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

• Autore: Frois Catarina
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Berghahn Books, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (176 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.2/32
• Soggetto topico: Video surveillance - Political aspects - Portugal; Closed-circuit television - Political aspects - Portugal; Internal security - Portugal
• Soggetto geografico: Portugal Politics and government 21st century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Peripheral vision
• ISBN: 1-78238-024-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452819703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: EASA series ; ; v. 22.