The insecurity of security - for iPod/iPhone: Recent Episodes
The Open University
Do you feel safe in your own home? Security measures, such as gated communities and CCTV, can remove people's rights and have a long-term physical impact on everyday life. Do these increasing attempts at security help or is it a vicious circle which increases our feelings of insecurity?
Security measures, such as gated communities and CCTV, can remove people's rights and have a long-term physical impact on everyday life. Do these increasing attempts at security help or is it a vicious circle which increases our feelings of insecurity?
Transcript -- Security measures, such as gated communities and CCTV, can remove people's rights and have a long-term physical impact on everyday life. Do these increasing attempts at security help or is it a vicious circle which increases our feelings of insecurity?
The stated purpose of the checkpoints and walls that control movement of Palestinians between Israel and the West Bank is to prevent terrorists from entering Israeli cities. This podcast explores their affect on the daily lives of people, and the dilemma facing the women of Machsom Watch, as their actions, which make the process more humane, contradict their political opposition to its existence.
Transcript -- The stated purpose of the checkpoints and walls that control movement of Palestinians between Israel and the West Bank is to prevent terrorists from entering Israeli cities. This podcast explores their affect on the daily lives of people, and the dilemma facing the women of Machsom Watch, as their actions, which make the process more humane, contradict their political opposition to its existence.