Global Surveillance and Policing

ISBN-13: 9781843921608 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 259 str.

Opis

Brings together leading authorities, who have been working on the common problem of policing and surveillance at physical and virtual borders at a time of increased perceived threat. This book is concerned with both, theoretical and empirical aspects of th

Spis treści

1. Global surveillance and policing: borders, security, identity - Introduction  2. Some conceptual issues in the study of borders and surveillance  3. At the threshold of security: a theory of international borders  4. Borders, migration and economic integration: towards a new political economy of borders  5. The border is everywhere: ID cards, surveillance and the other  6. Borders, bodies and biometrics: towards identity management  7. Expanding surveillance: connecting biometric information systems to international police cooperation  8. What happens when you book an airline ticket? The collection and processing of passenger data post-9/11  9. Potential threats and potential criminals: data collection in the national security entry-exit registration system  10. Imperial embrace? Identification and constraints on mobility in a hegemonic empire  11. Fencing the line: analysis of the recent rise in security measures along disputed and undisputed boundaries  12. 'Getting ahead of the game': border technologies and the changing space of governance  13. Immigration controls and citizenship in the political rhetoric of New Labour  14. Freedom of movement inside 'fortress Europe'