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Title

Populism and crisis politics in Greece / Takis S. Pappas.

Author

Pappas, Takis Spyros

Publication

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

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Description

xi, 162 pages; 23 cm.

Summary

"The 1970's witnessed the institution of political liberalism in Greece, which went hand in hand with significant social and economic advancement. Four decades later, the same country is a latter-day 'sick man of Europe'. What went wrong? And why did the more recent global crisis plunge Greece into abject misery? This study provides compelling and original answers to these questions through putting populism at center stage. By introducing new concepts, focusing on micro-mechanisms, and empirically analyzing a large variety of sources, the author shows how populism became predominant in Greek politics and contaminated all major political parties, eventually causing a major polity crisis. Besides its particular interest in the specific case of Greece, the text offers new insights about how states may fail, how populism develops at single-nation level, and what could happen when it reigns supreme. It also makes a strong statement about the corrosive power of populism on modern liberal democracy"--

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Palgrave pivot

Uniform Title

Palgrave pivot.

Subject

• Populism > Greece
• Democracy > Greece
• POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Elections
• POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory
• POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy
• POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / National
• Greece > Politics and government > 1974-

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-155) and index.

Contents

1. Introduction -- Part I. Populist Democracy: 2. Fledgling Liberalism; 3. Populism Ascendant; 4. Popular Sovereignty; 5. Biased Beliefs; Profile: Conservative Entrepreneur -- Part II. Cogs and Wheels: 6. Patronage Politics; 7. Polarized Bipartism; 8. Why Reforms Failed?; Profile: Unprincipled Socialist -- Part III. Legitimation Crisis: 9. Economic Crisis; 10. Social Discord; 11. Features of Unrest; 12. Modern Luddites; Profile: Leftist Peddler -- Part IV. Party System Change: 13. Critical Elections; 14. Anti-system Voting; 15. Loss Aversion; Profile: Stubborn Reformist -- Part V. Lessons from Greece: 16. Embattled Democracy.

Call Number

JFD 14-3833

ISBN

• 9781137410573 (hardback)
• 1137410574 (hardback)
• 9781137410597 (EPUB) (canceled/invalid)
• 1137410590 (EPUB) (canceled/invalid)
• 9781137410580 (PDF) (canceled/invalid)
• 1137410582 (PDF) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2014022455

OCLC

880757095

Author

Pappas, Takis Spyros, author.

Title

Populism and crisis politics in Greece / Takis S. Pappas.

Publisher

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Palgrave pivot

Palgrave pivot.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-155) and index.

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Research Call Number

JFD 14-3833