ISBN:
9783031166365
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 220 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Munoriyarwa, Allen Digital surveillance in Southern Africa
DDC:
302.231
Keywords:
Electronic surveillance
;
Privacy, Right of
;
Electronic surveillance
;
Politics and government
;
Privacy, Right of
;
Electronic books
;
Africa, Southern Politics and government
;
Southern Africa
;
Südafrika
;
Simbabwe
;
Sambia
;
Namibia
;
Botswana
;
Moçambique
;
Überwachung
;
Gesichtserkennung
;
Videoüberwachungsanlage
;
Innere Sicherheit
;
Menschenrecht
Abstract:
Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Twists and Turns? From Analogue to Digital Surveillance -- Definition of Surveillance -- Historicizing Surveillance Regimes in Southern Africa -- Metamorphosis and Shifts in Institutional Sites of Surveillance in Southern Africa -- Democratization Conflicts, Surveillance States and the Chilling Effects in Southern Africa -- COVID-19-Related Surveillance -- Theorizing Surveillance -- Panoptic Theories of Surveillance -- Post-Panoptic Theories of Surveillance -- Resisting Surveillance: Everyday Forms of Resistance -- Methodological Approach -- Key Arguments of This Book -- Outline of the Book -- References -- Chapter 2: The Political Economy of Digital Surveillance: Actors, Powers and Interests -- Introduction -- A Critical Political Economy Approach to Surveillance -- Too Close for Comfort? Surveillance Infrastructures in Zambia's Smart City Projects -- Weaponizing Surveillance: The Entanglement of Endemic Crime and Individual Politics in South Africa's Surveillance Practices -- The Political Economy of Military-Driven Digital Surveillance in Zimbabwe -- Actors, Interests and Targets -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Regulating and Legislating Surveillance -- Background -- Defining Legislation and Regulation -- An Overview of Literature on Surveillance Laws -- International and Regional Frameworks on Surveillance and Privacy Issues -- International Legal Instruments -- Regional Legal Instruments -- The Necessary and Proportionate Principles -- Key Features of Surveillance Laws in the SADC Region -- Grounds for Interception of Communications -- Judicial Authorization -- Protection for Metadata -- Mandatory SIM Registration -- Oversight and Transparency Mechanisms -- User Notification -- Conclusion.
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