Identification and registration practices in transnational perspective : people, papers and practices

"Utilising sources that range from 16th century parish registers to the 21st century supermarket loyalty card, this collection examines the history and development of identification documents and surveillance techniques over the past 500 years. Combining the knowledge of several experts from a...

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Bibliographische Detailangaben
Weitere Verfasser: About, Ilsen 1975- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Basingstoke [u.a.] : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013
Ausgabe:1. publ.
Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel:St. Antony's series
Schlagworte:Identification POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Civil Rights POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Human Rights POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration Recording and registration SCIENCE / History SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology Meldewesen Identifikation Geschichte
Umfang:X, 344 S.
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Zusammenfassung:"Utilising sources that range from 16th century parish registers to the 21st century supermarket loyalty card, this collection examines the history and development of identification documents and surveillance techniques over the past 500 years. Combining the knowledge of several experts from a variety of disciplines, this volume successfully demonstrates how identification and registration can enable and empower a population, particularly if the interests of the state and population coincide. It also reveals the weakness of states or corporations when dealing with issues such as popular resistance and fraud, despite great leaps forward in the scientific methods of identifying individuals. This important book offers a vital contribution to the literature on a variety of topical subject areas such as biometric identification, immigration control and personal data use, as such it is of interest to students and scholars of civil and human rights amongst other disciplines"..
Beschreibung:Literaturangaben
Erscheinungsjahr in Vorlageform:2013
Beschreibung:X, 344 S. Ill.
ISBN:9780230354388
0230354386