1st Edition

The Surveillance Web

By Mike McCahill Copyright 2002
236 Pages
by Willan

236 Pages
by Willan

The rise of CCTV and surveillance technologies has been one of the key developments in contemporary society, but its impact has often been analysed in a fragmented manner. This book addresses this issue by providing a detailed, micro-sociological account of the construction of a CCTV network in one English city. It differs from previous studies (which have concentrated on open street CCTV systems)... Read more
Contents Introduction Part 1 Theory and method 1 Towards a contemporary theory of surveillance Part 2 The rise of visual surveillance in a northern city 2 The story of Northern City 3 The surveillance web Part 3 Three case studies of visual surveillance systems 4 The panopticon mall 5 Watching the workers 6 Watching the tenants Part 4 Back to theory 7 Back to theory Bibliography Index

Biography

Mike McCahill