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Surveillance in urban Japan: A critical introduction

Lookup NU author(s): Dr David Murakami Wood

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Abstract

This paper provides a critical introduction to the development of surveillance in the Japanese city. Adapting the analytical scheme of understanding, intensifying, automating, integrating, globalising and resisting surveillance, it considers whether the historical and contemporary development of Japanese urban surveillance fits the narrative of Western surveillance studies. It shows that there are many interlinked and parallel evolutions, particularly in the context of shared global fears of urban terrorism and crime. However, Japan's history, governance, urban morphology and sociocultural evolution provide a particular context, which means that surveillance in urban Japan must be considered not just in comparison with the West, but in its own right.


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Author(s): Murakami Wood D, Lyon D, Abe K

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Urban Studies

Year: 2007

Volume: 44

Issue: 3

Pages: 551-568

ISSN (print): 0042-0980

ISSN (electronic): 1360-063X

Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd.

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00420980601176097

DOI: 10.1080/00420980601176097


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