Social Dimensions of Privacy Interdisciplinary Perspectives [Hardcover]

An interdisciplinary group of privacy scholars explores social meaning and value of privacy in new privacy-sensitive areas.Social Dimensions of Privacy develops an innovative approach to privacy which focuses on privacy's social meaning and value. An interdisciplinary group of leading privacy scholars from the fields of law, philosophy, political science and computer science addresses new privacy-sensitive areas resulting from recent technological developments.Social Dimensions of Privacy develops an innovative approach to privacy which focuses on privacy's social meaning and value. An interdisciplinary group of leading privacy scholars from the fields of law, philosophy, political science and computer science addresses new privacy-sensitive areas resulting from recent technological developments.Written by a select international group of leading privacy scholars, Social Dimensions of Privacy endorses and develops an innovative approach to privacy. By debating topical privacy cases in their specific research areas, the contributors explore the new privacy-sensitive areas: legal scholars and political theorists discuss the European and American approaches to privacy regulation; sociologists explore new forms of surveillance and privacy on social network sites; and philosophers revisit feminist critiques of privacy, discuss markets in personal data, issues of privacy in health care and democratic politics. The broad interdisciplinary character of the volume will be of interest to readers from a variety of scientific disciplines who are concerned with privacy and data protection issues.Introduction Dorota Mokrosinska and Beate Roessler; Part I. The Social Dimensions of Privacy: 1. Privacy: the longue dur?e James Rule; 2. Coming to terms: the kaleidoscope of privacy and surveillance Gary T. Marx; 3. Privacy and the common good: revisited Priscilla M. Regan; 4. The meaning and value of privacy Daniel J. Solove; Part II. Privacy: Practical Controversies: 5. The feminist crlã«