Modern Greece
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Andreas Papandreou
Author_Keith R Legg
Balkan States
Byzantium
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Chronic
Civil Society
Civil War
comparative politics
Constantine Karamanlis
Constantine Mitsotakis
democratization challenges
EAM
Education and Nationalism
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Ethnic Greeks
European integration
Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia
Greek Citizenship
Greek Governments
Greek Rally
Greek State
Junta
King Otho
Language and Culture
Mediterranean studies
Megali Idea
Metaxas Dictatorship
Military Junta
Modern Greek
Modern Greek History
Modern Greek Language
Philiki Etairia
political clientelism
Political Parties
Political Scandals
Postwar
postwar Greek political development
Refugees
state bureaucracy
Product details
- ISBN 9780367154790
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 13 Jun 2023
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This clear, balanced book explores the dilemma of Greece, the font of European civilization. Despite its classical past and EU membership, Greece has been unable to escape the limbo of being nearly developed. Illuminating the impact of borrowed western institutions on Greeces traditional culture, the authors analyze the paralyzing consequences: a political process dependent on personal relations and a civil society dominated by a highly centralized bureaucracy. State dominance, Legg and Roberts argue, has turned politics primarily into a struggle for office. This emphasis on political conflict has allowed politicians and their supporters to employ emotional nationalist rhetoric to flout democratic rules and to avoid genuine issues. Concluding that the Greek political systems nature precludes real reform, the authors show how EU opportunities for both economic and political reform have been largely lost. Unfortunately, the aspects of Greeces nearly developed status are mirrored in eastern European states with similar pasts. Indeed, the authors warn that the Greece of today may be the future of many of its neighbors. }This clear, balanced book explores the dilemma of Greece, the font of European civilization. Despite its classical past and EU membership, Greece has been unable to escape the limbo of being nearly developed. Illuminating the impact of borrowed western institutions on Greeces traditional culture, the authors analyze the paralyzing consequences: a political process dependent on personal relations and a civil society dominated by a highly centralized bureaucracy. State dominance, Legg and Roberts argue, has turned politics primarily into a struggle for office. This emphasis on political conflict has allowed politicians and their supporters to employ emotional nationalist rhetoric to flout democratic rules and to avoid genuine issues. Concluding that the Greek political systems nature precludes real reform, the authors show how EU opportunities for both economic and political reform have been largely lost. Unfortunately, the aspects of Greeces nearly developed status are mirrored in eastern European states with similar pasts. Indeed, the authors warn that the Greece of today may be the future of many of its neighbors.
Keith R Legg (Author) , John M Roberts (Author)
