Surveillance: Power, Problems, and PoliticsSean P. Hier, Josh Greenberg 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? |
Contents
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Stigma Morality and Social Control | 31 |
Environmental Design Consumerism and Privacy | 85 |
Genetics Security and Biometrics | 133 |
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Surveillance: Power, Problems, and Politics Sean Patrick Hier,Joshua Greenberg No preview available - 2009 |
Surveillance: Power, Problems, and Politics Sean Patrick Hier,Joshua Greenberg No preview available - 2009 |