Disrupted Development and the Future of Inequality in the Age of Automation
Published on 14. January 2020
Book
Hardback
XIII, 102 pages
978-3-030-30130-9 (ISBN)
Description
This open access book examines the future of inequality, work and wages in the age of automation with a focus on developing countries. The authors argue that the rise of a global 'robot reserve army' has profound effects on labor markets and economic development, but, rather than causing mass unemployment, new technologies are more likely to lead to stagnant wages and premature deindustrialization. The book illuminates the debate on the impact of automation upon economic development, in particular issues of poverty, inequality and work. It highlights public policy responses and strategies-ranging from containment to coping mechanisms-to confront the effects of automation.
Reviews / Votes
"A piece of cutting-edge scholarship, this book examines the relationship between robotization and deindustrialization by looking at the global dynamics of job displacement and its likely effect on economic development. Schlogl and Sumner argue convincingly that developing countries face a growing informal, precarious service sector in the age of automation."-Ray Kiely, Professor of International Politics, Queen Mary University of London, UK
More details
Series
Edition
2020 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Cham
Switzerland
Publishing group
Springer International Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
12 farbige Abbildungen, 1 s/w Abbildung
XIII, 102 p. 13 illus., 12 illus. in color.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
278 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-030-30130-9 (9783030301309)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-30131-6
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Lukas Schlogl
is a political scientist in the Department of Political Science, University of Vienna, Austria.
Andy Sumner is Professor of International Development in the Department of International Development at King's College London, UK.
Andy Sumner is Professor of International Development in the Department of International Development at King's College London, UK.
Content
1. Chapter 1 Introduction.- 2. Chapter 2: Economic Development and Structural Transformation.- 3. Chapter 3: Deindustrialisation and Tertiarization in the Developing World.- 4. Chapter 4: Technological Transformation.- 5. Chapter 5: Automation and Structural Transformation in Developing Countries.- 6. Chapter 6: Automation, Politics, and Public Policy.- 7. Chapter 7 Conclusions.