Surveillance
Power, Problems, and Politics
Published on 15. April 2009
Book
Hardback
296 pages
978-0-7748-1611-3 (ISBN)
Description
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?
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?
Reviews / Votes
This particular collection is unique in both its strong Canadian content, and the broad range of empirical cases.- Benjamin J. Muller, Kings University College (Canadian Journal of Sociology, 35 (3))
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Vancouver
Canada
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Adult education
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Illustrations
1 chart, 11 tables
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
567 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7748-1611-3 (9780774816113)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Sean P. Hier is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Victoria. Josh Greenberg is an assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University.
Contributors: Charlene D. Elliott, Neil Gerlach, Kevin D. Haggerty, Sheryl N. Hamilton, Laura Huey, Simon J. Kiss, Mike Larsen, Shoshana Magnet, Patrick F. Parnaby, Justin Piche, C. Victoria Reed, Joseph Scanlon, Scott Thompson, Kevin Walby, and Dwayne Winseck
Contributors: Charlene D. Elliott, Neil Gerlach, Kevin D. Haggerty, Sheryl N. Hamilton, Laura Huey, Simon J. Kiss, Mike Larsen, Shoshana Magnet, Patrick F. Parnaby, Justin Piche, C. Victoria Reed, Joseph Scanlon, Scott Thompson, Kevin Walby, and Dwayne Winseck
Content
Foreword / Kevin D. Haggerty
Introduction / Sean P. Hier and Josh Greenberg
1 The Politics of Surveillance: Power, Paradigms, and the Field of Visibility / Sean P. Hier and Josh Greenberg
Part 1: Stigma, Morality, and Social Control
2 Kid-Visible: Childhood Obesity, Body Surveillance, and the Techniques of Care / Charlene D. Elliott
3 Police Surveillance of Male-with-Male Public Sex in Ontario, 1983-94 / Kevin Walby
4 A Kind of Prohibition: Targets of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario's Interdiction List, 1953-75 / Scott Thompson
Part 2: Environmental Design, Consumerism, and Privacy
5 Natural Surveillance, Crime Prevention, and the Effects of Being Seen / Patrick F. Parnaby and C. Victoria Reed
6 Administering the Dead: Mass Death and the Problem of Privacy / Joseph Scanlon
7 Identity Theft and the Construction of Creditable Subjects / Sheryl N. Hamilton
Part 3: Genetics, Security, and Biometrics
8 From Bodily Integrity to Genetic Surveillance: The Impacts of DNA Identification in Criminal Justice / Neil Gerlach
9 Communication and the Sorrows of Empire: Surveillance and Information Operations "Blowback" in the Global War on Terrorism / Dwayne Winseck
10 Bio-Benefits: Technologies of Criminalization, Biometrics, and the Welfare System / Shoshana Magnet
Part 4: Participatory Surveillance and Resistance
11 Public Vigilance Campaigns and Participatory Surveillance after 11 September 2001 / Mike Larsen and Justin Piche
12 Cell Phones and Surveillance: Mobile Technology, States, and Social Movements / Simon J. Kiss
13 Subverting Surveillance Systems: Access to Information Mechanisms as Tools of Counter-Surveillance / Laura Huey
References
Index
Introduction / Sean P. Hier and Josh Greenberg
1 The Politics of Surveillance: Power, Paradigms, and the Field of Visibility / Sean P. Hier and Josh Greenberg
Part 1: Stigma, Morality, and Social Control
2 Kid-Visible: Childhood Obesity, Body Surveillance, and the Techniques of Care / Charlene D. Elliott
3 Police Surveillance of Male-with-Male Public Sex in Ontario, 1983-94 / Kevin Walby
4 A Kind of Prohibition: Targets of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario's Interdiction List, 1953-75 / Scott Thompson
Part 2: Environmental Design, Consumerism, and Privacy
5 Natural Surveillance, Crime Prevention, and the Effects of Being Seen / Patrick F. Parnaby and C. Victoria Reed
6 Administering the Dead: Mass Death and the Problem of Privacy / Joseph Scanlon
7 Identity Theft and the Construction of Creditable Subjects / Sheryl N. Hamilton
Part 3: Genetics, Security, and Biometrics
8 From Bodily Integrity to Genetic Surveillance: The Impacts of DNA Identification in Criminal Justice / Neil Gerlach
9 Communication and the Sorrows of Empire: Surveillance and Information Operations "Blowback" in the Global War on Terrorism / Dwayne Winseck
10 Bio-Benefits: Technologies of Criminalization, Biometrics, and the Welfare System / Shoshana Magnet
Part 4: Participatory Surveillance and Resistance
11 Public Vigilance Campaigns and Participatory Surveillance after 11 September 2001 / Mike Larsen and Justin Piche
12 Cell Phones and Surveillance: Mobile Technology, States, and Social Movements / Simon J. Kiss
13 Subverting Surveillance Systems: Access to Information Mechanisms as Tools of Counter-Surveillance / Laura Huey
References
Index