On the Doorstep of Europe - Asylum and Citizenship in Greece

"This is an ethnographic study of the asylum system in Greece, tracing the ways asylum seekers, bureaucrats, and service providers attempt to navigate the dilemmas of governance, ethics, knowledge, and sociability that emerge through this legal process. Centering on the work of an asylum advocacy NGO in Athens, Heath Cabot explores how workers and clients grapple with predicaments endemic to Europeanization and rights-based protection. Drawing inspiration from classical Greek tragedy to highlight both the transformative potential and the violence of law, Cabot charts the structural violence effected through European governance, rights frameworks, and humanitarian intervention while also exploring how Athenian society is being remade from the inside out. She shows how, in contemporary Greece, relationships between insiders and outsiders are radically reconfigured through legal, political, and economic crises. This edition features a new preface by the author"--

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Heath Cabot. With a new preface by the author

Product details

• Authors: Heath Cabot
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.2023
• EAN: 9781512825213
• ISBN: 978-1-5128-2521-3
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Ethnography of Political Viole; The Ethnography of Political Violence
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education