{"product_id":"peripheral-vision-politics-technology-and-surveillance-9781782380238","title":"Peripheral Vision: Politics, Technology, and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tIn 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 well as their roles and motivations, serves to explain phenomena such as the confusion between objective data and subjective perceptions or the lack of communication between parties, which as this study argues, underlies the idiosyncrasies and fragilities of Portugal’s still relatively young democratic system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eThis is a valuable contribution to the field of surveillance studies, in that it broadens the perspective of many aspects of research on surveillance through political anthropology; and it adds a considerable perspective to anthropology itself, as it concentrates on surveillance as a phenomenon of anthropological research, proving it to be an important aspect of societies today, or even seen in a wider context, of societies in general.\u003c\/em\u003e”  \u003cstrong\u003e·  Nils Zurawski\u003c\/strong\u003e, Hamburg University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eThe author is not doing the usual technocentric study, but a sociopolitical, anthropological analysis with a critical theoretical and empirical approach, seriously considering the prolonged authoritarian surveillance past and its legacy, as well as the socioeconomic backwardness of this Southern European country\u003c\/em\u003e.”  \u003cstrong\u003e·  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMinas Samatas\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Crete\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e \tList of Tables\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction: Politics, technology and surveillance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tPeripheral Vision\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t‘Surveillance studies’\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tAnthropology, politics and policies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tNotes on methodology and ethics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1. From dictatorship to democracy \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tBackwardness as a syndrome\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tPolitical modernization: Salazar’s Estado Novo and the carnation revolution\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe country’s modernization: entry into the EEC and structural reforms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tFighting backwardness through technology: the Socrates Era\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. Eye in the sky\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe eye behind the eye\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tVideo surveillance in Portugal: Law No. 1\/2005\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe National Video Surveillance Program\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tVideo surveillance in the zona da Ribeira do Porto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tVideo surveillance in Baixa Pombalina\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe protection of thousands\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tFirst evaluation of CCTV in public areas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3. Policy-making: successes, failures, contradictions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tData Protection Authority\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tPolice force\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tPolitical forces and party strategies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t'Forgotten’ diagnosis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4. Public Matters, Private Issues \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tPublic and private: a matter of opinion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tVideo surveillance: security and its nuances\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tPrivacy: a right for everyone?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5. The Quest for Security\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tBarometers of (In)security\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tWhere danger comes from\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tFear, politics, economy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion: Modernization and Backwardness\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tReferences\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042209202519,"sku":"9781782380238","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/peripheral-vision-politics-technology-and-surveillance-9781782380238","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}