Playing the Identity Card: Surveillance, Security and Identification in Global Perspective
Brand: Routledge
Categories: Books, Politics & Social Sciences, Politics & Government



Dimensions: 8.27 x 0.69 x 11.69 inches
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0415465648
Print length: 288 pages
Publication date: September 13, 2008
ISBN-13: 978-0415465649
Edition: 1st
subtitle: 1st Edition
author: Colin J Bennett David Lyon
review: Editorial Reviews About the Author Colin J. Bennett is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Victoria, Canada. His research has focused on the comparative analysis of surveillance technologies and privacy protection policies at the domestic and international levels. David Lyon is the Director of the Surveillance Project and Research Chair in Sociology at Queen’s University, Canada. He has been working on surveillance issues since the 1980s, and has particular research interests in national ID cards, aviation security and surveillance and in promoting the cross-disciplinary and international study of surveillance.