The culture of surveillance: discipline and social control in the United States

This book takes a look at the many ways in which people are being monitored and controlled in everyday life. The author looks at some issues of social control, from surveillance cameras to lie-detector tests to drug testing, and the questions that arise about freedom, privacy, and the power of the s...

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Main Author: Staples, William G. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York St. Martin's Press 1997
Series:Contemporary social issues
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:This book takes a look at the many ways in which people are being monitored and controlled in everyday life. The author looks at some issues of social control, from surveillance cameras to lie-detector tests to drug testing, and the questions that arise about freedom, privacy, and the power of the state and private organizations.
Physical Description:XI, 144 S.
ISBN:0312119623
031217280X

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