Awards

• Shortlisted for Donald McGannon Award Competition for Social and Ethical Relevance in Communication Policy Research 2008.
• Winner of <PrizeName>Semi-finalist, 2008 Donald McGannon Award for Social and Ethical Relevance in Communications Policy Research, given by the Donald McGannon Communication Research Center.</PrizeName> 2008
• Winner of Semi-finalist, 2008 Donald McGannon Award for Social and Ethical Relevance in Communications Policy Research, given by the Donald McGannon Communication Research Center. 2008
• Winner of Semi-finalist, 2008 Donald McGannon Award for Social and Ethical Relevance in Communications Policy Research, given by the Donald McGannon Communication Research Center.</PrizeName> 2008

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The Privacy Advocates will become one of the essential books for understanding privacy issues in this decade. -- Privacy Journal A thoroughly researched, well structured, and highly readable account of the persons and groups behind the 'privacy movements,' their motivations, strategies, and the conflicts they encounter, this book completes the highly acclaimed, groundbreaking work on the political analysis of regulating privacy. --Herbert Burkert, President, Research Centre for Information Law, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland A major contribution to the literature of information privacy and social movements. In this fascinating book, Colin Bennett asks and answers all the key questions about privacy advocates. He explores the who, what, when, and why of policy battles against new surveillance practices. Bennett also provides insightful predictions about the future of networked privacy advocates in civil society. --Paul M. Schwartz, School of Law, University of California, Berkeley In this concise, clearly written, and highly informative little volume Colin Bennett continues his scholarly illuminations of the elusive (and sometimes illusive) concept of privacy. However hard to pin down and variable across cultures, there is an increasing, nearly universal sense that many technologically enhanced personal data collection practices go too far. Most of us grimace and bear it, but not those Bennett calls the privacy advocates, who form a loose transnational network. This is their story--told with affection and objectivity, and thoughtfully grounded in the contemporary research literature. --Gary T. Marx, Professor Emeritus, MIT, and author of Undercover: Police Surveillance in America

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Colin Bennett is Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Victoria, British Columbia. He is the author of The Privacy Advocates: Resisting the Spread of Surveillance (MIT Press, 2008) and coauthor (with Charles Raab) of The Governance of Privacy: Policy Instruments in Global Perspective (updated paperback edition, MIT Press, 2006).

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