Liquid Surveillance: The Contribution of Zygmunt Bauman to Surveillance Studies

International Political Sociology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 325-338

  Lyon, David ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 78649794118     PISSN: 17495679     EISSN: 17495687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-5687.2010.00109.x     Document Type: Article

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