At the end of the first decade of the 21st century, surveillance is now part of everyday life and is presented as a normal and necessary mechanism of security and control, legitimized by the fear of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. However, modern surveillance is not only identified with the "Big Brother", nor is it limited to the panopticon tower of Bentham and Foucault. The collection and processing of personal information is vital for the functioning of the economy, communication, transportation, and generally the globalized, neoliberal information capitalism, but it is also a serious threat to privacy, human rights, and democracy.

The texts included are:

Foreword and acknowledgments

The authors of the volume

- Minas Samatas, "Introduction"
- David Lyon, "Everyday Surveillance: Personal Data and Social Classifications"
- Gary Marx, "What's New in New Surveillance? Classifications for Change and Continuity"
- Kevin Haggerty and Richard Ericson, "The Mosaic of Surveillance"
- David Lyon, "Resisting Surveillance (After September 11, 2001)"
- Michalis Lianos, "Normality: Coexistence, Compliance, and Monitoring in the Post-Industrial Society"
- George Katrougalos, "Security and Freedom: the Example of Public Space Surveillance"
- Lilian Mitrou, "Is There Privacy in Public Space? Or, Whoever Watches the Watchers?"
- Yiannis Panousis, "Camera-phobia and Camera-love: Demo-insecurity?"
- Minas Samatas, "From Thought Control to Traffic Control? The Politics of Expansion and Resistance to CCTV Surveillance Cameras in Post-Olympic Greece"
- Konstantinos Tsoukalas, "Towards a Democracy of Observed and Dazed Lambs"

Questions for reflection and discussion (per chapter)
Basic terminology glossary
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