The Data Welfare State

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Automation is a reality of the modern world yet it is fraught with contradictions. On the surface it appears sleek efficient and seamlessly integrated and yet it is also changing uncertain troubling. This book delves into that frictional interface exploring themes like welfare automation experiments citizen resistance and the invisible technology woven into our lives. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In this book you will encounter:</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>- An international perspective with examples drawn from Germany Sweden and Estonia</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>- Diverse viewpoints from welfare professionals to citizens who rely on welfare services</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>- A bold vision and urgent call to action advocating for the reorganization of the data welfare state</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Fascinating and timely this book is essential reading for anyone interested in data welfare.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Published in collaboration with the Data Justice Lab as part of the Data Justice Series (Editors: Lina Dencik Arne Hintz Joanna Redden and Emiliano Treré)</span></p>