The Emergence of a New Security Apparatus in Greece: The Securitization of the Refugee/Covid-19 Crisis Nexus

<span class="abs_content">The aim of this article is to illustrate the securitization processes of the Covid-19 in Greece and the impetus they gave for the anew securitization of migrants and refugees. It is argued that their connectedness became feasible through their discursive pre...

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Main Author:	Georgia Dimari
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Published:	Coordinamento SIBA 2021
Subjects:	securitization of migration securitization of covid-19 securitization of individuals securitization of individual responsibility security apparatus greece Political science (General) JA1-92
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:c20bb49d005046e5bb1ef8ecd35edbec2021-11-21T15:11:42ZThe Emergence of a New Security Apparatus in Greece: The Securitization of the Refugee/Covid-19 Crisis Nexus1972-76232035-660910.1285/i20356609v14i1p341https://doaj.org/article/c20bb49d005046e5bb1ef8ecd35edbec2021-06-01T00:00:00Zhttp://siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/paco/article/view/24029https://doaj.org/toc/1972-7623https://doaj.org/toc/2035-6609<span class="abs_content">The aim of this article is to illustrate the securitization processes of the Covid-19 in Greece and the impetus they gave for the anew securitization of migrants and refugees. It is argued that their connectedness became feasible through their discursive presentation as a 'double crisis'. The central argument of this article is that two sub-components of the securitization of Covid-19 were also securitized, individuals and individual responsibility. The article hence posits the argument that these processes resulted in a quadruple securitization. More specifically, the discourse analysis conducted in speech acts of government and scientific actors reveals that migration and the refugee issue, Covid-19, individuals and individual responsibility are successfully securitized as there are all these elements articulated by the Copenhagen School – existential threats, securitizing actors, referent objects, emergency measures and audience acceptance – that make the securitization of each above issue successful. What is introduced and supported here, then, is that these securitization processes prompted the emergence of a new security apparatus in Greece.</span><br />Georgia DimariCoordinamento SIBAarticlesecuritization of migrationsecuritization of covid-19securitization of individualssecuritization of individual responsibilitysecurity apparatusgreecePolitical science (General)JA1-92ENPartecipazione e Conflitto, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 341-358 (2021)
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description	<span class="abs_content">The aim of this article is to illustrate the securitization processes of the Covid-19 in Greece and the impetus they gave for the anew securitization of migrants and refugees. It is argued that their connectedness became feasible through their discursive presentation as a 'double crisis'. The central argument of this article is that two sub-components of the securitization of Covid-19 were also securitized, individuals and individual responsibility. The article hence posits the argument that these processes resulted in a quadruple securitization. More specifically, the discourse analysis conducted in speech acts of government and scientific actors reveals that migration and the refugee issue, Covid-19, individuals and individual responsibility are successfully securitized as there are all these elements articulated by the Copenhagen School – existential threats, securitizing actors, referent objects, emergency measures and audience acceptance – that make the securitization of each above issue successful. What is introduced and supported here, then, is that these securitization processes prompted the emergence of a new security apparatus in Greece.</span><br />
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title	The Emergence of a New Security Apparatus in Greece: The Securitization of the Refugee/Covid-19 Crisis Nexus
title_short	The Emergence of a New Security Apparatus in Greece: The Securitization of the Refugee/Covid-19 Crisis Nexus
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The Emergence of a New Security Apparatus in Greece: The Securitization of the Refugee/Covid-19 Crisis Nexus

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