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First they came for the poor: surveillance of welfare recipients as an uncontested practice
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Abstract There have been moments in American history when government surveillance of everyday citizens has aroused public concerns, most recently Edward Snowden's 2013 revelations concerning widespread, warrantless surveillance of Americans and foreigners alike. What does not arouse public concern are longst... mehr
There have been moments in American history when government surveillance of everyday citizens has aroused public concerns, most recently Edward Snowden's 2013 revelations concerning widespread, warrantless surveillance of Americans and foreigners alike. What does not arouse public concern are longstanding governmental practices that involve surveillance of poor people who receive certain types of public benefits. This article traces the political history of U.S. poverty-relief programs, considers the perspective of welfare beneficiaries themselves, analyzes American cultural beliefs about the poor in order to offer some thoughts on why those surveillance practices garner little public concern, and argues that those who are concerned about warrantless surveillance of ordinary citizens should do more to protect ordinary poor citizens from surveillance.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Überwachung; Datenschutz; Armut; USA; Wohlfahrt; Sozialhilfe
Klassifikation
soziale Sicherung
Recht
Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, Sicherheitspolitik
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2015
Seitenangabe
S. 56-67
Zeitschriftentitel
Media and Communication, 3 (2015) 3
Heftthema
Surveillance: critical analysis and current challenges (part II)
ISSN
2183-2439
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)