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020 _a1565843789 (hbk.):
_c25.00 US
100 1 _aWHITAKER Reg
245 0 _aThe end of privacy:
_bhow total surveillance is becoming a reality
260 _aNew York:
_bNew Press,
_c1999
300 _a195p.
520 3 _aFocusses on the impact of new information technologies on political power and in particular on surveillance as a mechanism of power through social control. Considers how state and non-state forces are both involved in surveillance activities, and in the final chapter raises the question of why there is relatively little public protest at the large scale invasion of public privacy.
650 _aINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
_xPOLITICS
650 _aINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
_xSOCIAL ASPECTS
650 _aPRIVACY
650 _aSOCIAL CONTROL
_xSURVEILLANCE
945 _i0010402
_rY
_sY
999 _c45721
_d45721