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.