Digital Surveillance in Southern Africa : Policies, Politics and Practices / / Allen Munoriyarwa and Admire Mare

• Autore: Munoriyarwa Allen
• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2022]; ©2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (233 pages)
• Disciplina: 363.232
• Soggetto topico: Electronic surveillance - Africa, Southern; Privacy, Right of
• Soggetto geografico: Africa, Southern Politics and government
• Persona (resp. second.): MareAdmire
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Twists and Turns? From Analogue to Digital Surveillance -- Definition of Surveillance -- Historicizing Surveillance Regimes in Southern Africa -- Metamorphosis and Shifts in Institutional Sites of Surveillance in Southern Africa -- Democratization Conflicts, Surveillance States and the Chilling Effects in Southern Africa -- COVID-19-Related Surveillance -- Theorizing Surveillance -- Panoptic Theories of Surveillance -- Post-Panoptic Theories of Surveillance -- Resisting Surveillance: Everyday Forms of Resistance -- Methodological Approach -- Key Arguments of This Book -- Outline of the Book -- References -- Chapter 2: The Political Economy of Digital Surveillance: Actors, Powers and Interests -- Introduction -- A Critical Political Economy Approach to Surveillance -- Too Close for Comfort? Surveillance Infrastructures in Zambia's Smart City Projects -- Weaponizing Surveillance: The Entanglement of Endemic Crime and Individual Politics in South Africa's Surveillance Practices -- The Political Economy of Military-Driven Digital Surveillance in Zimbabwe -- Actors, Interests and Targets -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Regulating and Legislating Surveillance -- Background -- Defining Legislation and Regulation -- An Overview of Literature on Surveillance Laws -- International and Regional Frameworks on Surveillance and Privacy Issues -- International Legal Instruments -- Regional Legal Instruments -- The Necessary and Proportionate Principles -- Key Features of Surveillance Laws in the SADC Region -- Grounds for Interception of Communications -- Judicial Authorization -- Protection for Metadata -- Mandatory SIM Registration -- Oversight and Transparency Mechanisms -- User Notification -- Conclusion. ; References -- Chapter 4: Public Space and Communication Surveillance -- Introduction -- The Logic of Public Space and Communication Surveillance and Their Normalization in the Public Sphere -- Rampant Crime, Fear of Terrorism and the Normalization of Surveillance -- Digital Communication Surveillance Practices in Southern Africa -- Infrastructures of Public Space Surveillance -- The Growth of a 'cottage industry' of Surveillance -- The Human Rights Conundrum in Public Space and Communication Surveillance Practices -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: Mainstreaming Surveillance Through the Biometrification of Everyday Life -- Background -- Definitions, Debates and Discourses -- Case Studies: Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe -- Botswana -- Namibia -- South Africa -- Zambia -- Zimbabwe -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: Quotidian Forms of Resistance to Surveillance -- Introduction -- The Logic of Resistance to Surveillance -- Civic Societies, Vulnerable Constituencies and the Growing Anti-surveillance Crusade -- Everyday Forms of Surveillance Resistance -- Engagement and Litigation as a Resistance Strategy in South Africa: Actors and Power Relations -- The Dilemmas of Litigation as a Surveillance Resistance Strategy in (Semi) Authoritarian Contexts -- Whither Resistance? Existing Possibilities and Challenges to Resistance Against Digital Surveillance -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7: Conclusions: The Bigger Picture of Surveillance Futures -- Introduction -- What Are the Emerging Trends and Practices of Digital Surveillance Practices in Southern Africa? -- What Does These Developments Tell Us About Surveillance Practices in the Region? -- Looking into the Future: Towards Ubiquitous and Quotidian Platformveillance -- Platformveillance and the Precarity of Citizens' Rights. ; The Liquification and Normalization of Surveillance -- 'Splinternet' and the Future of Digital Surveillance -- Towards Data Justice and Human Rights Respecting Surveillance Regimes -- Concluding Remarks: Legislating and Governing Surveillance in the Age of Changing Technologies -- References -- Appendices -- Country Profiles -- Angola -- Botswana -- Eswatini -- Malawi -- Mozambique -- Namibia -- South Africa -- Zambia -- Zimbabwe -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Digital Surveillance in Southern Africa
• ISBN: 3-031-16636-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910637708303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II