By tracing the history of surveillance in Europe and the Soviet bloc, the historian Sophie Cœuré explains the differences between democracies and dictatorships in this area. She also urges us to put things in perspective: We do not (yet) live in a “surveillance society.”
In the backdrop of the “war” between drug cartels and violence escalation in Mexico, the gap between the police and society is widening. Historian Pablo Piccato analyses the historical and geopolitical factors underlying the strong distrust of the police in Mexico.
