Social Dimensions of Privacy
Interdisciplinary Perspectives

An interdisciplinary group of privacy scholars explores social meaning and value of privacy in new privacy-sensitive areas.

Beate Roessler (Edited by), Dorota Mokrosinska (Edited by)

9781107052376, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 26 June 2015

378 pages
23.6 x 16 x 2.5 cm, 0.68 kg

'With its assemblage of a global who's who of scholars, the long-awaited Social Dimensions of Privacy defines the state of the art in privacy scholarship. Transcending the individual interests and rights that privacy is usually understood to protect, this volume focuses instead on privacy's social meaning and value - using this perspective to help resolve various controversies about privacy protection in different social domains. Through their careful curation, Roessler and Mokrosinska not only reinvigorate debates about privacy, but elevate them to a level not seen since the publication of Schoeman's classic volume thirty years ago.' Ian Kerr, Canada Research Chair in Ethics, Law and Technology, University of Ottawa

Written by a select international group of leading privacy scholars, Social Dimensions of Privacy endorses and develops an innovative approach to privacy. By debating topical privacy cases in their specific research areas, the contributors explore the new privacy-sensitive areas: legal scholars and political theorists discuss the European and American approaches to privacy regulation; sociologists explore new forms of surveillance and privacy on social network sites; and philosophers revisit feminist critiques of privacy, discuss markets in personal data, issues of privacy in health care and democratic politics. The broad interdisciplinary character of the volume will be of interest to readers from a variety of scientific disciplines who are concerned with privacy and data protection issues.

Introduction Dorota Mokrosinska and Beate Roessler
Part I. The Social Dimensions of Privacy: 1. Privacy: the longue durée James Rule
2. Coming to terms: the kaleidoscope of privacy and surveillance Gary T. Marx
3. Privacy and the common good: revisited Priscilla M. Regan
4. The meaning and value of privacy Daniel J. Solove
Part II. Privacy: Practical Controversies: 5. The feminist critique of privacy - past arguments and new social understandings Judith Wagner DeCew
6. Privacy in the family Bryce Clayton Newell, Cheryl Metoyer and Adam D. Moore
7. How to do things with personal big biodata Koen Bruynseels and Jeroen van den Hoven
8. Should personal data be a tradable good? On the moral limits of markets in privacy Beate Roessler
9. Privacy, democracy, and freedom of expression Annabelle Lever
10. How much privacy for public officials? Dorota Mokrosinska
11. Privacy, surveillance and the democratic potential of the social web Colin J. Bennett, Adam Molnar and Christopher Parsons
Part III. Issues in Privacy Regulation: 12. The social value of privacy, the value of privacy to society and human rights discourse Kirsty Hughes
13. Privacy, sociality, and the failure of regulation: lessons learned from young Canadians' online experiences Valerie Steeves
14. Compliance-limited health privacy laws Anita L. Allen
15. Respect for context as a benchmark for privacy online: what it is and isn't Helen Nissenbaum
16. Privacy, technology, and regulation: why one size is unlikely to fit all Andreas Busch
17. The value of privacy federalism Paul M. Schwartz.

Subject Areas: Intellectual property law [LNR], Jurisprudence & philosophy of law [LAB], Law [L]