Surveillance Power, Problems, and Politics

Surveillance is commonly rationalized as a solution for existing problems such as crime and terrorism. This book explores how surveillance, often disguised as risk management or harm reduction, is also at the root of a range of social and political problems. Canadian scholars from diverse disciplines interrogate the moral and ideological bases as well as the material effects of surveillance in policing, consumerism, welfare administration, disaster management, popular culture, moral regulation, news media, social movements, and anti-terrorism campaigns.

Sean P. Hier is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology, University of Victoria. Josh Greenberg is an assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University.