Illusions of Security: Global Surveillance and Democracy in the Post-9/11 World (City Lights Open Media)
By Maureen Webb.
Description
In light of the recent terrorist threats at U.K and U.S. airports, this book is a timely and provocative read about what governments should and should not be doing to protect us from further terrorist attacks. It is a crucial look at a little-examined aspect of the U.S. -- led "war on terror" -- the move toward the use of mass, globalized surveillance and a “preemptive” model of security, and its effects on democratic values and human rights around the world."George Orwell and Michel Foucault together could not have imagined the future that Maureen Webb warns is a...
ISBN(s)
0872864766, 9780872864764
