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Histories of State Surveillance in Europe and Beyond (Paperback)
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Histories of State Surveillance in Europe and Beyond (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Studies in Crime and Society
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Does the development of new technology cause an increase in the
level of surveillance used by central government? Is the growth in
surveillance merely a reaction to terrorism, or a solution to crime
control? Are there more structural roots for the increase in
surveillance? This book attempts to find some answers to these
questions by examining how governments have increased their use of
surveillance technology. Focusing on a range of countries in Europe
and beyond, this book demonstrates how government penetration into
private citizens' lives was developing years before the 'war on
terrorism.' It also aims to answer the question of whether central
government actually has penetrated ever deeper into the lives of
private citizens in various countries inside and outside of Europe,
and whether citizens are protected against it, or have fought back.
The main focus of the volume is on how surveillance has shaped the
relationship between the citizen and the State. The contributors
and editors of the volume look into the question of how central
government came to intrude on citizens' private lives from two
perspectives: identification card systems and surveillance in
post-authoritarian societies. Their aim is to present the
heterogeneity of the European historical surveillance past in the
hope that this might shed light on current trends. Essential
reading for criminologists, sociologists and political scientists
alike, this book provides some much-needed historical context on a
highly topical issue.
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