https://toarcheio.org To Archeio project site Thu, 30 Apr 2020 11:16:39 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.1 https://toarcheio.org/items/the-rise-of-golden-dawn-the-new-face-of-the-far-right-in-greece-2/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:25:40 +0000 http://arc.local/items/the-rise-of-golden-dawn-the-new-face-of-the-far-right-in-greece-2/ Continued]]> The article examines the rise of the one of the most extremist political parties in Europe,
Golden Dawn. It sketches the historical trajectory of the Greek far right, examines the
ideological, organisational and voter profile of Golden Dawn, and offers possible
explanations for its breakthrough in the 2012 elections. The article shows how the
economic crisis has brought a massive realignment of the Greek electorate away from
mainstream parties, giving rise to anti-system and anti-immigrant sentiments. Golden
Dawn’s violent tactics have allowed the party to establish an anti-system and antiimmigrant
profile and capitalise on these sentiments. The party’s future will depend on its
capacity to absorb organisationally any future tensions between party pragmatists and
idealists.

]]> https://toarcheio.org/items/albanian-immigrants-in-greece-from-unwanted-to-tolerated/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:25:38 +0000 http://arc.local/items/albanian-immigrants-in-greece-from-unwanted-to-tolerated/ Continued]]> The main objective of this article is to present the way attitudes towards Albanian people and the perception of them has changed in Greece. The Albanians came to Greece following the collapse of the Communist bloc at the beginning of the 1990s. Within time it transpired that it was a mass immigration of approximately 500,000 people. Greece was not prepared for such an enormous influx of foreigners and failed to initiate an effective migration policy. The initial reactions of the Greek politicians, media and society were negative. Social feelings, however, began to turn in the first decade of the XX century. Albanians ceased to be stigmatized as a threat and started to be perceived in a positive way through the prism of the demands of Greek economy. The economic and migration crisis, however, lead to the reappearance of a xenophobic mood among the Greeks.

]]> https://toarcheio.org/items/spaces-of-contestation-challenges-actors-and-expertise-in-the-management-of-urban-security-in-greece/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:25:23 +0000 http://arc.local/items/spaces-of-contestation-challenges-actors-and-expertise-in-the-management-of-urban-security-in-greece/ Continued]]> Urban security has emerged as one of the key priorities in political and public life in Greece over recent years, and especially since the country fell into financial crisis in 2009. This article offers an unprecedented overview of the challenges, actors and expertise in the management of urban security in Greece, drawing attention to the political tensions that envelop them. The first section focuses on the phenomena considered to constitute core challenges for urban security in the country: from common crime, immigration and urban poverty and degradation, to social unrest, policing, far-right militias and vigilantism. The various state and non-state actors engaged in the management of urban security are then outlined, and the relationship between expertise and official policy-making is critically assessed. Objective and subjective forms of insecurity are shown to be highly contentious, responses to such insecurities are found to produce insecurities in their own right, and constraints upon non-technical expertise are identified as limiting the scope of pertinent state policy.

]]> https://toarcheio.org/items/the-rise-of-golden-dawn-the-new-face-of-the-far-right-in-greece/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:25:17 +0000 http://arc.local/items/the-rise-of-golden-dawn-the-new-face-of-the-far-right-in-greece/ Continued]]> The article examines the rise of the one of the most extremist political parties in Europe, Golden Dawn. It sketches the historical trajectory of the Greek far right, examines the ideological, organisational and voter profile of Golden Dawn, and offers possible explanations for its breakthrough in the 2012 elections. The article shows how the economic crisis has brought a massive realignment of the Greek electorate away from mainstream parties, giving rise to anti-system and anti-immigrant sentiments. Golden Dawn’s violent tactics have allowed the party to establish an anti-system and anti-immigrant profile and capitalise on these sentiments. The party’s future will depend on its capacity to absorb organisationally any future tensions between party pragmatists and idealists.

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