Overseers of the Poor: Surveillance, Resistance, and the Limits of Privacy - Chicago Series in Law and Society - John Gilliom - Books - The University of Chicago Press - 9780226293615 - December 1, 2001
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Overseers of the Poor: Surveillance, Resistance, and the Limits of Privacy - Chicago Series in Law and Society 2nd edition

John Gilliom

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Overseers of the Poor: Surveillance, Resistance, and the Limits of Privacy - Chicago Series in Law and Society 2nd edition

Confronts the everyday politics of surveillance by exploring the worlds and words of those who know it best - the watched. The book focuses on the conversations of low-income mothers from Appalachian Ohio as they talk about the welfare bureaucracy and its remarkably advanced surveillance system.


186 pages, Ill.

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released December 1, 2001
ISBN13 9780226293615
Publishers The University of Chicago Press
Pages 277
Dimensions 216 × 140 × 17 mm   ·   278 g
Language English  

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