| Description |
xiii, 287 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Section I. Setting the scene. Playing the ID card: understanding the significance of identity card systems / David Lyon and Colin J. Bennett -- Governing by identity / Louise Amoore -- |
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Section II. Plus c̦a change: colonial legacies. The elusive panopticon: the HANIS project and the politics of standards in South Africa / Keith Breckenridge -- China's second-generation national identity card: merging culture, industry and technology / Cheryl L. Brown -- Hong Kong's 'smart' ID card: designed to be out of control / Graham Greenleaf -- A tale of the colonial age, or the banner of new tyranny? National identification card systems in Japan / Midori Ogasawara -- India's new ID card: fuzzy logics, double meanings and ethnic ambiguities / Taha Mehmood -- Population ID card systems in the middle east: the case of the UAE / Zejnab Karake-Shalhoub -- |
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Section III. Encountering democratic opposition. Separating the sheep from the goats: the United Kingdom's national registration programme and social sorting in the pre-electronic era / Scott Thompson -- The United Kingdom identity card scheme: shifting motivations, static technologies / David Wills -- The politics of Australia's 'access card' / Dean Wilson -- The INES biometric card and the politics of national identity assignment in France / Pierre Piazza and Laurent Laniel -- The United States real ID act and the securitization of identity / Kelly Gates -- Towards a national ID card for Canada? External drivers and internal complexities / Andrew Clement, Krista Boa, Simon Davies and Gus Hosein -- |
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Section IV. Transnational regimes. ICAO and the biometric RFID passport: history and analysis / Jeffrey M. Stanton -- Another piece of Europe in your pocket: the European health insurance card / Willem Maas. |
| Subject |
Identification cards -- Case studies.
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Identification cards. |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Subject |
Electronic surveillance -- Social aspects -- Case studies.
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Electronic surveillance -- Social aspects. |
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Privacy, Right of -- Case studies.
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Privacy, Right of. |
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Liberty.
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Liberty. |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Bennett, Colin J. (Colin John), 1955-
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Lyon, David, 1948-
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| ISBN |
9780415465649 paperback |
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9780415465632 hardback |
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041546563X hardback |
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0415465648 paperback |
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9780203927137 electronic |
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0203927133 electronic |
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