Surveillance Studies An Overview

Name: Surveillance Studies An Overview
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ISBN: 9780745635927

ISBN-10: 074563592X

ISBN-13: 9780745635927

Edition: 2007

Authors: David Lyon

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The study of surveillance is more relevant than ever before. The fast growth of the field of Surveillance Studies reflects both the urgency of civil liberties and privacy questions in the lsquo;war on terrorrsquo; era and the classical social science debates over the power of watching and classification, from Bentham to Foucault and beyond. In this overview, David Lyon, one of the pioneers of Surveillance Studies, fuses with aplomb classical debates and contemporary examples to provide the most accessible and up to date introduction to surveillance available. The book takes in Surveillance Studies in all its breadth, from local face-to-face oversight through technical developments in CCTV,…

Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Polity Press
Publication date: 7/30/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.90" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Preface and Acknowledgements


Introduction



Viewpoints



The Watched World Today



Spreading Surveillance Sites



Explaining Surveillance



Vision



Information, Identification, Inventory



Security, Suspicion, Social Sorting



Bodies, Borders, Biometrics



Visibility



Surveillance, Visibility and Popular Culture



Struggles over Surveillance



Data, Discrimination, Dignity


Glossary


Notes


Further Reading


Bibliography


Index