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Routledge Opening the Black Box: The Work of Watching - Routledge Sociology

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Opening the Black Box examines how Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras function as vital mediums within urban systems of supervision and control. Published by Routledge as part of their Advances in Sociology series, this book moves beyond treating CCTV as passive infrastructure to reveal how these technologies actively shape cities, govern behaviour, and protect property. The author challenges the assumption that surveillance systems simply work as intended, instead exploring the complex relational circulations that give CCTV meaning and effect. Drawing on detailed analysis, the book unpacks how spatial authorities have invested vast resources in these technologies whilst often lacking clear understanding of their precise influence on social outcomes. This scholarly work is essential for sociologists, urban theorists, and anyone seeking to understand the hidden mechanisms of contemporary surveillance culture and its role in modern urban life.

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Routledge Advances in Sociology series book providing advanced academic analysis of surveillance technologies and urban control systems.

Examines CCTV cameras as active mediums within relational networks rather than treating them as inanimate objects or passive infrastructure.

Explores how spatial authorities deploy surveillance technologies to sterilise municipalities, govern public conduct, and protect properties.

Critiques the gap between surveillance investment and actual understanding of how these systems influence social behaviour and urban space.

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Routledge
Model
9780415587297
Format
hardcover
ASIN
0415587298
Category
Books > Subjects > Biography > Medical, Legal & Social Sciences > Anthropology & Sociology
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Amazon UK
Release Date
10 October 2014
Listed Since
14 February 2011

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