How changing discourses on borders and masculinity leads to the intensification of draft evasion

Efthymiou, Stratis Andreas (2023) How changing discourses on borders and masculinity leads to the intensification of draft evasion. Critical Military Studies. pp. 1-27. ISSN 2333-7486

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Abstract

This study explores the vast intensification of ‘draft-dodging’ by looking at changes in attitudes towards the border and masculinity. Based on interviews conducted in 2011 and content analysis of newspaper coverage of military service and ‘draft-dodging’ in Cyprus between 2011 and 2019, this study shows that draft-dodging can intensify in the context of changing discourses on borders and masculinity. In particular, the opening of internal borders, the enlargement of borders to the European Union, and the shifting of the locus point of the conflict from inland to the maritime boundaries are the three border changes in Cyprus that contributed to draft evasion. Moreover, the emerging ‘Euro-Cypriot’ hegemonic masculinity maintains a weak relationship with the military. Through the case study of Cyprus, this article illustrates that paying attention to changing notions of border-related security and the reconfigured hegemonic masculinity will shed light on the model of public security and offer implications for draft evasion. The findings from post-conflict Cyprus can help understand draft evasion in Western and post-conflict societies.

Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	Faculty of of Arts, Society and Professional Studies > Department of Social Science and Business
Depositing User:	Ms Hazel Barham
Date Deposited:	04 Oct 2023 13:41
Last Modified:	04 Oct 2023 13:41
URI:	https://newman.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/17353

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