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socioloGy<br />
Age, Gender, and Work<br />
Small information technology Firms in the new economy<br />
Edited by Julie Ann McMullin<br />
In the new knowledge-based economy,<br />
information technology (IT) is a major field<br />
of employment. However, the fast pace of<br />
technological innovation, globalization, and<br />
the volatile stock market have made IT an<br />
increasingly risky business – for some employees<br />
more than for others. This volume examines how<br />
women and older workers in small IT companies<br />
are disproportionately vulnerable to economic<br />
uncertainty within their industry. Drawing on<br />
original survey and interview data, the authors<br />
explore how gender and age affect work and<br />
workplace culture to produce a fresh contribution<br />
to the literature on inequality.<br />
JUliE ANN mcmUlliN is a professor in the<br />
Department of Sociology at the University<br />
of Western Ontario.<br />
n e W r e l e a s e<br />
January 2011 , 192 pages, 6 x 9 "<br />
12 tables<br />
978-0-7748-1971-8 hC $85.00<br />
978-0-7748-1973-2 librAry E-book<br />
Sociology , Technology & Society , Sociology<br />
of Gender & Family , Canadian Public Policy &<br />
Administration , Women’s Studies<br />
socioloGy<br />
panoptic Dreams<br />
Streetscape Video Surveillance in Canada<br />
Sean P. Hier<br />
The number of Canadian cities using video<br />
surveillance systems to monitor city streets is<br />
growing. In Panoptic Dreams, Sean Hier explores<br />
how and why Canadian cities introduced street<br />
surveillance programs between 1981 and 2005<br />
and brings to light the governance structures and<br />
privacy protection policy frameworks that made<br />
these programs possible. This book uses empirical<br />
findings to reflect critically on video surveillance<br />
policy and design structures in Canada. The<br />
original analyses will assist academics, privacy<br />
advocates, and others with community-based<br />
interests to assess the strengths and weaknesses<br />
of establishing streetscape CCTV surveillance<br />
monitoring systems.<br />
sEAN p. hiEr is an associate professor in<br />
the Department of Sociology at the University<br />
of Victoria.<br />
neW in PaPerBacK<br />
January 2011 , 328 pages, 6 x 9 "<br />
19 b&w photographs<br />
978-0-7748-1871-1 hC $85.00<br />
978-0-7748-1872-8 pb $32.95<br />
978-0-7748-1873-5 librAry E-book<br />
Sociology , Law & Society , Socio-legal Studies ,<br />
Security Studies<br />
criminoloGy<br />
Critical Criminology in Canada<br />
new Voices, new directions<br />
Edited by Aaron Doyle and Dawn Moore<br />
This book presents the work of a new generation<br />
of critical criminologists who explore the geographical,<br />
institutional, and political contexts of<br />
the discipline in Canada. Breaking away from<br />
mainstream criminology and law-and-order<br />
discourses, the authors offer a spectrum of<br />
theoretical approaches to criminal justice – from<br />
governmentality to feminist criminology, from<br />
critical realism to anarchism – and they propose<br />
novel approaches to topics ranging from genocide<br />
to white-collar crime. By posing crucial questions<br />
and attempting to define what criminology should<br />
be, this book will shape debates about crime,<br />
policing, and punishment for years to come.<br />
AAroN DoylE is an associate professor in the<br />
Department of Sociology and Anthropology<br />
at Carleton University. DAWN moorE is an<br />
associate professor in the Department of Law<br />
at Carleton University.<br />
recently released<br />
December 2010 , 336 pages, 6 x 9 "<br />
4 b&w figures and tables<br />
978-0-7748-1834-6 hC $90.00<br />
978-0-7748-1836-0 librAry E-book<br />
Criminology , Law & Society , Socio-legal Studies ,<br />
Canadian Social Policy , Sociology<br />
LaW and SoCietY SerieS<br />
28 SPRING 2011 | order online @ www.ubcpress.ca