Tug of war (Record no. 4562)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780773550476
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 355.033WIL
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Wills, Jocelyn.
245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Tug of war
Remainder of title surveillance capitalism, military contracting, and the rise of the security state
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Montreal
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Kingston
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2017
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xv, 500p. ; 24 cm.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-472) and index.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Selling Earth observation satellites on their abilities to predict and limit adverse environmental change, politicians, business leaders, the media, and technology enthusiasts have spent sixty years arguing that space exploration can create a more peaceful, prosperous world. Capitalist states have also socialized the risk and privatized the profits of the commercial space industry by convincing taxpayers to fund surveillance technologies as necessary components of sovereignty, freedom, and democracy. Jocelyn Wills?s Tug of War reminds us that colonizing the cosmos has not only accelerated the arms race but also encouraged government contractors to compete for the military and commercial spoils of surveillance. Although Canadians prefer to celebrate their role as purveyors of peaceful space applications, Canada has played a pivotal part in the expansion of neoliberal policies and surveillance networks that now encircle the globe, primarily as a political ally of the United States and component supplier for its military-industrial complex. Tracing the forty-five-year history of Canada?s largest space company ? MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) ? through the lens of surveillance studies and a trove of oral history transcripts, government documents, trade journals, and other sources, Wills places capitalism?s imperial ambitions squarely at the centre of Canada-US relations and the privatization of the Canadian political economy. Tug of War confronts the mythic lure of technological progress and the ways in which those who profess little interest in war rationalize their leap into military contracting by avoiding the moral and political implications of their work.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Security, International.
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        UONGOZI Institute Resources Centre - Dar es Salaam UONGOZI Institute Resources Centre - Dar es Salaam 01/17/2025   355.033WIL 004619 01/31/2025 01/17/2025 Book