{"product_id":"the-globalization-of-surveillance-armand-mattelart-9780745645117","title":"The Globalization of Surveillance","description":"\u003cp\u003eVideo surveillance, public records, fingerprints, hidden microphones, RFID chips: in contemporary societies the intrusive techniques of surveillance used in daily life have increased dramatically. The \"war against terror\" has only exacerbated this trend, creating a world that is closer than one might have imagined to that envisaged by George Orwell in 1984.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow have we reached this situation? Why have democratic societies accepted that their rights and freedoms should be taken away, a little at a time, by increasingly sophisticated mechanisms of surveillance?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the anthropometry of the 19th Century to the Patriot Act, through an analysis of military theory and the Echelon Project, Armand Mattelart constructs a genealogy of this new power of control and examines its globalising dynamic. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book provides an essential wake-up call at a time when democratic societies are becoming less and less vigilant against the dangers of proliferating systems of surveillance. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Armand Mattelart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0745645119\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780745645117\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Polity Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/09\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d","brand":"Armand Mattelart","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120139596031,"sku":"9780745645117","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_78703215-bc90-477e-b7bb-7badd9c4285f.jpg?v=1687412758","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-globalization-of-surveillance-armand-mattelart-9780745645117","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}