Surveillance: Power, Problems, and Politics
Sean P. Hier
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 ... Read more
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Benjamin J. Muller, Kings University College
Canadian Journal of Sociology, 35 (3)