{"product_id":"playing-the-identity-card-colin-j-bennett-9780415465632","title":"Playing the Identity Card: Surveillance, Security and Identification in Global Perspective","description":"\u003cp\u003eNational identity cards are in the news. While paper ID documents have been used in some countries for a long time, today's rapid growth features high-tech IDs with built-in biometrics and RFID chips. Both long-term trends towards e-Government and the more recent responses to 9\/11 have prompted the quest for more stable identity systems. Commercial pressures mix with security rationales to catalyze ID development, aimed at accuracy, efficiency and speed. New ID systems also depend on computerized national registries. Many questions are raised about new IDs but they are often limited by focusing on the cards themselves or on \"privacy.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlaying the Identity Card\u003c\/em\u003e shows not only the benefits of how the state can \"see\" citizens better using these instruments but also the challenges this raises for civil liberties and human rights. ID cards are part of a broader trend towards intensified surveillance and as such are understood very differently according to the history and cultures of the countries concerned. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Colin J. Bennett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 041546563X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415465632\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Colin J. Bennett","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086606217471,"sku":"9780415465632","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f514bcbb-951f-4bd9-8ba0-8f8a26c646e7.jpg?v=1769095655","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/playing-the-identity-card-colin-j-bennett-9780415465632","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}