Surveillance and Democracy

by Kevin D. Haggerty

Book Overview

This collection represents the first sustained attempt to grapple with the complex and often paradoxical relationships between surveillance and democracy. Is surveillance a barrier to democratic processes, or might it be a necessary component of democracy? How has the legacy of post 9/11 surveillance developments shaped democratic processes? As surveillance measures are increasingly justified in terms of national security, is there the prospect...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415472407
• ISBN13: 9780415472401
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Routledge Cavendish
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"