The Surveillance Web

ISBN-13: 9781903240809 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 240 str.

Mike Mccahill

Opis

The rise of CCTV and surveillance technologies has been one of the key developments in contemporary society, but its impact has often been analysed in a fragmented manner. This book addresses this issue by providing a detailed, micro-sociological account of the construction of a CCTV network in one English city. It differs from previous studies (which have concentrated on open street CCTV systems) in documenting and analysing the use of visual surveillance systems in a number of different locations and institutional settings, including the industrial workplace, shopping malls, high-rise housing schemes, and hospitals. It is concerned not just with abstract categories of grand theory but seeks to explain how people living in contemporary society experience these changes.

Spis treści

Contents Introduction Part 1 Theory and method 1 Towards a contemporary theory of surveillance Part 2 The rise of visual surveillance in a northern city 2 The story of Northern City 3 The surveillance web Part 3 Three case studies of visual surveillance systems 4 The panopticon mall 5 Watching the workers 6 Watching the tenants Part 4 Back to theory 7 Back to theory Bibliography Index

O autorze

Mike McCahill