Peripheral vision : politics, technology, and surveillance /: politics, technology, and surveillance. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Catarina Frois.
• Other Names: Frois, Catarina
• Contents: List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Acknowledgments Introduction: Politics, technology and surveillance Peripheral Vision 'Surveillance studies' Anthropology, politics and policies Notes on methodology and ethics Chapter 1. From dictatorship to democracy Backwardness as a syndrome Political modernization: Salazar's Estado Novo and the carnation revolution The country's modernization: entry into the EEC and structural reforms Fighting backwardness through technology: the Socrates Era Chapter 2. Eye in the sky The eye behind the eye Video surveillance in Portugal: Law No. 1/2005 The National Video Surveillance Program Video surveillance in the zona da Ribeira do Porto Video surveillance in Baixa Pombalina The protection of thousands First evaluation of CCTV in public areas Chapter 3. Policy-making: successes, failures, contradictions Data Protection Authority Police force Political forces and party strategies 'Forgotten' diagnosis Chapter 4. Public Matters, Private Issues Public and private: a matter of opinion Video surveillance: security and its nuances Privacy: a right for everyone? Chapter 5. The Quest for Security Barometers of (In)security Where danger comes from Fear, politics, economy Conclusion: Modernization and Backwardness References
• Publisher Details: New York : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 363.232; Video surveillance -- Political aspects -- Portugal; Closed-circuit television -- Political aspects -- Portugal; Internal security -- Portugal; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General; Portugal -- Politics and government -- 21st century; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781782380245; 1782380248; 1299954650; 9781299954656
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
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