Statecraft and Policymaking within the Age of Digital Twins
Digital Democracy and the Web of Issues
Ebook
© 2024
Rob van Kranenburg
- Proposes a political framework that goals to develop a next-generation web for Europe
- Presents coverage suggestions for the digital transformation in Europe
- Primarily based on empirical proof from numerous industries and establishments
A part of the guide sequence: SpringerBriefs in Political Science (BRIEFSPOLITICAL)
This guide describes the transition from fundamental automation to pervasive computing, ubiquitous computing, ambient intelligence, and the Web of Issues, and its results on democratic decision-making and governance in Europe. It diagnoses a scarcity of political company and technical capabilities within the West that has accelerated the tip of the mannequin of entrepreneurial authorities in favor of a brand new paradigm: Cyber-physical Techniques. Providing an evaluation of the digital transformation course of in numerous industries and establishments, the guide highlights the extreme repercussions and impacts on democratic decision-making and the legitimacy of the Westphalian mannequin of the nation-state. Readers will learn the way the convergence of cloud techniques, information platforms, and related objects is facilitating this transformation course of, one characterised by a digital illustration of each particular person, object, and machine – a digital twin.
The guide argues for balancing centralization and decentralization in a cybernetic framework with human-centric values at its core. Additional, it proposes a political framework that goals to develop a next-generation web for the 5 hundred million residents of Europe, one able to imposing and selling digital hegemony whereas safeguarding the rights and proactive capabilities of mentioned residents. In closing, the guide makes the case for a (6G) cellphone/{hardware} pockets constructed on European chip necessities and platforms and operating by itself OS to advertise technical European integration on infrastructure, purposes, and companies.
Given its scope, the guide will enchantment to policymakers and practitioners excited by European digital governance and autonomy, in addition to students of public administration, public coverage, and political science.
