Surveillance and Security
Technological Politics and Power in Everyday Life
1st Edition
Published on 4. August 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
360 pages
978-0-415-95393-1 (ISBN)
Description
This is a volume of original contributions from scholars in eight different humanities and social science disciplines. The aim of the book is to present a range of surveillance technologies used in everyday life and investigate the politics of their use. It is truly an interdisciplinary project that will find purchase in courses on security studies and the sociology of culture and the sociology of science. Courses on security studies and its impact on culture can be found in a variety of academic departments including STS, criminology, sociology, women's studies, anthropology, political science and justice studies.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
2 s/w Zeichnungen
2 Line drawings, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
516 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-95393-1 (9780415953931)
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08/2006
1st Edition
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Routledge
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Person
Torin Monahan is assistant professor in the School of Justice Studies at Arizona State University. He is the author of the Routledge book Globalization, TechnologyChange, And Public Education (2005).
Content
1: Questioning Surveillance and Security; I: Neoliberal States; 2: The State Goes Home; 3: Soft Surveillance; 4: Everyday Insecurities; 5: Indoor Positioning and Digital Management; 6: Technologies of Citizenship; 7: The Surveillance Curriculum; 8: "Don't Be Low Hanging Fruit"; 9: Cop Watching in the Downtown Eastside; 10: Defensive Surveillance; II: Mobilities and Insecurities; 11: Borderline Identities; 12: "Divided We Move"; 13: Why Where You Are Matters; 14: Using Intelligent Transport Systems to Track Buses and Passengers; 15: The Bundling of Geospatial Information with Everyday Experience; 16: Techniques of Preparedness; 17: Technology Studies for Terrorists