Preempting Dissent: The Politics of an Inevitable Future (Paperback)

Preempting Dissent: The Politics of an Inevitable Future Book Description

The Bush administrationas aWar on Terrora ushered in a new logic of surveillance, suppressing public dissent and mobilizing both afaitha and afear.a Elmer and Opel reveal the underlying logic of preemption whereby threats must be eliminated before they materialize, drawing on social theories and media analyses to assess the wider impact of this new era of security and political order. They track three emerging strategies: zoning or incarceration of protesters, expansion of human surveillance techniques by police and law enforcement agencies, and deployment of astealtha forms of crowd control. Addressing the logic of preemption, Elmer and Opel lay the groundwork for more effective resistance.

About the Author :

Greg Elmer has contributed to Preempting Dissent: The Politics of an Inevitable Future as an author. Greg Elmer is Associate Professor of Communications at Florida State University. He is the editor of "Critical Perspectives on the Internet" and co-editor of the journal "Space and Culture".

Andy Opel has contributed to Preempting Dissent: The Politics of an Inevitable Future as an author. ANDY OPEL is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication at Florida State University, where he teaches documentary video production and media studies. His work has appeared in Enviropop: Studies in Environmental Rhetoric and Popular Culture and The Journal of American Culture. His research interests include the intersection of consumer culture and the environment as well as the emerging media activism and reform movement.

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