Political Science Civil Rights
Surveillance
Power, Problems, and Politics
- Publisher
- UBC Press
- Initial publish date
- Jan 2010
- Category
- Civil Rights, General, General, Criminology, General, Law Enforcement, Public
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780774858748
- Publish Date
- Jan 2010
- List Price
- $32.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780774816120
- Publish Date
- Jan 2010
- List Price
- $34.95
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780774816113
- Publish Date
- Apr 2009
- List Price
- $95.00
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Description
Surveillance is commonly rationalized as a solution for existing problems such as crime and terrorism. This book explores how surveillance, often disguised as risk management or harm reduction, is also at the root of a range of social and political problems. Canadian scholars from diverse disciplines interrogate the moral and ideological bases as well as the material effects of surveillance in policing, consumerism, welfare administration, disaster management, popular culture, moral regulation, news media, social movements, and anti-terrorism campaigns.
About the authors
Sean P. Hier is Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Victoria, where he teaches in the areas of race and social issues. He is also the general editor of Contemporary Sociological Thought: Themes and Theories.
Editorial Reviews
This particular collection is unique in both its strong Canadian content, and the broad range of empirical cases.
Canadian Journal of Sociology, 35 (3)
