Neovi M Karakatsanis
Biographic Data
| ID | 325520 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Neovi M Karakatsanis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Neovi M |
| FAMILY NAME | Karakatsanis |
| SIGNATURE | KARAKATSANIS N M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indiana University South Bend |
| ORCID | 0009-0006-0180-6542 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
When Welcome Turns to Rejection
What causes a community once praised for rescuing refugees to later reject them? This article examines Greek islanders’ shifting attitudes during the European refugee crisis, focusing on Chios. Using the concept of ‘compassion fade’ it explores how initial empathy gave way to frustration and hostility as refugee numbers grew and media narratives changed. The study identifies key factors—economic strain, lack of support, and securitization discour…
Political and Military Sociology, an Annual Review
Political and Military Sociology
Political and Military Sociology
The Securitization of Migration
The emergence of mass migration to Greece in the 1990s—one unforeseen by political elites and the mass public—resulted in markedly increased levels of hostility and fear vis-à-vis migrants. Interpreting this response from the perspective of societal security, we analyse both public opinion data and elite discourse. We argue that the official policies of the Greek state and public pronouncements of political leaders helped foster and perpetuate an…
Greece
Challenges to Desecuritizing Migration in Greece
The initial response in Greece to the unexpected emergence of mass migration to that country in the 1990s was one that framed the issue of migration as a threat to both Greek culture and individuals' personal security—as existential dangers from which both the Greek state and society needed protection. We argue that this initial period of securitization—and its corresponding discourse of criminality, policing and danger—was succeeded by elite att…
Political and Military Sociology
Political Learning as a Catalyst of Moderation
Utilizing over 100 interviews conducted with Greek political and military elites, this article offers a refinement of the process of political learning, believed to contribute to democratic consolidation by modifying individuals' beliefs about political goals and the best means to achieve them. Using the Greek case as an empirical test, this study confirms the democratization literature's claim that elites learn from singular catastrophic events.…
Social Policy, Democracy, and Citizenship in Southern Europe
Despite aggregate-level increases in social welfare spending over the three decades following democratization, Southern European countries still do not provide universal coverage for citizens. Southern European welfare regimes remain fragmented, corporatist, and familistic, excluding from coverage of those who cannot secure permanent employment in the formal sector of the economy, especially women and young people who are hired under short-term c…
Migrant Women, Domestic Work and the Sex Trade in Greece-a Snapshot of Migrant Policy in the Making
This article focuses on migrant women’s diverse experiences in the Greek labour market. Since the early 1980s all four Southern European countries of the EU, Spain, Portugal, Greece and Italy, have been transformed from emigration into immigration countries. The new immigrants, mostly undocumented and illegal, join the informal labour market under highly exploitative conditions. Starting from migrant women’s own perspectives, we analyze their exp…
Relying on Stop-gap Measures
This article seeks to explain why, despite unprecedented post-war levels of unemployment and extremely ungenerous unemployment benefits, unemployment has not been a major issue of concern for the average Greek voter. It argues that the quid pro quo relations inherent in both Greek political clientelism as well as in personal familism have protected most Greeks - even those in the highest-risk categories - against the negative consequences of unem…
Do Attitudes Matter? The Military and Democratic Consolidation in Greece
This article examines the role of the military in processes of democratic consolidation by focusing on the case of the Greek military's extrication from power in 1974. Based on a series of elite in-depth interviews with former and current parliamentary deputies as well as retired military officers, it argues that the initial extrication of the military from power must be viewed as distinct from the issue of permanent withdrawal. Specifically, I f…
Challenges to Desecuritizing Migration in Greece
The initial response in Greece to the unexpected emergence of mass migration to that country in the 1990s was one that framed the issue of migration as a threat to both Greek culture and individuals' personal security—as existential dangers from which both the Greek state and society needed protection. We argue that this initial period of securitization—and its corresponding discourse of criminality, policing and danger—was succeeded by elite att…
Relying on Stop-gap Measures
This article seeks to explain why, despite unprecedented post-war levels of unemployment and extremely ungenerous unemployment benefits, unemployment has not been a major issue of concern for the average Greek voter. It argues that the quid pro quo relations inherent in both Greek political clientelism as well as in personal familism have protected most Greeks - even those in the highest-risk categories - against the negative consequences of unem…
Do Attitudes Matter? The Military and Democratic Consolidation in Greece
This article examines the role of the military in processes of democratic consolidation by focusing on the case of the Greek military's extrication from power in 1974. Based on a series of elite in-depth interviews with former and current parliamentary deputies as well as retired military officers, it argues that the initial extrication of the military from power must be viewed as distinct from the issue of permanent withdrawal. Specifically, I f…
Political Learning as a Catalyst of Moderation
Utilizing over 100 interviews conducted with Greek political and military elites, this article offers a refinement of the process of political learning, believed to contribute to democratic consolidation by modifying individuals' beliefs about political goals and the best means to achieve them. Using the Greek case as an empirical test, this study confirms the democratization literature's claim that elites learn from singular catastrophic events.…
Do Attitudes Matter? The Military and Democratic Consolidation in Greece
This article examines the role of the military in processes of democratic consolidation by focusing on the case of the Greek military's extrication from power in 1974. Based on a series of elite in-depth interviews with former and current parliamentary deputies as well as retired military officers, it argues that the initial extrication of the military from power must be viewed as distinct from the issue of permanent withdrawal. Specifically, I f…
Relying on Stop-gap Measures
This article seeks to explain why, despite unprecedented post-war levels of unemployment and extremely ungenerous unemployment benefits, unemployment has not been a major issue of concern for the average Greek voter. It argues that the quid pro quo relations inherent in both Greek political clientelism as well as in personal familism have protected most Greeks - even those in the highest-risk categories - against the negative consequences of unem…
Migrant Women, Domestic Work and the Sex Trade in Greece-a Snapshot of Migrant Policy in the Making
This article focuses on migrant women’s diverse experiences in the Greek labour market. Since the early 1980s all four Southern European countries of the EU, Spain, Portugal, Greece and Italy, have been transformed from emigration into immigration countries. The new immigrants, mostly undocumented and illegal, join the informal labour market under highly exploitative conditions. Starting from migrant women’s own perspectives, we analyze their exp…
Social Policy, Democracy, and Citizenship in Southern Europe
Despite aggregate-level increases in social welfare spending over the three decades following democratization, Southern European countries still do not provide universal coverage for citizens. Southern European welfare regimes remain fragmented, corporatist, and familistic, excluding from coverage of those who cannot secure permanent employment in the formal sector of the economy, especially women and young people who are hired under short-term c…
Political Learning as a Catalyst of Moderation
Utilizing over 100 interviews conducted with Greek political and military elites, this article offers a refinement of the process of political learning, believed to contribute to democratic consolidation by modifying individuals' beliefs about political goals and the best means to achieve them. Using the Greek case as an empirical test, this study confirms the democratization literature's claim that elites learn from singular catastrophic events.…
The Securitization of Migration
The emergence of mass migration to Greece in the 1990s—one unforeseen by political elites and the mass public—resulted in markedly increased levels of hostility and fear vis-à-vis migrants. Interpreting this response from the perspective of societal security, we analyse both public opinion data and elite discourse. We argue that the official policies of the Greek state and public pronouncements of political leaders helped foster and perpetuate an…
Greece
Challenges to Desecuritizing Migration in Greece
The initial response in Greece to the unexpected emergence of mass migration to that country in the 1990s was one that framed the issue of migration as a threat to both Greek culture and individuals' personal security—as existential dangers from which both the Greek state and society needed protection. We argue that this initial period of securitization—and its corresponding discourse of criminality, policing and danger—was succeeded by elite att…
Political and Military Sociology
Political and Military Sociology, an Annual Review
Political and Military Sociology
Political and Military Sociology
When Welcome Turns to Rejection
What causes a community once praised for rescuing refugees to later reject them? This article examines Greek islanders’ shifting attitudes during the European refugee crisis, focusing on Chios. Using the concept of ‘compassion fade’ it explores how initial empathy gave way to frustration and hostility as refugee numbers grew and media narratives changed. The study identifies key factors—economic strain, lack of support, and securitization discour…
Law (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Politics (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Economics (6 works) · Contemporary and Historical Greek Studies (4 works) · Global Security and Public Health (4 works) · Political economy (4 works) · Political sociology (4 works) · Sociology, military (4 works)