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Surveillance is a central organizing practice. Gathering personal
data and processing them in searchable databases drives
administrative efficiency but also raises questions about security,
governance, civil liberties and privacy. Surveillance is both
globalized in cooperative schemes, such as sharing biometric data,
and localized in the daily minutiae of social life. This innovative
Handbook explores the empirical, theoretical and ethical issues
around surveillance and its use in daily life. With a collection of
over forty essays from the leading names in surveillance studies,
the Handbook takes a truly multi-disciplinary approach to
critically question issues of: surveillance and population control
policing, intelligence and war production and consumption new media
security identification regulation and resistance. The Routledge
Handbook of Surveillance Studies is an international, accessible,
definitive and comprehensive overview of the rapidly growing
multi-disciplinary field of surveillance studies. The Handbook's
direct, authoritative style will appeal to a wide range of scholars
and students in the social sciences, arts and humanities.
Many contemporary surveillance practices take place in information
infrastructures which are from the public domain. Although they
have far reaching consequences for both citizens and their rights,
they are not always subject to regulatory demands and oversight.
This being said, democratic fora where citizens and institutions
may question such practices cannot be mobilised without widespread
awareness of the dangers and consequences of surveillance practices
and who is responsible for them. Through an analysis of
surveillance controversies across Europe, this book not only
examines the troublesome relationship between surveillance and
democracy; but also highlights the vested interests which maintain
the status quo. Using a participatory theory lens, Surveillance and
Democracy in Europe reveals the historical, social, political and
legal antecedents of the current state of affairs. Arguing that
participation is a sensitising concept which enables a wide array
of surveillance practices and processes to be interrogated, this
insightful volume will appeal to students and researchers
interested in fields such as public administration and policy,
political studies, organisational behaviour and surveillance and
privacy.
Many contemporary surveillance practices take place in information
infrastructures which are from the public domain. Although they
have far reaching consequences for both citizens and their rights,
they are not always subject to regulatory demands and oversight.
This being said, democratic fora where citizens and institutions
may question such practices cannot be mobilised without widespread
awareness of the dangers and consequences of surveillance practices
and who is responsible for them. Through an analysis of
surveillance controversies across Europe, this book not only
examines the troublesome relationship between surveillance and
democracy; but also highlights the vested interests which maintain
the status quo. Using a participatory theory lens, Surveillance and
Democracy in Europe reveals the historical, social, political and
legal antecedents of the current state of affairs. Arguing that
participation is a sensitising concept which enables a wide array
of surveillance practices and processes to be interrogated, this
insightful volume will appeal to students and researchers
interested in fields such as public administration and policy,
political studies, organisational behaviour and surveillance and
privacy.
Our public and private lives are under surveillance as never
before. Whether we are shopping with a credit card, walking down
the street or emailing a colleague at work, our activities are
closely monitored. Since September 11th 2001, surveillance has
intensified further. Yet although individuals, groups, governments
and states are more closely monitored, our security is not assured.
This book explores the vast range of issues related to increased
surveillance. What is going on in an area clouded by secrecy from
the state and complacent reassurances from corporations? How do we
track suspects and combat crime without also eroding our civil
liberties and sacrificing our rights to privacy? Does electronic
tagging of prisoners work? What are retailers up to with 'lifestyle
profiling'? Focusing on these and other issues such as paedophilia,
money-laundering, information warfare, cybercrime, and related
legislation, this book spotlights benefits and costs of
surveillance, and suggests how it is likely to develop in the
future.
Today's 'surveillance society' emerged from a complex of military
and corporate priorities that were nourished through the active and
'cold' wars that marked the twentieth century. Two massive
configurations of power - state and corporate - have become the
dominant players. Mass targeted surveillance deep within corporate,
governmental and social structures is now both normal and
legitimate. The Surveillance-Industrial Complex examines the
intersections of capital and the neo-liberal state in promoting the
emergence and growth of the surveillance society. The chapters in
this volume, written by internationally-known surveillance scholars
from a number of disciplines, trace the connections between the
massive multinational conglomerates that manufacture, distribute
and promote technologies of 'surveillance', and the institutions of
social control and civil society. In three parts, this collection
investigates: how the surveillance-industrial complex spans
international boundaries through the workings of global capital and
its interaction with agencies of the state surveillance as an
organizational control process, perpetuating the interests and
voices of certain actors and weakening or silencing others how
local political economies shape the deployment and distribution of
the massive interactions of global capital/military that comprise
surveillance systems today. This volume will be useful for students
and scholars of sociology, management, business, criminology,
geography and international studies.
Surveillance is a central organizing practice. Gathering personal
data and processing them in searchable databases drives
administrative efficiency but also raises questions about security,
governance, civil liberties and privacy. Surveillance is both
globalized in cooperative schemes, such as sharing biometric data,
and localized in the daily minutiae of social life. This innovative
Handbook explores the empirical, theoretical and ethical issues
around surveillance and its use in daily life. With a collection of
over forty essays from the leading names in surveillance studies,
the Handbook takes a truly multi-disciplinary approach to
critically question issues of: surveillance and population control
policing, intelligence and war production and consumption new media
security identification regulation and resistance. The Routledge
Handbook of Surveillance Studies is an international, accessible,
definitive and comprehensive overview of the rapidly growing
multi-disciplinary field of surveillance studies. The Handbook's
direct, authoritative style will appeal to a wide range of scholars
and students in the social sciences, arts and humanities.
Today's 'surveillance society' emerged from a complex of military
and corporate priorities that were nourished through the active and
'cold' wars that marked the twentieth century. Two massive
configurations of power - state and corporate - have become the
dominant players. Mass targeted surveillance deep within corporate,
governmental and social structures is now both normal and
legitimate. The Surveillance-Industrial Complex examines the
intersections of capital and the neo-liberal state in promoting the
emergence and growth of the surveillance society. The chapters in
this volume, written by internationally-known surveillance scholars
from a number of disciplines, trace the connections between the
massive multinational conglomerates that manufacture, distribute
and promote technologies of 'surveillance', and the institutions of
social control and civil society. In three parts, this collection
investigates: how the surveillance-industrial complex spans
international boundaries through the workings of global capital and
its interaction with agencies of the state surveillance as an
organizational control process, perpetuating the interests and
voices of certain actors and weakening or silencing others how
local political economies shape the deployment and distribution of
the massive interactions of global capital/military that comprise
surveillance systems today. This volume will be useful for students
and scholars of sociology, management, business, criminology,
geography and international studies.
When businesses are required to send customer data to government,
their systems and their employees become part of a wider security
framework. Their commercial activities become shot through with
insecurities and they are placed in a kind of double jeopardy: a
failure to address these regulations can result in both national
and commercial insecurity. The Private Security State? is the first
full-length academic text to address the enrolment of the private
sector in national security surveillance regimes. Through detailed
empirical analysis, it questions how private organizations achieve
compliance with demands for customer data. The book revolves around
case studies of two public-private surveillance regimes: Anti-Money
Laundering/Counter Terror Finance in retail financial services and
the EBorders in the retail travel industry.
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