Welfare, crime and society - for iPad/Mac/PC
by The Open University
If you feel that you are being watched, it may well be that you are. Surveillance is an ever growing feature of 21st century life in countries across the world, raising issues of social justice, security and community. The tracks on this album explore how forms and practices of surveillance reveal the entanglements between welfare, crime and society and the tensions and overlaps between policies aimed at delivering social welfare and those intended to control crime. The material is drawn from the course DD208 Welfare, crime and society
Episodes
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Welfare, crime and society
A short introduction to the album.
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Surveillance: safe shopping
Surveillance and security in the White Rose Shopping Centre in Leeds.
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Surveillance: perceptions of security
Private and public, formal and informal forms of security in the White Rose Shopping Centre.
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Gated communities: who and why?
Exploring some of the reasons why people in different parts of the world choose to live in gated communities.
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Gated communities: insiders and outsiders
The purpose and nature of surveillance for residents of gated communities.
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Gated communities: socialness and social retreat
Residents of Atlantic Beach in Cape Town, South Africa, talk about why they feel more comfortable and more secure living in a gated community.
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Gated communities: squatter camp to safe community
Residents of the N2 gateway Project in Langa township, South Africa, talk about the differences the creation of an informal gated community has made to their lives.
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Gated communities: surveillance and security
Residents of gated communities talk about some of the dilemmas they face and the ever present need for surveillance.
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Migration: controlling borders
In Algeciras in southern Spain, the arrival of undocumented migrants from North Africa is a daily occurrence.
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Migration: personal stories
Undocumented migrants tell the stories of their travel from Africa and their experienced when they arrived on Spanish territory.
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Migration: Legal and illegal
The beaurocratic problems migrants face when trying to gain legal status and workers' rights.
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Migration: monitoring and surveillance
The use of documentary evidence as an increasingly important part of border control policy.
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Migration: the risks of surveillance
The dangers of trying to control and monitor migrant populations.
About this show
If you feel that you are being watched, it may well be that you are. Surveillance is an ever growing feature of 21st century life in countries across the world, raising issues of social justice, security and community. The tracks on this album explore how forms and practices of surveillance reveal the entanglements between welfare, crime and society and the tensions and overlaps between policies aimed at delivering social welfare and those intended to control crime. The material is drawn from the course DD208 Welfare, crime and society
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