Peripheral Vision : : Politics, Technology, and Surveillance / / Catarina Frois.
In Portugal between 2005 and 2010, “modernization through technology” was the major political motto used to develop and improve the country’s peripheral and backward condition. This study reflects on one of the resulting, specific aspects of this trend—the implementation of public video surveillance...
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Frois, Catarina, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Peripheral Vision : Politics, Technology, and Surveillance / Catarina Frois. New York; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2013] ©2013 1 online resource (176 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda EASA Series ; 22 Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Politics, Technology and Surveillance -- Chapter 1 From Dictatorship to Democracy -- Chapter 2 Eye in the Sky -- Chapter 3 Policy-Making: Successes, Failures, Contradictions -- Chapter 4 Public Issues, Private Matters -- Chapter 5 The Quest for Security -- Conclusion: Modernization and Backwardness -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star In Portugal between 2005 and 2010, “modernization through technology” was the major political motto used to develop and improve the country’s peripheral and backward condition. This study reflects on one of the resulting, specific aspects of this trend—the implementation of public video surveillance. The in-depth ethnography provides evidence of how the political construction of security and surveillance as a strategic program actually conceals intricate institutional relationships between political decision-makers and common citizens. Essentially, the detailed account of the major actors, as well as their roles and motivations, serves to explain phenomena such as the confusion between objective data and subjective perceptions or the lack of communication between parties, which as this study argues, underlies the idiosyncrasies and fragilities of Portugal’s still relatively young democratic system. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 07. Nov 2022) Closed-circuit television Political aspects Portugal. Internal security Portugal. Video surveillance Political aspects Portugal. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013 9783110998283 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781782380245 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781782380245 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781782380245/original |
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