Essays about: "Government surveillance"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 29 essays containing the words Government surveillance.

1. 11. Data Biopolitics for Peace? ‘Peace’ as a Technique of Power for Social Control

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Veronika Wilhelmová; [2020]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : In light of Sweden’s increased reliance on surveillance for ensuring security within its own borders, as well as the promotion of big data use for the purposes of predictive analyses in support of peacebuilding, these developments warrant critical assessment. This thesis engages in an explanatory critique of the discursive (re-)definitions of peace in 16 officially released online documents of the Government Offices of Sweden against the backdrop of the increasing use of data technology. READ MORE

3. 12. Disciplining coal resistance : the dynamics of violence and power in disciplining the resistance against the Hambach coal mine in Germany

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Vera Schumann; [2019]
   Keywords : resistance; disciplining dissent; violence; Galtung; power; climate justice;

   Abstract : With climate change being one of the biggest challenges our society is faced with, resistance against fossil fuel companies is on the rise. One such example is the resistance against the Hambach coal mine close to Cologne in Western Germany which is the world’s largest opencast lignite mine. READ MORE

4. 13. JamaicaEye : What does cyber security look like in one of the most recently developed CCTV networks?

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   Author : Elina Svensson; Annika Rydén; [2019]
   Keywords : Cybersecurity; CCTV system; CCTV network; CCTV surveillance; risk management; threats; vulnerabilities; JamaicaEye; implementation;

   Abstract : The issue approached in this study is the possible gaps in cybersecurity in the Closed-Circuit TV system (CCTV) currently being implemented in Jamaica. During 2018, the government of Jamaica together with systems developers from MSTech Solutions developed and started to implement a video surveillance system with the aim to cover the entire nation to reduce criminal activities and create a safer society. READ MORE

5. 14. Understanding the data privacy divide between the European Union and the United States

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Maximin Orsero; [2019]
   Keywords : Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This Thesis seeks to give its reader the tools to understand the data privacy divide between the EU and the US. It explains the crucial notions, historical and jurisprudential factors and regulatory frameworks underlying and constituting it. READ MORE

6. 15. METHODS FOR STUDYING PUBLIC SPACES' IMPACT ON THEIR LIFE : How to understand and improve them for their purpose

   University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Arkitektur och vatten

   Author : Kristin Westlund; [2018]
   Keywords : urban planning; methods; public space; public life; public spaces impact on public life;

   Abstract : The great impact urbanized cities have on its people has been studied since the 1960s. This has created new methods to measure this impact. However, because of lack of knowledge on how to use these methods they are rarely used in the planning process of new spaces in practice. READ MORE