Crypto-Politics : Encryption and Democratic Practices in the Digital Era

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of
Contents
List of tables
Acknowledgements
1. Crypto-politics
	Debating encryption
	Privacy, surveillance and diffuse security
	Politics of technology
	Publics and publicness
	Overview of the book
	Notes
	Bibliography
2. Researching the politics of technology
	The social study of technology
	Methodology
	Conclusion: understanding encryption controversies
	Notes
	Bibliography
3. On publics in the technological society
	Hybrid forums and technological controversies
	The problem of issue formation
	John Dewey’s theory of democracy
	Publicness
	Conclusion: controversies and new forms of publicness
	Notes
	Bibliography
4. Digital encryption
	Some basic principles of encryption
	From war technology to blockchains
	Privacy, anonymity, freedom: encryption as a political battlefield
	Conclusion: the politics of encryption
	Notes
	Bibliography
5. Encryption and national security
	Risks in cyberspace
	The double role of encryption
	Conclusion: privacy and publicness
	Notes
	Bibliography
6. Contentious technology
	Theorising technology in practice
	Breaking encryption
	Conclusion: encryption beyond technocracy
	Notes
	Bibliography
7. The politics of publicness
	The politics of publicness
	Conclusion
	Notes
	Bibliography
Appendix
Index