Peripheral vision : politics, technology, and surveillance / Catarina Frois.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frois, Catarina.

Series:

EASA series ; v. 22.

EASA series ; 22

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Video surveillance--Political aspects--Portugal.

Video surveillance.

Closed-circuit television--Political aspects--Portugal.

Closed-circuit television.

Internal security--Portugal.

Internal security.

Portugal--Politics and government--21st century.

Portugal.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (176 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright; 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 ; Chapter 4: Public Issues, Private Matters ; Chapter 5: The Quest for Security ; Conclusion: Modernization and Backwardness ; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographies.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 21, 2013).

ISBN:

9781782380245

1782380248

OCLC:

859837435