Fear and the City

Micha, Irini; Koutrolikou, Penny

doi:10.1002/9781118568446.eurs0095

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“…Furthermore, institutional and non-institutional racist discourses and practices against the ‘Others’ increased. A politics of fear prevailed, constantly representing ‘Otherness’ as an overwhelming threat to be excluded and segregated (Micha and Koutrolikou, 2019). Everyday racism and violent racist practices against the ‘Others’, as well as the fear thereof, affected the spatial practices and habitation of migrants in the city (Papatzani, 2021), multiplying aspects of precarity in their everyday lives in Athens.…”

Section: Between ‘Laissez-faire’ Settlement and Regulated Asylum Acco...mentioning

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Multiple geographies of precarity: Accommodation policies for asylum seekers in metropolitan Athens, Greece

Papatzani¹,

Psallidaki

Kandylis

et al. 2021

European Urban and Regional Studies

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Since early 2016, in the context of the so-called ‘refugee crisis’, a series of accommodation policies for asylum seekers were developed in Greece under the regime of ‘emergency’, consisting of two pillars: On the one hand, the ‘campisation’ of accommodation in the mainland and, on the other hand, urban apartments. This article sheds light on the uneven geographies of accommodation policies for asylum seekers in metropolitan Athens, by investigating in a complementary way the aforementioned distinct – yet intertwined – types of accommodation. Through the lens of ‘precarity of place’, it argues that asylum accommodation in Athens reproduces multiple geographies of precarity through (a) filtering mechanisms based mainly on vulnerability categorisations, (b) socio-spatial isolation and segregation, and (c) a no-choice basis and extensive control of everyday habitation. The article explores the impact of the above on the everyday lives, socio-spatial relationships, and processes of belonging of asylum seekers, as well as on how they experience – and sometimes contest – precarity of place. The research, conducted in metropolitan Athens, is based on a mixed-methods approach that includes critical policy analysis and interviews with asylum seekers accommodated in camps and apartments, and representatives of institutional actors involved in the accommodation sector.

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Section: Between ‘Laissez-faire’ Settlement and Regulated Asylum Acco...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Multiple geographies of precarity: Accommodation policies for asylum seekers in metropolitan Athens, Greece

Papatzani¹,

Psallidaki

Kandylis

et al. 2021

European Urban and Regional Studies

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“…Fear is now present in urban life. The fear of crime, of random events (disasters, epidemics), the fear of others and the fear of the future reflect a widespread current of insecurity that has come to characterise everyday life in our cities (Micha and Koutrolikou 2019).…”

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Professionalism Perception and Client Satisfaction

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Amaro

Dias

2022

International Journal of Service Science, Management, Engineering, and Technology

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This research aims to evaluate the degree of customer satisfaction of the nightclubs with the security guards, as well as the perception of their professionalism in performing their duties. Using survey data from 479 nightclubs clients to assess the clients’ professionalism perception of bouncers-doormen and satisfaction. The results indicate an overall satisfaction and bouncers-doormen to be recognized as professionals. Findings also partially contradict previous research. Despite recognizing a certain degree of abuse of power, customers consider those professionals as helpful, especially in emergency situations where they provide guidance and the necessary support. They are also considered to properly watch and protect people and goods in night-time entertainment spaces and have a good ability to foresee and anticipate incidents.

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Fear and the City

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Multiple geographies of precarity: Accommodation policies for asylum seekers in metropolitan Athens, Greece

Multiple geographies of precarity: Accommodation policies for asylum seekers in metropolitan Athens, Greece

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