The culture of surveillance

Description:

The Culture of Surveillance: Discipline and Social Control in the United States takes an intriguing look at the many ways in which people are increasingly monitored and controlled in everyday life. This provocative new book traces a continuum of social controls, from the simple surveillance camera to lie-detector tests. Raising questions about freedom, privacy, and the power of state and private organizations, this book will help readers identify with and understand the consequences of social control.

subjects: Electronic surveillance,  Liberty,  Privacy,  Social aspects,  Social aspects of Electronic surveillance,  Social conditions,  Social control,  Social policy,  Soziologie,  Conditions sociales,  Aspect social,  Politique sociale,  Liberte,  Surveillance electronique,  U˜berwachung,  Vie privee,  Controle social,  Soziale Kontrolle,  Überwachung,  Surveillance électronique,  Vie privée,  Contrôle social,  Liberté,  Electronic surveillance, social aspects,  United states, social policy,  United states, social conditions, 1980-,  Electronic surveillance, united states

Places: United States

Times: 1980-,  1993-