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Immigration detention and state denial in Greece

In recent years, the Greek state has routinely deflected domestic and international criticism of the conditions in its immigration detention centres. It has achieved this by wielding several discursive strategies, chief amongst which has been evocation of philoxenia as a natural trait common to al

By Leonidas K.Cheliotis

/ 29 Aug 2013

Immigration detention and state denial in Greece

In recent years, the Greek state has routinely deflected domestic and international criticism of the conditions in its immigration detention centres. It has achieved this by wielding several discursive strategies, chief amongst which has been evocation of philoxenia as a natural trait common to al

By Leonidas K.Cheliotis

/ 29 Aug 2013

The politics of crime and the financial crisis in Greece

The exasperation of the domestic public has placed significant pressure on Greek politicians to put a halt to treating elite corruption with impunity. Unfortunately this has been pressure which they have proved overwhelmingly able to resist, notwithstanding the indictment of a former Minister of D

By Leonidas K.Cheliotis and Sappho Xenakis

/ 2 Aug 2012