Routledge Handbook of Surveillance Studies by Kirstie Ball, K... - 9781138026025

Taylor & Francis

Routledge Handbook of Surveillance StudiesAuthor(s): Kirstie Ball, Kevin Haggerty, David Lyon\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138026025, 978-1138026025\nSynopsis\nSurveillance 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. \n\nWith 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:\n\nsurveillance and population control\npolicing, intelligence and war\nproduction .