EVERYDAY SURVEILLANCE:VIGILANCE & VISIBI: Vigilance and Visibility in Postmodern Life - Couverture souple

Staples, William G.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0742500780 ISBN 13 : 9780742500785

Editeur : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2000

Synopsis

Everyday Surveillance This text highlights "mundane" practices that increasingly influence our schools, homes, and communities. The author examines the justice system and the everyday life of the postmodern to show how the lines between these spheres of social life are blurred by the use of surveillance technologies. Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

This book highlights 'mundane' practices that increasingly influence our schools, homes and communities; cameras, Opagers', electronic monitoring instruments, the digital Opaper trailO of OcashlessO transactions, random drug testing, and Ointegrity testsO. The author journeys back and forth between the justice system and the everyday life of the postmodern to illustrate how the lines between these two spheres of social life are increasingly blurred by the use of new surveillance technologies. Taken together, these surveillance rituals constitute the building blocks of a rapidly emerging society of discipline, one increasingly stripped of personal privacy, individual trust, and a viable public life that supports and maintains democratic values and practices.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Bill Staples is Professor of Sociology at the University of Kansas.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0742500780
• ISBN 13: 9780742500785
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 208