Selling Us the Fortress: The Promotion of Techno-security Equipment for SchoolsIn the wake of school shootings and the more recent threats of terrorism, schoolsâ¬"like many public institutionsâ¬"have begun installing techno-security equipment ranging from surveillance cameras to microchip tracking systems. But is this equipment necessary, and who really benefits from its use? Selling Us the Fortress, the first qualitative study of the relationship between the security industry and schools, analyzes how technologies once reserved primarily for war have become a common fixture in modern schools, including detailing how school personnel are "sold" on the idea that the mass installation of techno-security is in their best interest. |
Contents
Getting Down to the Business of Being Safe | 1 |
The Security Industry and the Public School Market | 15 |
Selling Social Betterment for Ones Own Private Utopia | 39 |
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Selling Us the Fortress: The Promotion of Techno-security Equipment for Schools Ronnie Casella No preview available - 2006 |
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