This book of papers by leading surveillance scholars in the field, represents the first sustained attempt to grapple with the relationship between surveillance and democracy.

1. Surveillance and Democracy: An Unsettled Relationship Kevin D. Haggerty and Minas Samatas Section 1: Theorizing Surveillance and Democracy 2. Surveillance and Transparency as Sociotechnical Systems of Accountability Deborah Johnson and Kent Wayland 3. Identification, Surveillance and Democracy David Lyon 4. Democracy and Its Visibilities Andrea Mubi Brighenti 5. Periopticon: Control Beyond Freedom and Coercion - and Two Possible Advancements in the Social Sciences Michalis Lianos Section 2: Surveillance Policies and Practices of Democratic Governance 6. Surveillance as Governance: Social Inequality and the Pursuit of Democratic Surveillance Torin Monihan 7. Democracy, Surveillance and 'Knowing What's Good for You': The Private Sector Origins of Profiling and the Birth of 'Citizen Relationship Management Kirstie Ball, Elizabeth Daniel, Sally Dibb and Maureen Meadows 8. The Impact of Communications Data Retention on Fundamental Rights and Democracy: The Case of the EU Data Retention Directive Lilian Mitrou 9. 'Full Spectrum Dominance' as European Union Security Policy: On the Trail of the 'NeoConOpticon' Ben Hayes Section 3: Case Studies in the Dynamics of Surveillance and Democracy 10. A Trans-Systemic Surveillance: The Legacy of Communist Surveillance in the Digital Age Maria Los 11. Balancing Public Safety and Security Demands with Civil Liberties in a New Constitutional Democracy: The Case of Post-1994 South Africa and the Growth of Residential Security and Surveillance Measures Anthony Minnaar 12. The Greek Olympic Phone Tappings Scandal: A Defenceless State and a Weak Democracy Minas Samatas 13. Surveillance and Democracy in the Digital Enclosure Jennifer R. Whitson