Surveillance and Security: Technological Politics and Power in Everyday Life

by Torin Monahan

Overview

This is a volume of original contributions from scholars in eight different humanities and social science disciplines. The aim of the book is to present a range of surveillance technologies used in everyday life and investigate the politics of their use. It is truly an interdisciplinary project that will find purchase in courses on security studies and the sociology of culture and the sociology of science. Courses on security studies and its impact on culture can be found in a variety of academic departments including STS, criminology, sociology, women's studies, anthropology, political science and justice studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415953924
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/04/2006
Pages:	360
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Torin Monahan is assistant professor in the School of Justice Studies at Arizona State University. He is the author of the Routledge book Globalization, Technology Change, And Public Education (2005).

Table of Contents

1: Questioning Surveillance and Security; I: Neoliberal States; 2: The State Goes Home; 3: Soft Surveillance; 4: Everyday Insecurities; 5: Indoor Positioning and Digital Management; 6: Technologies of Citizenship; 7: The Surveillance Curriculum; 8: “Don't Be Low Hanging Fruit”; 9: Cop Watching in the Downtown Eastside; 10: Defensive Surveillance; II: Mobilities and Insecurities; 11: Borderline Identities; 12: “Divided We Move”; 13: Why Where You Are Matters; 14: Using Intelligent Transport Systems to Track Buses and Passengers; 15: The Bundling of Geospatial Information with Everyday Experience; 16: Techniques of Preparedness; 17: Technology Studies for Terrorists