Identifying Citizens ID Cards As Surveillance

Name: Identifying Citizens ID Cards As Surveillance
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ISBN: 9780745641560

ISBN-10: 0745641563

ISBN-13: 9780745641560

Edition: 2009

Authors: David Lyon

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New ID card systems are proliferating around the world. These may use digitized fingerprints or photos, may be contactless, using a scanner, and above all, may rely on computerized registries of personal information. In this timely new contribution, David Lyon argues that such IDs represent a fresh phase in the long-term attempts of modern states to find stable ways of identifying citizens.New ID systems are "new" because they are high-tech. But their newness is also seen crucially in the ways that they contribute to new means of governance. The rise of e-Government and global mobility along with the aftermath of 9/11 and fears of identity theft are propelling the trend towards new ID…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Polity Press
Publication date: 7/24/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.60" long x 0.62" tall
Weight: 0.572
Language: English



Introduction



Demanding Documents



Sorting Systems



Card Cartel



Stretched Screens



Body Badges



Cyber-Citizens


Bibliography


Index