Surveillance and Security: Technological Politics and Power in Everyday Life

By Torin Monahan

Book 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415953936
• ISBN13: 9780415953931
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.5" x 8.9"