Surveillance: Power, Problems, and Politics

Canadian scholars interrogate the moral and ideological bases and material effects of surveillance practices and systems in diverse cultural and institutional arenas: 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.-