By David Barnard-Wills.
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Abstract
† Through an examination of security and privacy policy documents from the EU, selected European states and the USA, this article examines problem construction and policy making in the interrelated fields of security, privacy, and surveillance.
† This horizontal analysis, across a set of documents, provides insights into the way these topics are viewed within the policy-making process.
† The analysis also shows the development of EU governmentality around security and privacy, and indicates that whilst the policy discourse of security and privacy is not homogeneous, the influence of European-level governance on security and privacy practices is significant. † The study aims to make a contribution to the literature on security and privacy and on the international context for policy making.
