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Surveillance in Urban Japan: A Critical Introduction

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  • David Murakami Wood

    (Global Urban Research Unit, School of Architecture Planning and Landscape, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NE1 7RU, UK, d.f.j.wood@ncl.ac.uk)

  • David Lyon

    (Department of Sociology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L 3N6, lyond@post.queensu.ca)

  • Kiyoshi Abe

    (Department of Sociology, Kwansei Gakuin University, Nishinomiya-Uegahara Campus, 1-155 Uegahara Ichibancho, Nishinomiya 662-8501, Hyogo-ken, Japan, k-abe@kwansei.ac.jp)

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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  • David Murakami Wood & David Lyon & Kiyoshi Abe, 2007. "Surveillance in Urban Japan: A Critical Introduction," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 44(3), pages 551-568, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:44:y:2007:i:3:p:551-568
    DOI: 10.1080/00420980601176097
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    1. André Sorensen, 2003. "Building world city Tokyo: Globalization and conflict over urban space," The Annals of Regional Science, Springer;Western Regional Science Association, vol. 37(3), pages 519-531, August.
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    2. David Murakami Wood & Kiyoshi Abe, 2011. "The Aesthetics of Control," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 48(15), pages 3241-3257, November.

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