Surveillance, Power and Modernity Bureaucracy and Discipline from 1700 to the Present Day |
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| Author:
| Dandeker, Christopher |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7456-1342-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 1994 |
| Publisher: | Polity Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $28.00 |
Book Description:
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As a result of the writings of Foucault, surveillance has come to be seen as a phenomenon of major importance in modern societies. But there are few, if any, studies which relate the concept of surveillance to that of bureaucracy, thus connecting Foucault to Max Weber.
As a result of the writings of Foucault, surveillance has come to be seen as a phenomenon of major importance in modern societies. But there are few, if any, studies which relate the concept of surveillance to that of bureaucracy, thus connecting Foucault to Max Weber.