{"product_id":"9798216396505","title":"China’s Social Credit System Technology, Trust and the Smart State","description":"\u003ch1\u003eChina’s Social Credit System\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eTechnology, Trust and the Smart State\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAdam Knight\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical Science \/ World \/ Asian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracing the origins of China's social credit system, this book argues the system is a fragmented, evolving experiment shaped by the Chinese Communist Party's broader technopolitical vision for the role of technology in governing society.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChina's social credit system is one of the most ambitious governance initiatives of the twenty-first century. At its heart lies an aspiration Adam Knight terms the \u003ci\u003esmart state\u003c\/i\u003e: a mode of rule that promises to engineer trust and social order through data and infrastructure.\u003cbr\u003eRather than treating the system as a sudden rupture, Knight traces its origins and architecture across a century of Chinese technopolitics, showing how its designers drew on earlier projects of state-building while borrowing selectively from global models of risk assessment, digital reputation, and financial credit scoring. Sitting at the intersection of ideology, legal enforcement tools, and digital governance frameworks, the social credit system becomes a revealing case study in how authority is exercised in an age of big data, authoritarianism, and algorithmic regulation.\u003cbr\u003eMoving beyond alarmist narratives, the book offers a grounded, empirical analysis of how the system was conceived, how it actually works, and what its intended and unintended consequences tell us about the future of informational governance – in China and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAdam Knight\u003c\/b\u003e holds a PhD from Leiden University in the Netherlands. He also holds a BA in Chinese Studies, and an MSc in Social Science of the Internet, both from the University of Oxford.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e04 March 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9798216396505\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e240\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51331942776972,"sku":"9798216396505","price":108.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9798216396505","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}