The Threat of Algocracy: Reality, Resistance and Accommodation
John Danaher — The Threat of Algocracy: Reality, Resistance and Accommodation (2016)John Danaher · 2016 · Article · AbstractTheorySource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-0567 · as of 2026-10-27 · about: Algocracy · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team
“Danaher argued that the growing reliance of public decision-making on algorithms poses a significant threat to its legitimacy, a 'threat of algocracy' modelled on Estlund's threat of epistocracy, and that neither resistance nor accommodation is likely to remove it without limiting opportunities for human participation.”
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Global Labor: Algocratic Modes of Organization
Virtual Migration: The Programming of Globalization
Algorithmic regulation: A critical interrogation
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