Technology of Oppression

Preserving Freedom and Dignity in an Age of Mass, Warrantless Surveillance
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-349-49075-2
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 146 Seiten, Book, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm

In the aftermath of the Edward Snowden leaks, the Obama administration has been hard pressed to yield to greater transparency and openness to constructive change. This book provides a catalyst toward greater transparency, increased public awareness of the urgent need for constructive change, and the insight into what such change would require.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cohen, E.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Why Privacy Matters 1. A History of the Mass Warrantless Surveillance Network 2. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Law 3. Network Searches and Applications 4. Transparency of Policies and Practices 5. Democracy in Cyberspace 6. Next Generation Technologies 7. The Technological Imperative 8. Network Surveillance Regulations

Über Autor(innen)

Elliot D. Cohen, Ph.D. specializes in information technology and mass media ethics. His many published works include Mass Surveillance and State Control: The Total Information Awareness Project (2010). Author of several technology patents related to the protection of electronic privacy, he has written extensively on foreign intelligence surveillance law.