

Of Privacy and Power
The Transatlantic Struggle over Freedom and Security
Author: Abraham L. Newman, Henry Farrell
Narrator: Christopher Grove
Unabridged: 8 hr 52 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 04/02/2019
Categories: Nonfiction, Political Science, International Relations
Synopsis
The transatlantic struggle over freedom and security has usually been depicted as a clash between a peace-loving European Union and a belligerent United States. Henry Farrell and Abraham Newman demonstrate how this misses the point. The real dispute was between two transnational coalitions—one favoring security, the other liberty—whose struggles have reshaped the politics of surveillance, e-commerce, and privacy rights. Looking at three large security debates in the period since 9/11, the authors examine how the powers of border-spanning coalitions have waxed and waned. Globalization has enabled new strategies of action, which security agencies, interior ministries, privacy NGOs, bureaucrats, and other actors exploit as circumstances dictate.