Routledge Handbook of Surveillance Studies - Routledge Handbook

Explore the complex world of modern monitoring with the Routledge Handbook of Surveillance Studies. As surveillance becomes a central organizing practice in our world, this book examines how gathering and processing personal data in searchable databases impacts administrative efficiency, security, and governance. This comprehensive resource addresses the tension between technological progress and civil liberties. It looks at how surveillance operates on a global scale through cooperative schemes like biometric data sharing, while also examining its presence in the local, daily details of social life. Designed for students and professionals in anthropology and sociology, this handbook provides a deep look at the empirical, theoretical, and ethical issues facing society today. By bringing together over forty essays from leading names in the field, it offers a wide-ranging perspective on how surveillance shapes our privacy and our social structures. This is an essential text for anyone studying the impact of data and monitoring on modern life.