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In a Kafkaesque catacomb: The killing of Ihor Homenyuk by the Portuguese customs and immigration bureaucracy
Journal Title
Journal of Political Power
Year (definitive publication)
2023
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom
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Abstract
Bureaucracies, especially state bureaucracies, are typified as rational-legal organizations. We study how one such bureaucracy acted as neither rational nor legal but proved to be a space of exclusion. Ihor Homenuyk, a Ukrainian citizen, was ‘retained’ and then killed by the Portuguese foreigners and borders service. Police abuse has been much in the news in recent times, as a result of the Black Lives Matter movement. The issues are wider than those of racial injustice, however; they go to the nub of what it means to protect both the citizen and the honour of these organizations that engage with them in a way that is required to be legally rational. We use the case to open the black box of abuse and advance an explanation of how vicious dynamics happen.
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Keywords
Bureaucracy,Kafkaesque organizations,Police abuse,Bureaucracy ethics,Legitimacy,Space of exclusion and exception
Fields of Science and Technology Classification
- Psychology - Social Sciences
- Sociology - Social Sciences
- Political Science - Social Sciences
Funding Records
| Funding Reference | Funding Entity |
|---|---|
| UIDB/00124/2020 | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
| PINFRA/22209/2016 | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
| UID/GES/00731/2019 | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
| UID/GES/00315/2019 | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
| UID/ECO/00124/2019 | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
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