Vagle on Structural Surveillance

Jeffrey L. Vagle (University of Pennsylvania Law School) has posted The History, Means, and Effects of Structural Surveillance on SSRN. Here is the abstract:

The focus on the technology of surveillance, while important, has had the unfortunate side effect of obscuring the study of surveillance generally, and tends to minimize the exploration of other, less technical means of surveillance that are both ubiquitous and self-reinforcing — what I refer to as structural surveillance — and their effects on marginalized and disenfranchised populations. This Article proposes a theoretical framework for the study of structural surveillance which will act as a foundation for follow-on research in its effects on political participation.