Overview
Politics is traditionally thought of as one of the practices people use to make society more just, secure and enjoyable. Advances in cybernetics, AI, digital media, and robotics have opened up a world in which political decision makers increasingly depend on intelligent non-human systems to provide information and even to … For more content click the Read More button below.
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Aims
The topic has two principal educational aims. The first aim is to introduce students to analytic and theoretical frameworks through which to understand the increasing influence of new self-steering and intelligent technologies for purposes of decision making, security, surveillance and intelligence gathering. The second aim is to offer an advanced platform on which to discuss this knowledge in the context of democracy and governance processes, domestically and internationally.
Learning outcomes
On completion of this topic you will be expected to be able to:
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Explain and critically analyse the major issues, debates and dilemmas relating to the impact of new technologies on society, politics, international relations, security studies, and public policy
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Apply new ways of thinking about democracy and democratization from both a theoretical and empirical basis
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Critically analyse the reality and theory of a surveillance society
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Discuss a series of ethical and policy issues relating to e-governance, internet activism and government transparency
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Develop and apply advanced skills in critical reading, professional writing, bibliographic research, academic analysis and verbal argument
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