The Political Economy of Robots: Prospects for Prosperity and Peace in the Automated 21st Century (International Political Economy Series)

This Collection Examines Implications Of Technological Automation To Global Prosperity And Peace. Focusing On Robots, Information Communication Technologies, And Other Automation Technologies, It Offers Brief Interventions That Assess How Automation May Alter Extant Political, Social, And Economic Institutions, Norms, And Practices That Comprise The Global Political Economy. In Doing So, This Collection Deals Directly With Such Issues As Automated Production, Trade, War, State Sanctioned Robot Violence, Financial Speculation, Transnational Crime, And Policy Decision Making. This Interdisciplinary Volume Will Appeal To Students, Scholars And Practitioners Grappling With Political, Economic, And Social Problems That Arise From Rapid Technological Change That Automates The Prospects For Human Prosperity And Peace. Robots And Political Economy / Ryan Kiggins -- The Politics Of Global Value Chains / Ronald W. Cox And Michael Wartenbe -- Drug Smuggling And Automated Borders: A Losing Battle Of Escalation Or State/non-state Symbiosis / Elaine Carey And Andrae Marak -- Policy Implications Of People Analytics And The Automated Workplace / Brett S. Sharp -- Automatic Medicine? Technology And The Future Of Primary Health Care / Daniel Skinner And Berkeley Franz -- Repressive Robots And The Radical Possibilities Of Emancipated Automation / Sean Noah Walsh And Bryant William Sculos -- The Political Economy Of Bots: Theory And Method In The Study Of Social Automation / Samuel Woolley -- The Safe Hand: Liquidity, Money, And Financial Innovation / Loren Gatch -- Against Our Better Judgment: Practical Wisdom In An Age Of Smart( Er) Machines / Leslie Paul Thiele -- Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, And Autonomous Policy Decision-making: A Crisis In International Relations Theory? / Ryan David Kiggins -- Diplomacy's Lesson's Learned: First World War Submarine Warfare And The 21st Century Drone / Justin Quinn Olmstead -- Conflict, Cohesion, And Comrades In Arms: Social Implications Of Robotics In The Military / Mary Manjikian -- Robots Writing Chinese And Fighting Underwater / Gregory Austin -- Armed Drones: Automation, Autonomy, And Ethical Decision-making / Peter Lee -- Lethal Autonomous Systems And The Plight Of The Non-combatant / Ronald Arkin -- Outlook For Prosperity And Peace In The Emergent Global Political Economy Of Robots / Ryan Kiggins. Ryan Kiggins, Editor. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii Robots and Political Economy (Ryan Kiggins)....Pages 1-16 The Politics of Global Value Chains (Ronald W. Cox, Michael Wartenbe)....Pages 17-40 Drug Smuggling and Automated Borders: A Losing Battle of Escalation or State/Non-state Symbiosis (Elaine Carey, Andrae Marak)....Pages 41-59 Policy Implications of People Analytics and the Automated Workplace (Brett S. Sharp)....Pages 61-80 Automatic Medicine? Technology and the Future of Primary Health Care (Daniel Skinner, Berkeley Franz)....Pages 81-100 Repressive Robots and the Radical Possibilities of Emancipated Automation (Sean Noah Walsh, Bryant William Sculos)....Pages 101-125 The Political Economy of Bots: Theory and Method in the Study of Social Automation (Samuel Woolley)....Pages 127-155 The Safe Hand: Liquidity, Money, and Financial Innovation (Loren Gatch)....Pages 157-182 Against Our Better Judgment: Practical Wisdom in an Age of Smart(er) Machines (Leslie Paul Thiele)....Pages 183-209 Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Autonomous Policy Decision-Making: A Crisis in International Relations Theory? (Ryan David Kiggins)....Pages 211-234 Diplomacy’s Lesson’s Learned: First World War Submarine Warfare and the 21st Century Drone (Justin Quinn Olmstead)....Pages 235-247 Conflict, Cohesion, and Comrades in Arms: Social Implications of Robotics in the Military (Mary Manjikian)....Pages 249-269 Robots Writing Chinese and Fighting Underwater (Gregory Austin)....Pages 271-290 Armed Drones: Automation, Autonomy, and Ethical Decision-Making (Peter Lee)....Pages 291-315 Lethal Autonomous Systems and the Plight of the Non-combatant (Ronald Arkin)....Pages 317-326 Outlook for Prosperity and Peace in the Emergent Global Political Economy of Robots (Ryan Kiggins)....Pages 327-332 Back Matter ....Pages 333-336