Surveillance: Power, Problems, and Politics - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0774816112 ISBN 13: 9780774816113

Publisher: UBC Press, 2009

Synopsis

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?

About this title

About the Author

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 Piché, C. Victoria Reed, Joseph Scanlon, Scott Thompson, Kevin Walby, and Dwayne Winseck

From the Back Cover

Canadian scholars 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. Sean P. Hier is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology, University of Victoria. Josh Greenberg is an assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University.-

From the Inside Flap

Canadian scholars 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. Sean P. Hier is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology, University of Victoria. Josh Greenberg is an assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University.-

Edition details

• Publisher: UBC Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0774816112
• ISBN 13: 9780774816113
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 296
• Editor: Hier Sean P., Greenberg Josh