Jamie Susskind
Jamie Susskind (born 1989) is an English barrister and author.
Background[]
Jamie Susskind is the son of Richard Susskind, a notable British author, and is Jewish.[1] He studied history and politics at Oxford University. He later studied law and was appointed as a research fellow at Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society. He practises law at .[2]
Writings[]
In 2011, Davenant Press published Susskind's first book, Karl Marx and British Intellectuals in the 1930s.
Susskind's second book Future Politics: Living Together in a World Transformed by Tech, published by Oxford University Press, was listed by the London School of Economics as one of the top ten books of 2019. In the book, Susskind approaches the issues of technological change in the political arena from a legal standpoint, speculating on the various ways technology would change the interactions between citizens and the political process.[3][1][4][5] It was awarded Book of the Year by Evening Standard and Prospect Magazine, Book of the Day by The Guardian and received the 2019 Estoril Global Issues Distinguished Book Prize.[5]
References[]
- ^ a b "Jews, the UK Labour party, and democracy in the digital age". 2 March 2020.
- ^ "A conversation with barrister Jamie Susskind about his new book Future Politics". 19 November 2018.
- ^ Taylor, R., Taster, M., Vieira, H., Brown, S. A., & Deller, R. (2019). 10 of the best books of 2019 recommended by LSE blog editors. LSE European Politics and Policy (EUROPP) blog.
- ^ "Future Politics by Jamie Susskind review – when life-changing decisions are made by machines". 5 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Jamie Susskind".
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