Governing through Biometrics

The Biopolitics of Identity

• Author(s): B. Ajana,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 238
• ISBN_10: 1137290757
  ISBN_13: 9781137290755
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Social Science / Sociology / General , Political Science / Public Policy / Social Policy , Social Science / Emigration & Immigration , Political Science / Security (National & International) , Social Science / Criminology , Political Science / General , Technology & Engineering / Military Science ,

Description:... 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.