{"product_id":"illusions-of-security-global-surveillance-and-democracy-in-the-post-911-world-9780872864764","title":"Illusions of Security: Global Surveillance and Democracy in the Post-9\/11 World","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn light of terrorist threats at U.K and U.S. airports, this book is a timely and provocative read about what governments should and should not be doing to protect us from further terrorist attacks. It is a crucial look at a little-examined aspect of the U.S.-led war on terror--the move toward the use of mass, globalized surveillance and a \"preemptive\" model of security, and its effects on democratic values and human rights around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorge Orwell and Michel Foucault together could not have imagined the future that Maureen Webb warns is already here--a state of global surveillance that challenges all of our most deep-seated expectations of privacy. Highly readable and critically important. Read it to see who's watching you.--David Cole, author of \u003cem\u003eEnemy Aliens: Double Standards and Constitutional Freedoms in the War on Terrorism\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough the various 'frozen scandals' of the War on Terror--from extraordinary rendition to torture to warrant-less wiretapping and surveillance--runs a single theme: the Bush Administration's obsessive concern with 'the preemption of risk.'--Mark Danner, author of \u003cem\u003eTorture and Truth: America, Abu Ghraib and the War on Terror\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracking the myriad ways in which governments--aided by advanced technology and profit-hungry corporations--are monitoring and manipulating us, she reminds us that the only predictable consequence of it all is human suffering, with little or no increase in real security.--Robert Jensen, University of Texas at Austin professor and author of \u003cem\u003eThe Heart of Whiteness\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCitizens of the Empire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis valuable guide makes clear how dramatically civil liberties have been attacked in recent years.--Christian Parenti, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Freedom: Shadows and Hallucinations in Occupied Iraq\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Soft Cage\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLockdown America\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn measured, lucid detail, Webb presents a wide-ranging account of the emerging global network of surveillance that is infringing on the personal privacy and civil liberties of people in the United States and worldwide.--Nadine Strossen, Executive Director, ACLU\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a compelling book and it should be compulsory reading.--Jeremy Waldron, Professor of Philosophy, NYU and author of \u003cem\u003eThe Dignity of Legislation\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLaw and Disagreement\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Webb, Maureen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e City Lights Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780872864764\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.96h x 5.58w x 0.88d","brand":"Maureen Webb","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39531401183307,"sku":"9780872864764","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_43f010d0-5200-4970-9cab-885d9afb61f9.jpg?v=1632920287","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/illusions-of-security-global-surveillance-and-democracy-in-the-post-911-world-9780872864764","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}