Citizenship and Identity in the Age of Surveillance

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Citizenship and Identity in the Age of Surveillance is written by Pramod K. Nayar and published by Cambridge University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1316272214 (ISBN 10) and 9781316272213 (ISBN 13).

This book is a study of cultures of surveillance, from CCTV to genetic data-gathering and the new forms of subjectivity and citizenship that are forged in such cultures. It studies data, bodies and space as domains within which this subjectivity of the vulnerable individual emerges. The book also proposes that we can see a shift within cultures of surveillance where, from active participation in the process of surveilling, a witness-citizen emerges. The book therefore seeks to alter surveillance as a mere top-down system, instead arguing that surveillance is also a mode of engagement with the world enabling trust, accountability and eventually a responsible humanitarianism.