LEADER 02937nam 22006491 450 001 9910790680803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-78238-024-8 024 7 $a10.1515/9781782380245 035 $a(CKB)2550000001126076 035 $a(EBL)1375259 035 $a(OCoLC)859837435 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001002267 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11544346 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001002267 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10997295 035 $a(PQKB)11642843 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1375259 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1375259 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10774313 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL526716 035 $a(DE-B1597)635745 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781782380245 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001126076 100 $a20130815d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPeripheral vision $epolitics, technology, and surveillance /$fCatarina Frois 210 1$aNew York :$cBerghahn Books,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (176 p.) 225 1 $aEASA series ;$v22 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-78238-023-X 311 $a1-299-95465-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographies. 327 $aTitle 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 330 $a In Portugal between 2005 and 2010, "modernization through technology" was the major political motto used to develop and improve the country's peripheral and backward condition. This study reflects on one of the resulting, specific aspects of this trend-the implementation of public video surveillance. The in-depth ethnography provides evidence of how the political construction of security and surveillance as a strategic program actually conceals intricate institutional relationships between political decision-makers and common citizens. Essentially, the detailed account of the major actors, as 410 0$aEASA series ;$vv. 22. 606 $aVideo surveillance$xPolitical aspects$zPortugal 606 $aClosed-circuit television$xPolitical aspects$zPortugal 606 $aInternal security$zPortugal 607 $aPortugal$xPolitics and government$y21st century 615 0$aVideo surveillance$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aClosed-circuit television$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aInternal security 676 $a363.2/32 700 $aFrois$b Catarina$0878559 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790680803321 996 $aPeripheral vision$93685983 997 $aUNINA