Craig Calhoun, Social Science Research Council, New York
David Lyon provides a chilling and comprehensive account of the surveillance response to 9/11 by nation-states and corporations. His writing is exceptionally clear and graceful, his scholarship is impeccable, and his judgment is fair and wise.Mark Poster, University of California
A devastating critique on the attempt to engineer security through ever-increasing surveillance capabilities. Lyon brilliantly shows us how these begin to function as a clandestine power that erodes democracy in the name of our wellbeing.
Saskia Sassen, author of Globalization and its Discontents
"Surveillance After September 11 provides the reader with a very useful analysis of past and current security trends, along with predictions of possible future devlopments, in the context of global social change. Lyon's book provides us with a useful, relevant, clear-minded starting-point."
International Journal of Contemporary Sociology
Introduction.
Chapter 1: Understanding Surveillance.
Chapter 2: Intensifying Surveillance.
Chapter 3: Automating Surveillance.
Chapter 4: Integrating Surveillance.
Chapter 5: Globalizing Surveillance.
Chapter 6: Resisting Surveillance.
Notes.
Index