Politics and policy in Greece : the challenge of modernisation / edited by Kevin Featherstone.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Featherstone, Kevin, editor.

Series:

West European politics series.

West European Politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political culture--Greece.

Political culture.

Democracy--Greece.

Democracy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (578 p.)

Place of Publication:

London, [England] ; New York : Routledge, 2006.

Summary:

Containing expert overviews and detailed case studies, this new volume presents a rare focus on the politics of contemporary Greece, with particular emphasis on its processes of public policy-making.

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: 'Modernisation' and the Structural Constraints of Greek Politics; The Modernisation Project of Costas Simitis; A Stylised Model of Greek Politics and Policy; Processes of Europeanisation; Patterns of Change and Continuity in Greece; Conclusion; Notes; References; The Political Process; 1. The Changing Party System: Stable Democracy, Contested 'Modernisation'; Left-Right: The Relevance of an Old Division; Liberalism, Socialism, Populism, Clientelism; From Populism to Modernisation

Cultural Change and Political Discourse'Old' Parties in Search of New Practices; Note; References; 2. Elections and Voters, 1974-2004: Old Cleavages and New Issues; The Consolidation of Democracy (1974-81); The Eight Years of Papandreou (1981-89); The Crisis Elections (1989-90); The Swinging of the Pendulum (1990-93); The Modernising Version of Socialism; References; The Public Policy Process; 3. The Role of Experts in the Reform Process in Greece; Introduction; Knowledge, Power and Public Policy: Comparing Three Frameworks of Analysis; The Role of Experts in the Reform Process in Greece

Government-funded Research InstitutesPolicy Research Institutes; Research Institutes Affiliated to Political Actors; Non-Governmental Organisation with a Research Focus; The Role of Experts During the 2001 Constitutional Reform; The Reform of Article 24 on the Environment, Land and Urban Planning; The Reform of Article 102 on Local Authorities; In Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; 4. Interest Groups in Disjointed Corporatism: Social Dialogue in Greece and European 'Competitive Corporatism'; Introduction; Interests and Institutions in Political Modernisation

The Emergence of Interest PoliticsLabour; Business; Enter the Third Republic; The Strategy of Europeanisation; From Asymmetric State Corporatism to Disjointed Corporatism; Stalled Social Dialogue; Towards 'Competitive Corporatism'?; Epilogue: A Strategy out of Disjointed Corporatism?; Notes; References; 5. The Reform Agenda: The Citizen and the State Constitutional Reform and the Rule of Law in Greece; Constitutional Modernisation and the Rule of Law; Major Constitutional Changes in 2001; Institutional Changes; The Problem of Media Businesses and Public Procurement; Corruption

Theories of the ConstitutionConclusion: The Rule of Law Defended?; References; 6. Deepening Democracy or Defending the Nation? The Europeanisation of Minority Rights and Greek Citizenship; Article 19 of the Citizenship Code and Minorities in Greece; The Redefinition of Government Policy Towards the Minority in the Early 1990s; The Council of Europe, Human Rights and the Abrogation of Article 19; Expanding Citizenship: European Norms and the Interests of National Unity; Conclusion; Notes; References; The Reform Agenda: State-Economy Relations

7. The Politics of Privatisation: Redrawing the Public-Private Boundary

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 27, 2016).

ISBN:

1-315-87402-4

1-317-98351-3

9781315874029

OCLC:

863822413