Compassionate Deterrence
A Howard Government Legacy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12804707 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Fiona H Mckay (0000-0002-0498-3572, corresponding author), Lucy Hall (0000-0003-4885-629X), Kehla Lippi (0000-0002-3283-4363) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 169-193 |
| Publication date | 2017-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Politics & Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1555-5623 • E-ISSN: 1747-1346 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/polp.12198 |
| OpenAlex | W2607145681 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 25 |
Recent decades have seen issues of asylum seeking and border security feature heavily in Australian federal elections, with significant campaign time and money dedicated to the promotion of border security policies that seek to limit the number of boats carrying asylum seekers. In this article, we investigate the language of threat and the construction of asylum seekers as a “threat to national security,” we suggest that this language can be traced to the 2001 “Tampa crisis,” and that while there have been brief phases where a “humane” approach to the arrival of asylum seekers was present, the asylum seeker “issue” overall has been exploited by major political parties to generate positive election outcomes at the expense of Australia's humanitarian obligations. We argue that the current perception of Australia's border protection laws are a form of “compassionate deterrence,” where inhumane treatment of asylum seekers is justified on the basis of “saving lives.” Related Articles Byrne , Jennifer. 2016 . “.” Politics & Policy 44 (): 751 ‐ 782 . http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/polp.12169/full Green , David , and Yoshihiko Kadoya . 2015 . “.” Politics & Policy 43 (): 59 ‐ 93 . http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/polp.12109/full Silverman , Stephanie J. 2012 . “‘.” Politics & Policy 40 (): 1131 ‐ 1157 . http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1747-1346.2012.00393.x/full
Art · Asylum seeker · Criminology · Deterrence theory · Government (linguistics · Humanities · National security · Political science · Politics · Refugee · Sociology · Global Security and Public Health · Law · Migration, Health and Trauma · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Philosophy · Public Administration
Jumping the queue? The queue-jumping metaphor in Australian press discourse on asylum seekers
Is Australia a Model for the UK? A Critical Assessment of Parallels of Cruelty in Refugee Externalization Policies
Representations of refugees and asylum seekers during the 2013 federal election
Westphalian sovereignty as a zombie category in Australia
Australian media's response to the end of indefinite detention
Enabling authoritarianism in the Indo-Pacific
The racialised politics of migration and asylum
Public attitudes about integration and citizenship for refugees
Living in Limbo
Fear of Security
Après l'année Érasme. Souvenirs d'un contemporain
From “Queue Jumpers” to “Absolute Scum of the Earth”
From White Australia to Woomera
Deterrence
Category Use in the Construction of Asylum Seekers
In fear of refugees
Operation Sovereign Borders
Asylum-seekers and the insecurity of a nation
Constructions of racism in the Australian parliamentary debates on asylum seekers
Common Sense and Original Deviancy
It Would be Okay If They Came through the Proper Channels
New Deterrence Scripts in Australia's Rejuvenated Offshore Detention Regime for Asylum Seekers
Election Campaigns and Television News Coverage
Any one of these boat people could be a terrorist for all we know!’ Media representations and public perceptions of ‘boat people’ arrivals in Australia
Constructions of Australia in pro‐ and anti‐asylum seeker political discourse
Deliberation and Resecuritization
Border protection, the 2001 Australian election and the coalition victory
Local to Global Activism
The use of exclusionary language to manipulate opinion
Securitization and the Construction of Security
Taking advantage' or fleeing persecution? Opposing accounts of asylum seeking
No Refuge from Terror
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |