The Politics of Technology in Latin America (Volume 1)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-35941-6 (ISBN)
The book is divided into three parts:
• ‘Digital data and privacy, prospects and barriers’ centers on the debates among the right of privacy and the loss of intimacy in the Internet,
• ‘Homeland security and human rights’ focuses on how novel technologies such as drones and autonomous weapons systems reconfigure the strategies of police authorities and organized crime,
• ‘Labor Markets, digital media and emerging technologies’ emphasize the legal, economic and social perils and challenges caused by the increased presence of social media, blockchain-based applications, artificial intelligence and automation technologies in the Latin American economy.
This first volume in a two volume set will be important reading for scholars and students of governance in Latin American, the protection of human rights and the use of technology to combat crime and the new advances of digital economy in the region.
Professor Avery Plaw specializes in political theory and international relations, with a particular focus on strategic studies. Barbara Carvalho Gurgel has a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (USA), and is working toward a master’s degree in journalism from the Harvard Extension School (USA). David Ramírez Plascencia is a professor at the University of Guadalajara, specializing in the study of information law and digital policies.
Chapter 1. Introduction. Part I. Digital data and privacy, prospects and barriers. Chapter 2. The reception of sexual messages among young Chileans and Uruguayans: Predictive factors and perception of harm. Chapter 3. Small Data, Big Data and the Ethical Challenges for a fragmented developing world: Peru’s need for diversity-aware public policies on information technologies and practices. Chapter 4. Open Government, Dilemmas, and Innovation at the Local Level: Comparing the Cases of Austin, Buenos Aires and Madrid. Part II. Homeland security and human rights, a questioned balance? Chapter 5. Ethical controversies about Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems: views of small South American States. Chapter 6. From Sensationalist Media to the Narcocorrido: Drones, Sovereignty, and Exception along the U.S.-Mexican Border. Chapter 7. The process of technologization of the drug war in Mexico. Part. III. Labor Markets, digital media and emerging technologies: potentials and risks. Chapter 8. Algorithmic Law – A legal framework for Artificial Intelligence in Latin America. Chapter 9. Automation and Robotization of production in Latin America: problems and challenges for trade unions in the cases of Argentina, Mexico and Chile. Chapter 10. Using functional and social robots to help during the Covid19 pandemic: Looking into the incipient case of Chile and its future artificial intelligence policy. Chapter 11. Intellectual property and social media policies for user-generated content: some lessons from Mexico. Chapter 12. Mining as an Art of Survival in Venezuela: Eluding Scarcity and improving Living Conditions with Bitcoins. Chapter 13. Conclusions.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 15.01.2021 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Emerging Technologies, Ethics and International Affairs |
| Zusatzinfo | 9 Tables, black and white; 2 Line drawings, black and white; 2 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 453 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-367-35941-3 / 0367359413 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-367-35941-6 / 9780367359416 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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