacqueline O’Reilly
,
Mi A. Schoyen
, and
Christer Hyggen
Offering new knowledge and insights into European job markets, this book explores how young men and women experience job insecurity. By combining analysis of original data collected through a variety of innovative methods, it compares the trajectories of early job insecurity in nine European countries. Focusing on the ways in which young adults deal with this by actively increasing their chances of getting a job through a variety of methods, as the book shows how governmental policies can be altered to reduce early job insecurity.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
22 Feb 2019
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788118798
Collections:
Social and Political Science 2019