Surveillance After September 11
David Lyon
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Description for Surveillance After September 11
Paperback. Prominent among the quests for post--9/11 security are developments in surveillance, especially at national borders. These developments are not new, but many of them have been extended and intensified. Series: Themes for the 21st Century Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JHBA; JKVC; JPVH; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 189 x 136 x 12. Weight in Grams: 236.
Prominent among the quests for post-9/11 security are developments in surveillance, especially at national borders. These developments are not new, but many of them have been extended and intensified. The result? More and more people and populations are counted as “suspicious” and, at the same time, surveillance techniques become increasingly opaque and secretive. Lyon argues that in the aftermath of 9/11 there have been qualitative changes in the security climate: diverse databases containing personal information are being integrated; biometric identifiers, such as iris scans, are becoming more popular; consumer data are merged with those obtained for policing and intelligence, both ... Read more
Prominent among the quests for post-9/11 security are developments in surveillance, especially at national borders. These developments are not new, but many of them have been extended and intensified. The result? More and more people and populations are counted as “suspicious” and, at the same time, surveillance techniques become increasingly opaque and secretive. Lyon argues that in the aftermath of 9/11 there have been qualitative changes in the security climate: diverse databases containing personal information are being integrated; biometric identifiers, such as iris scans, are becoming more popular; consumer data are merged with those obtained for policing and intelligence, both ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Series
Themes for the 21st Century Series
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745631813
SKU
V9780745631813
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About David Lyon
Professor of Sociology, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Reviews for Surveillance After September 11
"Since September 11, surveillance has been stepped up throughout most of the world. Governments and businesses monitor personal behavior and analyze a host of data that individuals are often unaware they generate. But both privacy and open political participation are under challenge. In this context, David Lyon offers a welcome overview and a wise sense of the many issues that ... Read more