Surveillance in the United States: From the War on Drugs to the War on Terrorism

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dc.contributor.advisorLopez, Andrea
dc.contributor.advisor
dc.contributor.authorKingston, Linette
dc.contributor.departmentAnthropologyen_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-14T17:11:04Z
dc.date.available2022-03-14T17:11:04Z
dc.date.issued2022-03-11
dc.descriptionWinner of the 2022 Library Award for Undergraduate Research
dc.description.abstractMass mobilization to reform US society by the state is frequently characterized as a “war,” such as the War on Poverty, the War on Crime, the War on Drugs. In particular, aspects of war efforts often parallel the very real discourse and approaches taken during the War on Drugs and the War on Terrorism, for example. Thus, I compare the War on Drugs and War on Terrorism (post-9/11) in terms of the domestic surveillance approaches taken during these periods and examine the disproportionate impacts on communities, in particular, Muslim American ones. I apply the concepts of penality/the logic of punishment to highlight the focus on increased funding for the police over social service provision, the body politic to analyze whose bodies require surveillance and control, and the criminalization of everyday life to explore the consequences of mass surveillance. Through these anthropological frameworks, I demonstrate: 1). in the framing of the War on Drugs and the War on Terrorism, citizens are portrayed differently based on their background; 2). in both wars, the criminalization of everyday life occurs, although the approaches to surveillance differ; 3). by relying on punishment to prevent terrorism, policymakers contribute to hypermarginality among Muslim American communities.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/s17m-wybc
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/28548
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtDigital Repository at the University of Maryland
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md)
dc.subjectraceen_US
dc.subjectsurveillanceen_US
dc.subjectUnited Statesen_US
dc.subjectWar on Drugsen_US
dc.subjectWar on Terrorismen_US
dc.subjectMuslimsen_US
dc.titleSurveillance in the United States: From the War on Drugs to the War on Terrorismen_US
dc.typeResearch Paperen_US

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