The Oxford Handbook of Modern Greek Politics

The Oxford Handbook of Modern Greek Politics is a major new contribution to the study of contemporary European and Greek politics. This edited volume contains 43 chapters written by Greek and foreign academics foremost in their field.

After an introductory section, offering a frame of analysis, the volume includes sections on political institutions, traditions and party families, political and social interest groups, policy-making and policy sectors, external relations, and Greece's most important political leaders of the period between the 1974 transition to democracy and today. It will be an invaluable reference for scholars, new and established, as well as for the informed reader around the world.

This work offers the most comprehensive approach to the subject to this day. Drawing on data and analysis previously available only in national sources (Greek books, articles, and other primary and secondary sources), in combination with international data, it allows international scholars of politics, international relations, society, and economy to integrate the case of Greece in their own projects; and facilitates the search of any informed reader who seeks a reliable, updated source on Modern Greece.

Kevin Featherstone, Eleftherios Venizelos Professor of Contemporary Greek Studies and Professor of European Politics, London School of Economics and Political Science,Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos, Professor of Political Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Kevin Featherstone is Eleftherios Venizelos Professor of Contemporary Greek Studies and Professor of European Politics at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is the long-term Director of the Hellenic Observatory. His publications include Prime Ministers in Greece: The Paradox of Power (with Dimitris Papadimitrou, OUP, 2015) and The Politics of Europeanization (edited with Claudio Radaelli, OUP, 2003).

Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos is Professor of Political Science at the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. He also serves as Senior Research Fellow of the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy Studies (ELIAMEP, Athens) and Research Associate of the Hellenic Observatory at the London School of Economics. His publications include The State and Democracy in the New Southern Europe (edited with Richard Gunther and P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, OU, 2006).

1. Introduction: Identifying Greece, Kevin Featherstone
Section 1: The Frame
2. The Developmental Trajectory of the Greek State, Stathis N. Kalyvas
3. State-Society Relations in Greece, Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos
4. State-Market Relations, George Pagoulatos
5. The Politics of Europeanisation, Kevin Featherstone and Dimitris Papadimitriou
6. Church, State, and Hellenism, Paschalis M. Kitromilides
Section 2: Political Institutions
7. Greek Constitutionalism and Patterns of Government, Nicos C. Alivizatos
8. The Judiciary, Michael Ioannidis
9. The Prime Minister and the Core Executive, Kevin Featherstone and Dimitris Papadimitriou
10. The Parliament, George Gerapetritis
11. Public Administration, Calliope Spanou
12. Local Government and Regional Administration, Nikolaos-Komninos Hlepas
13. The Electoral System, Elias Dinas
14. The Party System, Yannis Tsirbas
Section 3: Political Traditions
15. The Far Right, Vassiliki Georgiadou
16. The Conservatives, Manolis Alexakis
17. The Centre, Sotiris Rizas
18. The Socialists, Christos Lyrintzis
19. The Radical Left, Yiannos Katsourides
20. The Communists, Giorgos Charalambous
Section 4: Political and Social Interests
21. Political Culture, Sofia Vasilopoulou and Daphne Halikiopoulou
22. Civil Society, Asteris Huliaras
23. Social Movements, Marilena Simiti
24. Interest Group Politics, Stella Zambarloukou
25. Voting Behaviour, Spyros Kosmidis
26. The Media, Stelios Papathanassopoulos
27. Terrorism, George Kassimeris
Section 5: Policy-Making
28. Government Policy Making, Stella Ladi
29. The State and Economic Development, Tassos Giannitsis
30. The Politics of the Public Finances, Vassilis T. Rapanos and Georgia Kaplanoglou
31. Pensions in the Greek Political Economy, Platon Tinios
32. Health Policy and Politics, Maria Petmesidou
33. Poverty and the Social Safety Net, Manos Matsaganis
34. Education, Theofanis Exadaktylos
35. Migration in Greece, Anna Triandafyllidou
Section 6: External Relations
36. Defence and Security Policy, Thanos Dokos
37. Greece and the European Union, Loukas Tsoukalis
38. Greek Foreign Policy since the Metapolitefsi, Spyros Economides
39. Greek-Turkish Relations, Ioannis N. Grigoriadis
Section 7: Leaders
40. Constantine Karamanlis, Evanthis Hatzivassiliou
41. Andreas Papandreou, Andreas Pantazopoulos
42. Costas Simitis, P. Nikiforos Diamandouros
43. Alexis Tsipras, Myrto Tsakatika