An in-depth ethnography of Portugal from 2005-2010 examining ‘modernization through technology’ Uses surveillance studies to explain the current fragilities of Portugal’s young democratic system Broadens the usual technocentric perspective of surveillance studies through political anthropology
An in-depth ethnography of Portugal from 2005-2010 examining ‘modernization through technology’ Uses surveillance studies to explain the current fragilities of Portugal’s young democratic system Broadens the usual technocentric perspective of surveillance studies through political anthropology
Catarina Frois is Invited Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Lisbon University Institute and Senior Researcher at the Centre for Research in Anthropology, Portugal. Her publications include The Anonymous Society: Identity, Transformation and Anonymity in 12-Step Associations (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009) and VigilA¢ncia e Poder (Mundos Sociais, 2011).
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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
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
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