Chapter 22 New Directions in theory (Lyon)

I think it will be better if this piece is the first one in this part (Part 7: Surveillance) because it gives readers a general sense of this particular area of study. The brief introduction of the four strands of surveillance - nation state, bureaucracy, technologic, and political economy - is very helpful in understanding the importance of surveillance in the modern society. Of course, to me the last strand is much more familiar than the other three. Lyon also talks about Panopticon, or 'superpanopticon', but the way he puts it is much easier to understand than Foucault.