Political Science 2231E Chapter biometrics: 2231

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 2231E
• Professor: Radoslav Dimitrov

Document Summary

In these terms the us visit system far exceeds a technologized recording" of entry and exit of non-us citizens and matching of people to their travel documents and visas". As students of ir, we should now have a firm grasp of sovereignty. As mentioned in both the reading and lecture, september 11, 2001, sovereignty, predominantly because of surveillance technologies, such as biometrics, has undergone some fundamental changes in how it is conceptually understood. Consider and discuss both the practical and theoretical implications. Emergence of biometrics have increased the notion of the enemy within - immigrants. Immigration become terrorist threat immigration and the terrorist threat become combined as a problem not because there is a threat to the survival of society" but because scenes from everyday life are politicized, because day-to-day living is securitized". I discuss the representation of biometrics and the body.