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1. Routledge Handbook of Surveillance Studies

   Edited by Kirstie Ball, Kevin Haggerty, David Lyon

   Series: Routledge International Handbooks

   Surveillance is a central organizing practice. Gathering personal data and processing them in searchable databases drives administrative efficiency but also raises questions about security, governance, civil liberties and privacy. Surveillance is both globalized in cooperative schemes, such as...

   Published March 26th 2012 by Routledge
2. Eyes Everywhere

   The Global Growth of Camera Surveillance

   Edited by Aaron Doyle, Randy Lippert, David Lyon

   In many countries camera surveillance has become commonplace, and ordinary citizens and consumers are increasingly aware that they are under surveillance in everyday life. Camera surveillance is typically perceived as the archetype of contemporary surveillance technologies and processes. While...

   Published December 13th 2011 by Routledge
3. Surveillance and Control in Israel/Palestine

   Population, Territory and Power

   Edited by Elia Zureik, David Lyon, Yasmeen Abu-Laban

   Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics

   Surveillance is always a means to an end, whether that end is influence, management or entitlement. This book examines the several layers of surveillance that control the Palestinian population in Israel and the Occupied Territories, showing how they operate, how well they work, how they are...

   Published December 8th 2010 by Routledge
4. Playing the Identity Card

   Surveillance, Security and Identification in Global Perspective

   Edited by Colin J Bennett, David Lyon

   National identity cards are in the news. While paper ID documents have been used in some countries for a long time, today's rapid growth features high-tech IDs with built-in biometrics and RFID chips. Both long-term trends towards e-Government and the more recent responses to 9/11 have prompted the...

   Published July 21st 2008 by Routledge
5. Theorizing Surveillance

   Edited by David Lyon

   Published July 31st 2006 by Willan
6. Surveillance as Social Sorting

   Privacy, Risk and Automated Discrimination

   Edited by David Lyon

   Surveillance happens to all of us, everyday, as we walk beneath street cameras, swipe cards, surf the net. Agencies are using increasingly sophisticated computer systems - especially searchable databases - to keep tabs on us at home, work and play. Once the word surveillance was reserved for police...

   Published October 23rd 2002 by Routledge