%0 Journal Article
%T Living in Surveillance Societies: The Normalisation of Surveillance in Europe and the Threat of Britain¡¯s Bad Example
%A David Murakami Wood
%A C. William R. Webster
%J Journal of Contemporary European Research
%D 2009
%I University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES)
%X This article argues that surveillance is becoming increasingly normalised across Europe and that this is altering the landscape of liberty and security. It identifies this normalisation as a product of the globalisation of surveillance, the domestication of security, the desire of the European Union (EU) to create a distinct leading role in security, and the influence of the 'bad example' of the United Kingdom (UK). The article uses the two very different examples of video-surveillance and electronic public services in the UK to make this case and to argue for both stronger resistance to calls to make human rights more flexible in a risk and security-driven age and more detailed research into the differences between emerging surveillance societies in Europe.
%K CCTV
%K Security
%K Surveillance
%K Surveillance Society
%U http://www.jcer.net/ojs/index.php/jcer/article/view/159/144