Identifying citizens : ID cards as surveillance / by David Lyon.
Material type: TextPublisher: Cambridge, U.K. ; Malden, Mass. : Polity, 2009Description: viii, 208 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0745641555
- 9780745641553
- 0745641563
- 9780745641560
- Identification cards as surveillance
- ID cards as surveillance
- 323.448 22
- JC596 .L958 2009
Contents:
Summary: 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.
Demanding documents -- Sorting systems -- Card cartel -- Stretched screens -- Body badges -- Cyber-citizens.
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 323.448 LYO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A500306B |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-201) and index.
Demanding documents -- Sorting systems -- Card cartel -- Stretched screens -- Body badges -- Cyber-citizens.
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.
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