| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 238 pages) : illustrations |
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Routledge studies in crime and society ; 11 |
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Routledge studies in crime and society ; 11.
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- About COST -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Notes on contributors -- 1 Introduction: histories of state surveillance in Europe and beyond -- Part I Theory and perspectives -- 2 Further thoughts on The Information State in England ... since 1500 -- 3 Situating surveillance: history, technology, culture -- Part II Big Brother surveillance in the twentieth century in different countries -- 4 A brief history of the anticommunist surveillance in Greece and its lasting impact -- 5 Aspiring to modernization: historical evolution and current trends of state surveillance in Portugal -- 6 Controversial legacies in post-Fascist Italy -- 7 Surveillance, lustration and the open society: Poland and Eastern Europe -- 8 Brazilian universities under surveillance: information control during the military dictatorship, 1964 to 1985 -- Part III ID-Cards as a surveillance method to govern societies -- 9 Spain's documento nacional de identidad: an e-ID for the twenty-first century with a controversial past -- 10 Policy windows for surveillance: the phased introduction of the identification card in the Netherlands since the early twentieth century -- 11 The emergence of the identity card in Belgium and its colonies -- 12 Available, necessary or unwanted: national registration, surveillance, conscription and governance in wartime Canada, 1914 to 1947 -- 13 From surveillance-by-design to privacy-by-design: evolving identity policy in the United Kingdom -- Afterword: conceptual matters -- the ordering of surveillance -- Index |
| Summary |
"Does the development of new technology cause an increase in the level of surveillance used by central government? Is the growth in surveillance merely a reaction to terrorism, or a solution to crime control? Are there more structural roots for the increase in surveillance? This book attempts to find some answers to these questions by examining how governments have increased their use of surveillance technology. Focusing on a range of countries in Europe and beyond, this book demonstrates how government penetration into private citizens' lives was developing years before the 'war on terrorism.' It also aims to answer the question of whether central government actually has penetrated ever deeper into the lives of private citizens in various countries inside and outside of Europe, and whether citizens are protected against it, or have fought back. The main focus of the volume is on how surveillance has shaped the relationship between the citizen and the State. The contributors and editors of the volume look into the question of how central government came to intrude on citizens' private lives from two perspectives: identification card systems and surveillance in post-authoritarian societies. Their aim is to present the heterogeneity of the European historical surveillance past in the hope that this might shed light on current trends. Essential reading for criminologists, sociologists and political scientists alike, this book provides some much-needed historical context on a highly topical issue"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (ebray platform, viewed July 28, 2014) |
| Subject |
Subversive activities -- Government policy -- Europe
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Internal security -- Europe
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Information technology -- Security measures
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Information technology -- Security measures
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Internal security
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Subversive activities -- Government policy
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Europe
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Boersma, Kees, editor
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Van Brakel, Rosamunde, editor
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Fonio, Chiara, editor
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Wagenaar, Pieter, editor
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| ISBN |
9780203366134 |
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0203366131 |
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9781134104864 |
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1134104863 |
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1306785413 |
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9781306785419 |
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