The Good Drone: How Social Movements Democratize Surveillance
Acting with Technology

The Good Drone: How Social Movements Democratize Surveillance

By
Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick
Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick

Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick is Associate Professor of Political Sociology at the Kroc School of Peace Studies at the University of San Diego and concurrent Rights Lab Associate Professor of Social Movements and Human Rights at the University of Nottingham's School of Sociology and Social Policy.

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2020
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THE GOOD  
DRONE  
How Social Movements Democratize  
Surveillance  
AUSTIN CHOI-FITZPATRICK  
The MIT Press  
Cambridge, Massachusetts  
London, England  
© 2020 Austin David Fitzpatrick  
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  
Names: Choi-Fitzpatrick, Austin, author.  
Title: e good drone : how social movements democratize surveillance /  
Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick.  
Description: Cambridge, Massachusetts : e MIT Press, [2020] | Series:  
Acting with technology | Includes bibliographical references and index.  
Identifiers: LCCN 2019034699 | ISBN 9780262538886 (paperback)  
Subjects: LCSH: Social movements--Technological innovations. |  
Technology--Social aspects. | Technology--Political aspects.  
Classification: LCC HM881 .C4445 2020 | DDC 303.48/3--dc23  
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019034699