rent-now

Rent More, Save More! Use code: ECRENTAL

5% off 1 book, 7% off 2 books, 10% off 3+ books

9780415952897

Selling Us the Fortress: The Promotion of Techno-Security Equipment for Schools

by ;
  • ISBN13:

    9780415952897

  • ISBN10:

    0415952891

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2006-01-26
  • Publisher: Routledge

Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.

Purchase Benefits

List Price: $185.00 Save up to $150.68
  • Rent Book $131.81
    Add to Cart Free Shipping Icon Free Shipping

    TERM
    PRICE
    DUE
    USUALLY SHIPS IN 3-5 BUSINESS DAYS
    *This item is part of an exclusive publisher rental program and requires an additional convenience fee. This fee will be reflected in the shopping cart.

How To: Textbook Rental

Looking to rent a book? Rent Selling Us the Fortress: The Promotion of Techno-Security Equipment for Schools [ISBN: 9780415952897] for the semester, quarter, and short term or search our site for other textbooks by Casella; Ronnie. Renting a textbook can save you up to 90% from the cost of buying.

Summary

In the wake of the school shootings of the 1990s and more recent threats of terrorism, schools--like other public places and institutions--have begun to install metal detectors, surveillance cameras networked to the internet, palm and iris scanners, facial recognition technology, ID card with microchip tracking systems, profiling software, and other techno-security devices. Selling us the Fortress explores not just the results and implications of these devices, but also how we have gotten to this juncture in history. Using a political economy perspective, the book explains how technologies once reserved primary for war have become a common fixture of even schools. The book takes readers back to the founding of national research laboratories in the United States and the development of spy technologies for national security purpose during the Cold War. It examines federal support for technology development, gives information about businesses that deal security equipment, analyzes the ways security equipment,analyzes the ways security equipment is sold, and how policies and laws have supported the public use of techno-security.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. ix
Introduction: Getting Down to the Business of Being Safep. 1
The Security Industry and the Public School Marketp. 15
Selling Social Betterment for One's Own Private Utopiap. 39
The Safest Society That Technology Can Create and Money Can Buyp. 59
The Promises of Techno-Security Fortificationp. 85
Horror Stories That Sellp. 115
Security, the Law, and Federal Policyp. 141
Transactions on the Open Marketp. 159
Conclusion: The Big Business of Big Brotherp. 181
Overview of Researchp. 195
Notesp. 203
Referencesp. 223
Glossary and List of Organizationsp. 231
Indexp. 235
Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved.

Supplemental Materials

What is included with this book?

The New copy of this book will include any supplemental materials advertised. Please check the title of the book to determine if it should include any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

The Used, Rental and eBook copies of this book are not guaranteed to include any supplemental materials. Typically, only the book itself is included. This is true even if the title states it includes any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

Rewards Program