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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790680803321

Autore

Frois Catarina

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Berghahn Books, , 2013

ISBN

1-78238-024-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (176 p.)

Collana

EASA series ; ; 22

Disciplina

363.2/32

Soggetti

Video surveillance - Political aspects - Portugal

Closed-circuit television - Political aspects - Portugal

Internal security - Portugal

Portugal Politics and government 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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