Peripheral vision : politics, technology and surveillance

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    • Frois, Catarina

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Peripheral vision : politics, technology and surveillance

Catarina Frois

(The EASA series, v. 22)

Berghahn, 2013

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注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-164) and index

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内容説明

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.

目次

List of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction: Politics, technology and surveillance Peripheral Vision 'Surveillance studies' Anthropology, politics and policies Notes on methodology and ethics Chapter 1. From dictatorship to democracy Backwardness as a syndrome Political modernization: Salazar's Estado Novo and the carnation revolution The country's modernization: entry into the EEC and structural reforms Fighting backwardness through technology: the Socrates Era Chapter 2. Eye in the sky The eye behind the eye Video surveillance in Portugal: Law No. 1/2005 The National Video Surveillance Program Video surveillance in the zona da Ribeira do Porto Video surveillance in Baixa Pombalina The protection of thousands First evaluation of CCTV in public areas Chapter 3. Policy-making: successes, failures, contradictions Data Protection Authority Police force Political forces and party strategies 'Forgotten' diagnosis Chapter 4. Public Matters, Private Issues Public and private: a matter of opinion Video surveillance: security and its nuances Privacy: a right for everyone? Chapter 5. The Quest for Security Barometers of (In)security Where danger comes from Fear, politics, economy Conclusion: Modernization and Backwardness References

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