Identifying citizens
Subtitle: ID cards as surveillance
By: by David Lyon
Publisher: Polity
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780745641553; 9780745641560
Subjects: Right of Privacy; Identification cards
Other titles: ID cards as surveillance; Identification cards as surveillance
Description: New ID card systems are proliferating around the world. These may use digitized fingerprints or photos using a scanner & may rely on computerized registries of personal information. In this book, David Lyon argues that such IDs represent a fresh phase in the long-term attempts of modern states to find stable ways of identifying citizens.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [186]-201) and index.
Table of contents: title: Demanding documents; title: Sorting systems; title: Card cartel; title: Stretched screens; title: Body badges; title: Cyber-citizens.