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The Electronic Eye: The Rise of Surveillance Society: The Rise of Surveillance Society - Computers and Social Control in Context

The Electronic Eye: The Rise of Surveillance Society: The Rise of Surveillance Society - Computers and Social Control in Context

by David Lyon (Author)

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    Paperback 1994

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Synopsis

In this book David Lyon analyses the various contexts of surveillance activity and offers a balanced account of the influence electronic information systems have on the social order today.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 284
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: Polity
Published: 01 Jan 1994
ISBN 10: 0745612687
ISBN 13: 9780745612683

Media Reviews
It is an extremely wide--ranging treatment of the monitoring of what used to be called private citizens in the worlda s a advanceda societies. No other book offers such a comprehensive view of the literature on surveillance, nor does any other author on the subject surpass Lyona s ability to write engagingly and clearly. James B. Rule From a a citizen consisting of body, soul, and passporta to a a citizen consisting of body, soul and a credit card leads the wondrous transformation of men and women of our times, as well as of those who control, survey, monitor and supervise every episode of their life itinerary -- both scrupulously recorded and vividly portrayed in David Lyona s new book. Knowing from Foucault that modernity was above all and from the start about surveillance, what can (and ought) be added to that knowledge by the experience of computerised and information--saturated society, prominent for the willing Cupertino of the surveilled with the surveillors? This seminal question Lyon asks; he also answers it comprehensively and in an utterly authoritative fashion. ----Zygmunt Bauman Lyon writes in a lively fashion and there are some excellent illustrations of his thesis. His arguments draw on a wide variety of literature and there is a refreshing attempt to combine empirical analysis with critical social theory. It is also a timely book. ----The Sociological Review It is a user--friendly textbook ... easily--digestible ... and judiciously balanced in ita s argument. ----Sociology Wide--ranging sociological review ... the book is lucidly written ... and demands a response from the reader: definitely recommended. ----Environment and Planning
Author Bio
David Lyon is Professor and Head of Department of Sociology at Queen's University, Ontario, Canada. He is the author of several books including The Information Society (Polity, 1988).