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'Privacy'is an ambiguous notion, encompassing personal autonomy, democratic participation, identity management, and social coordination. Each of these privacy ideals reflect different sets of social concerns. Laws operationalize privacy in terms of 'personally identifiable information'. Technologies reify that definition. This has implications for the constitution of identity and social life. It may empower data holders to rationalize populations and create selfserving social categories, while permitting individuals to negotiate these categories outside of panoptic vision. It may facilitate public awareness of, and resistance to, these created social categories. A more expansive understanding of identification and privacy should inform policy discourse.

Discusses political implications of technical advances that allow collection of detailed information about individuals based on their mobile phone use; focus on the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) of 1994, the 911 emergency system, and the USA Patriot Act of 2001.

Preliminary Material -- Introduction /Stephen C. McCaffrey , John S. Murray and Melvin Woodhouse -- Early Work: Marine Biology and Pollution /Stephen C. McCaffrey , John S. Murray and Melvin Woodhouse -- San Francisco Years: Developing the Dave Phillips Approach /Stephen C. McCaffrey , John S. Murray and Melvin Woodhouse -- Introduction: Stephen C. McCaffrey /Stephen C. McCaffrey , John S. Murray and Melvin Woodhouse -- Moving to Free-Lance Consulting Work: Looking for Broader Change /Stephen C. McCaffrey , John S. Murray and Melvin Woodhouse -- Introduction: John Murray /Stephen C. McCaffrey , John S. Murray and Melvin Woodhouse -- A Negotiations Context: Clarifying Palestine's Water Rights /Stephen C. McCaffrey , John S. Murray and Melvin Woodhouse -- Challenges to Water Rights: Uses and Benefits, Dominance and Inequality /Stephen C. McCaffrey , John S. Murray and Melvin Woodhouse -- The Humanity Factor: Seeking Equity for Palestinians /Stephen C. McCaffrey , John S. Murray and Melvin Woodhouse -- Introduction: Melvin Woodhouse /Stephen C. McCaffrey , John S. Murray and Melvin Woodhouse -- Identifying Linkages to Water: Environment, Mineral Extraction, Energy, Food and More /Stephen C. McCaffrey , John S. Murray and Melvin Woodhouse -- The Big Picture: Operationalizing the Equitable and Reasonable Standard for All Beneficial Uses /Stephen C. McCaffrey , John S. Murray and Melvin Woodhouse -- Conclusion: The Legacy /Stephen McCaffrey , John Murray and Melvin Woodhouse -- Plates -- Curriculum Vitae: David J.H. Phillips -- Selected Bibliography of David J.H. Phillips -- Index.

Starting in the early 1990s, journalists and scholars began responding to and trying to take account of new technologies and their impact on our lives. By the end of the decade, the full-fledged study of cyberculture had arrived. Today, there exists a large body of critical work on the subject, with cutting-edge studies probing beyond the mere existence of virtual communities and online identities to examine the social, cultural, and economic relationships that take place online.Taking stock of the exciting work that is being done and positing what cyberculture's future might look like, Critical Cyberculture Studies brings together a diverse and multidisciplinary group of scholars from around the world to assess the state of the field. Opening with a historical overview of the field by its most prominent spokesperson, it goes on to highlight the interests and methodologies of a mobile and creative field, providing a much-needed how-to guide for those new to cyberstudies. The final two sections open up to explore issues of race, class, and gender and digital media's ties to capital and commerce-from the failure of dot-coms to free software and the hacking movement.This flagship book is a must-read for anyone interested in the dynamic and increasingly crucial study of cyberculture and new technologies

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction: The Complex and Contested History of Democracy -- Part I Pre-Classical Democracy -- Chapter 1 Prehistory -- Chapter 2 The Assyrians -- Chapter 3 Ancient India -- Chapter 4 Ancient China -- Chapter 5 Israel and Phoenicia -- Part II Classical Democracy -- Chapter 6 Early Greece -- Chapter 7 Athens -- Chapter 8 Rome -- Part III Medieval Democracy -- Chapter 9 Islam -- Chapter 10 Venice -- Chapter 11 The Nordic Countries -- Chapter 12 The Christian Church -- Part IV Early Modern Democracy -- Chapter 13 The English Parliament -- Chapter 14 The Levellers and Diggers -- Chapter 15 The Swiss Cantons -- Chapter 16 The American Revolution -- Chapter 17 The French Revolution -- Part V Colonialism and Democracy -- Chapter 18 Africa -- Chapter 19 Native Americans -- Chapter 20 Australasia -- Chapter 21 Singapore -- Part VI National Movements -- Chapter 22 1808: South American Liberation -- Chapter 23 1848: European Revolutions -- Chapter 24 1919: After Versailles -- Chapter 25 1945: Post-Second World War Japan -- Chapter 26 1989: Eastern Europe -- Part VII Peoples' Movements -- Chapter 27 Anti-Slavery -- Chapter 28 Women's Suffrage -- Chapter 29 Socialism, Communism, Anarchism -- Chapter 30 Civil Rights -- Part VIII Democracy Today -- Chapter 31 South Africa -- Chapter 32 Bolivia -- Chapter 33 Georgia -- Chapter 34 Iraq -- Chapter 35 Burma -- Chapter 36 China since Tiananmen Square -- Chapter 37 Islam since 9/11 -- Part IX Futures and Possibilities -- Chapter 38 Democracy Promotion -- Chapter 39 Transnational Democracy -- Chapter 40 Digital Democracy -- Chapter 41 Radical Democracy -- Chapter 42 Deliberative Democracy -- Chapter 43 New Thinking -- Conclusion: The Future History of Democracy -- Notes on the Contributors -- Index