International Norm Diffusion and Organised Crime Policy: The Case of Greece

Sappho Xenakis

Global Crime, 2004, vol. 6, issue 3-4, 345-373

Abstract: The premise of this paper is that a section of the Greek policy-making elite responsible for formulating policy against organised crime has taken advantage of an internationally-developed programme of action on this issue to strengthen perceptions of the Greek state's legitimacy amongst both domestic and foreign audiences. Although positive reaction to foreign pressure for policy change has tended to be made at the risk of losing further legitimacy in the eyes of domestic public opinion, in this case the issue of organised crime has presented an opportunity to the policy-making elite to develop policy that also aims to bolster the domestic legitimacy of the state by dealing with criminality and presenting the state as a clean and neutral body acting for the common public good.

Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.1080/17440570500274224

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