02937nam 22006491 450 991081980490332120200520144314.01-78238-024-810.1515/9781782380245(CKB)2550000001126076(EBL)1375259(OCoLC)859837435(SSID)ssj0001002267(PQKBManifestationID)11544346(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001002267(PQKBWorkID)10997295(PQKB)11642843(MiAaPQ)EBC1375259(Au-PeEL)EBL1375259(CaPaEBR)ebr10774313(CaONFJC)MIL526716(DE-B1597)635745(DE-B1597)9781782380245(EXLCZ)99255000000112607620130815d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPeripheral vision politics, technology, and surveillance /Catarina FroisNew York :Berghahn Books,2013.1 online resource (176 p.)EASA series ;22Description based upon print version of record.1-78238-023-X 1-299-95465-0 Includes bibliographies.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 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, asEASA series ;v. 22.Video surveillancePolitical aspectsPortugalClosed-circuit televisionPolitical aspectsPortugalInternal securityPortugalPortugalPolitics and government21st centuryVideo surveillancePolitical aspectsClosed-circuit televisionPolitical aspectsInternal security363.2/32Frois Catarina878559MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819804903321Peripheral vision3927230UNINA