On the socio-political configurations of digital identity principles

Whitley, Edgar A. ORCID: 0000-0003-1779-0814 and Schoemaker, Emrys (2022) On the socio-political configurations of digital identity principles. Data & Policy. ISSN 2632-3249 (In Press)

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Abstract

Digital identity systems are not devised for their own sake, rather they are developed by institutions as part of their pursuit of specific goals— such as economic, social and developmental outcomes through enabling individual rights and facilitating access to basic services and entitlements. A growing number of organisations and institutions are advancing specific principles, frameworks and “imaginaries” of what ‘good’ digital identity looks like—yet it is often not clear how much influence they have or what their underlying worldview is to those designing, developing and deploying these systems. This paper introduces socio–political configurations as a means of studying these underlying worldviews. Socio–political configurations combine elements from technological frames, expectations and imaginations as well as developmental discourses to provide a basis for critically examining three key documents in this space.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	© The Author(s) 2022.
Divisions:	Management Media and Communications
Subjects:	H Social Sciences J Political Science
Date Deposited:	03 Oct 2022 09:03
Last Modified:	13 Oct 2022 15:45
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/116874

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