In a Kafkaesque catacomb: the killing of Ihor homenyuk by the Portuguese customs and immigration bureaucracy

Miguel Pina e Cunha; Arménio Rego; Stewart R. Clegg; Luca Giustiniano

doi:10.1080/2158379x.2022.2105497

In a Kafkaesque catacomb: the killing of Ihor homenyuk by the Portuguese customs and immigration bureaucracy

Miguel Pina e Cunha^*, Arménio Rego, Stewart R. Clegg, Luca Giustiniano

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	23-46
Number of pages	24
Journal	Journal of Political Power
Volume	16
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/2158379x.2022.2105497
Publication status	Published - 2023

Keywords

Bureaucracy
Kafkaesque organizations
Bureaucracy ethics
Legitimacy
Police abuse
Space of exclusion and exception

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