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Playing the identity card, surveillance, security and identification in global perspective, edited by Colin J. Bennett and David Lyon

Label
Playing the identity card, surveillance, security and identification in global perspective, edited by Colin J. Bennett and David Lyon
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Playing the identity card
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
edited by Colin J. Bennett and David Lyon
Sub title
surveillance, security and identification in global perspective
Table Of Contents
Section one. Setting the scene. Playing the ID card: understanding the significance of identity card systems / David Lyon and Colin J. Bennett -- Governing by identity / Louise AmooreSection two. Plus ça change: colonial legacies. The elusive panopticon: the HANIS project and the politics of standards in South Africa / Keith Breckenridge -- China's second-generation national identity card: merging culture, industry and technology / Cheryl L. Brown -- Hong Kong's 'smart' ID card: designed to be out of control / Graham Greenleaf -- A tale of the colonial age, or the banner of new tyranny? National identification card systems in Japan / Midori Ogasawara -- India's new ID card: fuzzy logics, double meanings and ethnic ambiguities / Taha Mehmood -- Population ID card systems in the middle east: the case of the UAE / Zejnab Karake-ShalhoubSection three. Encountering democratic opposition. Separating the sheep from the goats: the United Kingdom's national registration programme and social sorting in the pre-electronic era / Scott Thompson -- The United Kingdom identity card scheme: shifting motivations, static technologies / David Wills -- The politics of Australia's 'access card' / Dean Wilson -- The INES biometric card and the politics of national identity assignment in France / Pierre Piazza and Laurent Laniel -- The United States real ID act and the securitization of identity / Kelly Gates -- Towards a national ID card for Canada? External drivers and internal complexities / Andrew Clement, Krista Boa, Simon Davies and Gus HoseinSection four. Transnational regimes. ICAO and the biometric RFID passport: history and analysis / Jeffrey M. Stanton -- Another piece of Europe in your pocket: the European health insurance card / Willem Maas
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