| Edition |
[Open Access edition]. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 254 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
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data file |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Surveillance studies and states of security -- Taming the tiger -- Prohesion -- Ni con goma -- Statecraft -- Grasping surveillance. |
| Summary |
With Mexico's War on Crime as the backdrop, Making Things Stickoffers an innovative analysis of how surveillance technologies impact governance in the global society. More than just tools to monitor ordinary people, surveillance technologies are imagined by government officials as a way to reform the national state by focusing on the material things - cellular phones, automobiles, human bodies - that can enable crime. In describing the challenges that the Mexican government has encountered in implementing this novel approach to social control, Keith Guzik presents surveillance technologies as a sign of state weakness rather than strength and as an opportunity for civic engagement rather than retreat. |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
| Subject |
Crime prevention -- Mexico.
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Crime prevention. |
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Mexico. |
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Social control -- Government policy -- Mexico.
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Social control. |
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Government policy. |
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Electronic surveillance -- Mexico.
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Electronic surveillance. |
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Security systems -- Mexico.
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Security systems. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Title |
Surveillance technologies and Mexico's war on crime |
| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780520284043 (DLC) 2015040252 |
| ISBN |
9780520959705 (electronic book) |
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0520959701 (electronic book) |
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0520959701 |
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