Surveillance and identity: discourse, subjectivity and the state

Cover Page -- Dedication -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Surveillance, Governmentality, Identity and Discourse -- 3 Discourse Theory and Analysis -- 4 Representation of Surveillance Practices -- 5 Subjectivity and Subject Positions in Discourses of Surveillance -- 6 Identity in Discourses of Surveillance -- 7 Conclusions and Implications -- Bibliography

Surveillance and Identity analyses the discourse of surveillance in the contemporary United Kingdom, drawing upon public language from central government, governmental agencies, activist movements, finance and banking and the news media. Examining the logics of these discourses and revealing the manner in which they construct problems of governance in the light of the insecurity of identity, this book shows how identity is fundamentally linked to surveillance, as governmental discourses privilege surveillance as a response to social problems

Introduction -- Surveillance, identity, discourse and governmentality -- Discourse theory and analysis -- Representation of surveillance practices -- Subjectivity and subject positions in discourses of surveillance -- Identity in discourses of surveillance -- Conclusions and implications