Signs of the surveillant assemblage: Privacy regulation, urban CCTV, and governmentality

Social and Legal Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 505-522

  Lippert, Randy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assemblage; CCTV; Governmentality; Liberalism; Panopticon; Privacy regulation; Regulatory signage; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

EID: 72249116110     PISSN: 09646639     EISSN: 14617390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0964663909345096     Document Type: Article

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