Downloaded by [82.28.181.28] at 02:36 18 February 2016 14 L. KARAMANIDOU liberal democracy (Goldberg 2002; Wieviorka 1995). While the socio-economic crisis in Greece deepened these tensions, state responses and policies thus failed to designate violence against migrants as a significant social issue (Bleich 2007; Solomos and Schuster 2002) or protect migrants’ rights. Instead, they legitimated racialized violence by reproducing migrants as the threatening Other that needs to be controlled by violence if necessary. There is no sufficient evidence to determine if the prosecution of Golden Dawn and the introduction of a new anti-racism law in 2014 has resulted in the decline of anti-migrant violence by individuals or groups. Recent reports by human rights bodies (CPT 2014; RVRN 2015) suggest that ill-treatment by security agencies and a culture of unaccountability have persisted despite policy reforms. It remains to be seen if the social impact of the politics of Golden Dawn will engender different discourses, policies and practices towards racialized violence from those deeply embedded in political and security institutions. Changing entrenched discourses and practices in times dominated by socio-economic crisis will not be an easy task. Notes 1. This accounts for differences in document lengths: parliamentary debates are longer than oral questions (normally 3–4 pages) and written answers (normally 1–4 pages). 2. Led by PASOK (1996–2004 and 2009–2011), New Democracy (2004–2009) and two coalition governments (November 2011–May 2012 and June 2012–December 2014), the former a caretaker one and the latter led by ND, with PASOK as a junior partner. 3. For example, press releases on traffic accidents. Disclosure statement No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author. References AI (Amnesty International). 1992. Greece: Torture and Ill-Treatment. Greece: Amnesty International. http://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/EUR25/006/1992/en/. AI (Amnesty International). 2012. Police Violence in Greece: Not Just Isolated Incidents. London: Amnesty International. http://www.amnesty.ca/research/reports/policeviolence-in-greece-not-just-isolated-incidents. AI (Amnesty International). 2015. “Greece: Farmakonisi migrant tragedy - one year on and still no justice for victims”. Amnesty International, 20 January. https://www. amnesty.org/en/articles/news/2015/01/greece-farmakonisi-migrant-tragedy-oneyear-and-still-no-justice-victims/. Antonopoulos, Georgios. 2006. “Greece: Policing Racist Violence in the ‘Fenceless Vineyard’.” Race and Class 48 (92): 92–100.