Overview
- Provides one of the first detailed empirical assessments of China's Social Credit System
- Analyzes how China’s government approaches controversial topics like digital surveillance
- Explains the processes behind China’s adoption of digital technologies in governance, and its limits
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About this book
China’s Social Credit System has fundamentally re-shaped global notions of surveillance, making it into European Union legislation and hundreds of media headlines. Drawing on a rich body of empirical evidence, this book offers one of the first comprehensive assessments of this infamous system, from its fragmented implementation to its implications for both human rights and the market order. Surprisingly, it illustrates even China's government is confused about this messy initiative. Separating fact from fiction, Social Credit is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in technology, governance, and surveillance in China and beyond.
Reviews
"Vincent Brussee is one of the very few scholars who I regularly recommend as essential reading on China’s social credit system. For years, he has remained consistently abreast of the latest developments in this complicated and evolving area, and his writing has helped to dispel the fog of misinformation that surrounds the subject in popular media."
--Jeremy Daum, Senior Research Fellow, Paul Tsai China Center, Yale University School of Law
"China’s Social Credit System has been a source for fanciful speculation and gratuitous mythmaking. How does it actually work in practice? This book provides a rigorous and detailed review of the system’s historical evolution, its structuring, and its functionality and dysfunctionality. It provides a useful corrective to dominant narratives, as well as a fascinating insight into governance reform in China."
- Rogier Creemers, Assistant Professor at Leiden University
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Vincent Brussee is a PhD Candidate in China Studies at Leiden University, where he specializes in policy research and the application of natural language processing (NLP) to China research. Until 2023, he was an Analyst the Mercator Institute for China Studies, Europe’s largest think tank and research institute on contemporary China. His work has been featured extensively in Foreign Policy, the Diplomat, and various other international news outlets.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Social Credit
Book Subtitle: The Warring States of China’s Emerging Data Empire
Authors: Vincent Brussee
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-2189-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-99-2188-1Published: 31 May 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-99-2191-1Published: 01 June 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-981-99-2189-8Published: 30 May 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 204
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 9 illustrations in colour
Topics: Asian Politics, Criminology and Criminal Justice, general, Crime and Society