Surveillance : Power, Problems, and Politics Hardback
Edited by Sean P. Hier, Josh Greenberg
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Surveillance is commonly rationalized as a practice to address existing political or social problems such as crime, fraud, and terrorism.
This book explores how surveillance, disguised as managing risk or reducing harm, can cause a range of problems, including poverty, over-policing, and exclusion. The scholars represented in this volume interrogate the moral and ideological bases and material effects of surveillance practices and systems in diverse cultural and institutional arenas: policing, consumerism, welfare administration, disaster management, popular culture, moral regulation, news media, social movements, and anti-terrorism campaigns. Surveillance addresses and asks us to consider the question: How can we ensure a future in which surveillance and its consequences are not accepted as normal, or necessary, features of modern life?
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:296 pages, 1 chart, 11 tables
- Publisher:University of British Columbia Press
- Publication Date:15/04/2009
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- ISBN:9780774816113
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:296 pages, 1 chart, 11 tables
- Publisher:University of British Columbia Press
- Publication Date:15/04/2009
- Category:
- ISBN:9780774816113