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ABSTRACT
Violence perpetrated against migrants by Golden Dawn was rarely investigated or prosecuted by Greek authorities and was discursively constructed as exceptional, contrary to the norms of Greek democracy and committed by marginalized individuals and groups. The article argues that state responses have been shaped by racialized discourses and policies on migration and racism. Anti-migrant violence has been legitimated through three interlinked discursive strategies: a narrative of ‘isolated events’; the denial of its racialized nature; and the rationalization of both state and non-state anti-migrant violence as a regrettable yet understandable defensive reaction to the threats posed by migration.
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Notes
1. This accounts for differences in document lengths: parliamentary debates are longer than oral questions (normally 3–4 pages) and written answers (normally 1–4 pages).
2. Led by PASOK (1996–2004 and 2009–2011), New Democracy (2004–2009) and two coalition governments (November 2011–May 2012 and June 2012–December 2014), the former a caretaker one and the latter led by ND, with PASOK as a junior partner.
3. For example, press releases on traffic accidents.