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9739065368                        

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Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012

Online-Ressource (226 p)

Englisch

Front Cover; Video Surveillance and Social Control in a Comparative Perspective; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; 1. Video Surveillance in Theory and as Institutional Practice: Fredrika Björklund and Ola Svenonius; Part I: Comparative Studies; 2. Modernisation, Balancing Interests, and Citizens' Rights: Public Video Surveillance in Poland, Germany, and Sweden: Fredrika Björklund; 3. Video Surveillance in a Historical Perspective: Ola Svenonius

4.The Protection of Privacy in the Context of Video Surveillance: Towards a European Model?: Patricia JonasonPart II: Case Studies; 5. Video Surveillance and the Question of Trust: Wojciech Szrubka; 6. How Effective is the Public Video Surveillance System in Warsaw?: Paweł Waszkiewicz; 7. From Privacy Protection towards Affirmative Regulation: The Politics of Police Surveillance in Germany: Eric Töpfer; 8. The Pressure of the Practice: Swedish PublicSurveillance in an Institutional Perspective: Elfar Loftsson; Contributors; Index;

pt. I. Comparative studies -- pt. II. Case studies.

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Print version: Video Surveillance and Social Control in a Comparative Perspective

978-0-415-62860-0

978-0-415-62860-0 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

741530619

978-1-136-18202-0 ( : 125 (NL,TX))

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TK6680.3 .V52 2012 ; TK6680.3

303.3/3 ; 303.3/3     Ähnliche Literatur

LOC-SH: Electronic books ; Privacy, Right of ; Video surveillance -- Social aspects ; Social control ; Video surveillance - Social aspects

Video surveillance - Social aspects ; Electronic books

This edited collection reports the results of a comparative study of video surveillance/CCTV in Germany, Poland, and Sweden. It investigates how video surveillance as technologically mediated social control is affected by national characteristics, with a specific concern for recent political history. The book is motivated by asking what makes video surveillance "tick" in three very different cultural settings, two of which (Poland and Sweden) are virtually unexplored in the literature on surveillance. The selection of countries is motivated by an interest in societies with recent experiences o