2nd Edition

The Algorithmic Society Technology, Power, and Knowledge

Edited By Marc Schuilenburg, Rik Peeters Copyright 2027
280 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

280 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

We live in an algorithmic society. Artificial Intelligence and algorithms have become the main mediators through which power and knowledge are enacted in our society. This book brings together three academic fields – Public Administration, Criminal Justice and Urban Governance – into a single conceptual framework, and offers a broad cultural-political analysis, addressing critical and ethical... Read more

1. The Algorithmic Society: An Introduction
Rik Peeters & Marc Schuilenburg

ALGORITHMIC GOVERNANCE

2. The Data-Level Bureaucracy: AI, Algorithms, Data Mobilities and Discretionary Space in Algorithmic Governance

Rik Peeters & Marc Schuilenburg

3. Governing by Algorithms and Algorithmic Governmentality: Towards Machinic Judgement

Paul Henman

4. Algorithmic Regulation: Machine Learning as a Governance Tool

Cary Coglianese

5. Responsible and Accountable Algorithmization: How to Generate Citizen Trust in Governmental Usage of Algorithms

Albert Meijer & Stephan Grimmelikhuijsen

6. Towards Principles of Good Digital Administration: Fairness, Accountability and Proportionality in Automated Decision-Making

Arjan Widlak, Marlies van Eck & Rik Peeters


ALGORITHMIC JUSTICE

7. The Seductiveness of Fairness: Is Machine Learning the Answer? – Algorithmic Fairness in Criminal Justice Systems

Fernando Ávila, Kelly Hannah-Moffat & Paula Maurutto

 8. Rethinking Predictive Policing: Towards a Holistic Framework of Democratic Algorithmic Surveillance

Rosamunde van Brakel

 9. Algorithmic Reasoning: The Production of Subjectivity Through Data

Gwen van Eijk

 10. Just Innovation? The Birth of ELSA Labs in an AI Ecosystem

Friso van Houdt, ginger coons & Gabriele Jacobs

ALGORITHMIC CITIES

 11. Smart City Imaginaries: Looking Beyond the Techno-Utopian Vision

Marc Schuilenburg & Brunilda Pali

 12. Sense in the (Smart) City: Where Personalisation is the Political

Michael McGuire

 13. Inclusive Data Usage for Democratic Debate in Cities: The Role of Intermediaries

Erna Ruijer & Fleur Stalenhoef

 14. Five Smart City Futures: A Criminological Analysis of Urban Intelligence

Keith Hayward

15. Understanding the Algorithmic Society: Concluding Thoughts

Marc Schuilenburg & Rik Peeters

Biography

Marc Schuilenburg is Professor Digital Surveillance at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He is the author, editor, or co-editor of 14 books, and focuses in his work on the way in which public safety and policing is changing due to the rise of AI and algorithms. 

Rik Peeters is Research Professor of Public Administration at the Centre for Research and Teaching in Economics (CIDE), Mexico City. He analyses the interactions between state and citizens through studies of bureaucracy, digital government and administrative burdens.