The Technological Construction of Reality Dionysios S. Demetis, Hull University Business School and Ian O. Angell, London School of Economics, UK ‘In this book, Demetis and Angell conducted an inquisition into the mutuality relationship between the reality we inhabit and the technology we use and develop. From sparks to quantum computers, technological development has played a fundamental role in how we understand and inhabit this world and discern the possibilities it contains. We create new dimensions of reality through the construction of human systems, such as the creation of money. However, money too has evolved exponentially with the advancements in digital payments and virtual currencies, which again changes the way we understand our economic existence. Overall, the book explores our ontological existence through the lenses of our self and society. I hope readers will enjoy the book as much as I did.’ – Michael Mainelli, Lord Mayor of the City of London, UK 2024 236 pp Hardback 978 1 83910 118 2 £95.00 / $135.00 eBook • Elgaronline What Have Populists Done for Us? Exclusionary Populism in Power in Israel and Beyond Dani Filc, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Amit Avigur-Eshel, Sapir Academic College, Israel ‘Filc and Avigur-Eshel offer a concise analysis of the Likud party’s right-wing governments in Israel. They employ the Gramscian concept of hegemonic project to decipher how Likud’s exclusionary populism succeeds in juggling neo-liberal growth policy and wide-spread social support, as well as to expose the inherent crisis tendencies involved. This is one of the most intriguing accounts of political sociology cum political economy that I have read in a long time.’ – Uri Ram, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel July 2024 172 pp Hardback 978 1 0353 1139 2 £80.00 / $110.00 eBook • Elgaronline The Sociology of Diagnosis A Brief Guide Annemarie Goldstein Jutel, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand ‘In an era of diagnosis, Annemarie Jutel’s new book is a very helpful guide for the perplexed. Across somatic and psychiatric diagnoses, and with insightful analyses of patients, professionals, and popular culture, Jutel’s short but penetrating text is a must-read for anyone with an interest in the social life of diagnoses.’ – Svend Brinkmann, University of Aalborg, Denmark July 2024 120 pp Hardback 978 1 0353 3166 6 £70.00 / $100.00 eBook • Elgaronline Research Handbook on Meaningful Human Control of Artificial Intelligence Systems Edited by Giulio Mecacci, Radboud University, the Netherlands, Daniele Amoroso, University of Cagliari, Italy, Luciano Cavalcante Siebert, David Abbink, Jeroen van den Hoven and Filippo Santoni de Sio, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands ‘This book is an outstanding collection of original essays on an extremely important contemporary set of problems pertaining to human control of AI systems. How can such control be engineered, and what is the relationship between accounts of the control implicated in human moral responsibility and those pertinent to AI systems? These questions and others are explored from an interdisciplinary perspective. The authors are first-rate and the editors have done a very fine job of organizing the collection. Very highly recommended!’ – John Martin Fischer, University of California, Riverside, US July 2024 372 pp Hardback 978 1 80220 412 4 £195.00 / $275.00 eBook • Elgaronline 3 For our electronic content, visit: elgaronline.com SOCIOLOGY & SOCIAL POLICY NEW TITLES, JULY – SEPT 2024
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