Social Credit

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.

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

Auteur
Vincent Brussee is an Analyst at the Mercator Institute for China Studies, Europe's largest think tank and research institute on contemporary China. He is the institute's lead researcher on the Social Credit System. In addition to publishing extensively for MERICS, his work has been featured in Foreign Policy, the Diplomat, and various national outlets in Europe. He holds a graduate degree with the highest distinction in Asian Studies from Leiden University (the Netherlands), focusing on China's domestic governance.

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Chinäs Social Credit System has fundamentally re-shaped of surveillance worldwide, with discussions of it making it into hundreds of media headlines and all the way into European Union legislation and the United Nations. Social Credit offers one of the first comprehensive assessments of this infamous system. It is aimed at the many experts and professionals both scholarly and more broadly that have to deal with its fallout on a regular basis. In a concise format, it covers the questions that have garnered the most attention worldwide: from social credit scoring and blacklists to its history and theoretical foundation. Throughout, its core thesis is that more often than not, even Chinäs government is at a loss what to do with this messy and complex initiative. This has caused fragmented and low-tech implementation, but where insufficient legal safeguards can have far-reaching implications for the normal market order and for human rights.

Résumé
"The book's fresh and engaging style, balancing personal notes with in-depth policy analysis, renders it an enjoyable read." (Marianne von Blomberg, The China Quarterly, November 6, 2023)

Contenu
Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. The Social Credit System's emergence and global roots.- Chapter 3. The Policy Umbrella of Social Credit.- Chapter 4. Limitless Expansion, Fragmented Development: A Policy History of the Social Credit System (2002-2020).- Chapter 5: No Credit for Culprits.- Chapter 6. One Step Back to Put More Forward: The Covid-19 Pandemic and Its Aftermath.- Chapter 7. Mythbusters: anatomy of social credit scoring.- Chapter 8. The future of the Social Credit System.