TY - JOUR
T1 - Breaking the order
T2 - The intended and unintended consequences of countersurveillance on the west bank
AU - Swed, Ori
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The author(s), 2020.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Countersurveillance has been acknowledged as an empowering act of civil society that can keep the government in check. With its increasing popularity in academic and popular circles comes a need to better understand when countersurveillance brings a positive outcome and when it backfires. This question is particularly important when countersurveillance is used to bring about a change in policy implementation. Using data from interviews, peace organizations’ reports, and open sources, this paper examines peace movements’ countersurveillance of West Bank checkpoints, exploring the intended and unintended consequences of countersurveillance in this setting. This paper argues that when countersurveillance breaks powerholders’ understanding of social order, it can trigger a harsh response that can render it counterproductive. Contrarily, when countersurveillance operates within the boundaries of this understanding of order, the likelihood of a successful outcome increases.
AB - Countersurveillance has been acknowledged as an empowering act of civil society that can keep the government in check. With its increasing popularity in academic and popular circles comes a need to better understand when countersurveillance brings a positive outcome and when it backfires. This question is particularly important when countersurveillance is used to bring about a change in policy implementation. Using data from interviews, peace organizations’ reports, and open sources, this paper examines peace movements’ countersurveillance of West Bank checkpoints, exploring the intended and unintended consequences of countersurveillance in this setting. This paper argues that when countersurveillance breaks powerholders’ understanding of social order, it can trigger a harsh response that can render it counterproductive. Contrarily, when countersurveillance operates within the boundaries of this understanding of order, the likelihood of a successful outcome increases.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85082139873&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.24908/ss.v18i1.6564
DO - 10.24908/ss.v18i1.6564
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85082139873
SN - 1477-7487
VL - 18
SP - 48
EP - 60
JO - Surveillance and Society
JF - Surveillance and Society
IS - 1
ER -