From the horrific images of James Bulger's abduction at the Strand
Shopping Centre in Bootle, through to the frighteningly mundane
pictures of the July 7th bombers at Luton Station, surveillance is
a key part of our everyday lives.
. . In this topical reader Sean Hier and Josh Greenberg bring
together extracts from some of the most influential readings on
surveillance studies. The reader examines thoughts about
self-surveillance, scrutiny of specific parts of society,
sophisticated data gathering techniques and the ubiquity of CCTV.
While surveillance is an intrinsic feature of human social
relationships, it is only in the past few years that information
and data-gathering techniques have emerged as a sustained
multi-disciplinary topic of investigation and theorization.
. . Surveillance studies, now a rapidly growing area of academic
study, has begun documenting the changing character and
consequences of surveillance techniques throughout the world. The
readings presented in this book represent one more step towards
developing a coherent statement on surveillance studies.
. . The readings are organised into distinct sections: . .
Surveillance, the nation-state and social control. Computers,
simulations and assemblages. Surveillance in everyday life.
Surveillance, politics and social inequality. Surveillance and
public opinion. Ethics, privacy and resistance. . "The Surveillance
Studies Reader" is key reading for students of sociology, politics,
social policy, media and communications studies, social psychology
and criminology.
. . "Essays by: Charles Barker, Colin Bennett, William Bogard,
Roy Coleman, Christopher Dandeker, Richard Eriscson, Michel
Foucault, Oscar H. Gandy, Anthony Giddens, John Gilliom, Stephen
Graham, Kevin Haggerty, Susan Hansen, Sean P. Hier, David Lyon,
Gary Marx, Dawn Moore, Mike Nellis, Charles Raab, Alasdair Roberts,
James Rule, Graham Sewell, Mimi Sheller, John Torpey, John Urry,
Kevin Walby, David Wood..
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