2024
DOI: 10.1093/jrs/feae078
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The distorting effects of the for-or-against binary in the representation of European refugee hosting societies in 2015–6

Eugene Michail

Abstract: European receiving societies’ reactions to the increased refugee arrivals of 2015–6 were represented through a for-or-against binary, which focused on whether locals were hospitable or hostile to refugees. This article offers a critical examination of the making and effects of this binary, examining its discursive unfolding in the Greek island of Chios. Its findings show that the repeated use of the for-or-against framing by different actors resulted in the acceleration of the polarization that this representa… Show more

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