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Governing through Biometrics The Biopolitics of Identity /

Managing identity through biometric technology has become a routine and ubiquitous practice in recent years. This book interrogates what is at stake in the merging of the body and technology for surveillance and securitization purposes drawing on a number of critical theories and philosophies.

Main Author: Ajana, B. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Edition:1st ed. 2013.
Subjects:
Political sociology.
Social justice.
Human rights.
Emigration and immigration.
Politics and war.
Criminology.
Human body—Social aspects.
Political Sociology.
Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights.
Migration.
Military and Defence Studies.
Criminology and Criminal Justice, general.
Sociology of the Body.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137290755

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https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137290755

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