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GOVERNMENT SURVEILLANCE, NEOLIBERAL CITIZENSHIP, AND SOCIAL IDENTITY
GOVERNMENT SURVEILLANCE, NEOLIBERAL CITIZENSHIP, AND SOCIAL IDENTITY

Author(s): Radu Petcu
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Addleton Academic Publishers
Keywords: government power; surveillance; citizen; identity; trust

Summary/Abstract: The main objective of this paper is to explore and describe the discursive politics of surveillance, the constitutional norm that aims to defend citizens from government power via unjustified infringements, the function identity can have as a decisive point of entry into surveillance, and the security facet of surveillance. The material gathered in this study provides a rich and diverse context for understanding the defense of citizens from groundless government power, the governmental discourse of surveillance, the political consequences that follow from the portrayal of surveillance, and the discursive politics of surveillance and identity. The analysis presented in this paper contributes to research on the constitution of the mutual trust between citizens and government, the joint of the governmental surveillance identity, and the influences of surveillance practices on the articulation of identity.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 14
  • Page Range: 126-131
  • Page Count: 6
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