Technologies of Insecurity examines how general social and
political concerns about terrorism, crime, migration and
globalization are translated into concrete practices of
securitisation of everyday life.
Who are we afraid of in a globalizing world? How are issues of
safety and security constructed and addressed by various local
actors and embodied in a variety of surveillance systems? Examining
how various forms of contemporary insecurity are translated into,
and reduced to, issues of surveillance and social control, this
book explores a variety of practical and cultural aspects of
technological control, as well as the discourses about safety and
security surrounding them. (In)security is a politically and
socially constructed phenomenon, with a variety of meanings and
modalities. And, exploring the inherent duality and dialectics
between our striving for security and the simultaneous production
of insecurity, Technologies of Insecurity considers how mundane
objects and activities are becoming bearers of risks which need to
be neutralised. As ordinary arenas - such as the workplace, the
city centre, the football stadium, the airport, and the internet -
are imbued with various notions of risk and danger and subject to
changing public attitudes and sensibilities, the critical
deconstruction of the nexus between everyday surveillance and
(in)security pursued here provides important new insights about how
broader political issues are translated into concrete and local
practices of social control and exclusion.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
(1)
(1)
