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Opening Windows on Surveillance: the Scholarship of Gary Marx

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Gary Marx’s work on surveillance is important to those concerned about the causes and implications of modern surveillance technologies. This essay addresses the themes of reality, complexity, and transdisciplinarity that are prominent in all of Marx’s work including his 2016 book, Windows into the Soul: Surveillance and Society in an Age of High Technology.

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  1. Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University, MSN 3F4, Fairfax, VA, 22030, USA

    Priscilla M. Regan

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Regan, P.M. Opening Windows on Surveillance: the Scholarship of Gary Marx. Soc 54, 363–366 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12115-017-0153-6

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