Parties and Elections in Greece: The Search for LegitimacyAlthough Greece acquired the formal institutions of liberal constitutional democracy early in her independent history, her politics have been characterized by clientelism, instability and frequent military intervention. The most blatant instance of 'praetorianism' was the military dictatorship of 1967-74. Yet in the years since the Colonels' downfall, the political system appears to have acquired a new legitimacy. Although many features of the 'old' politics remain, recent years have seen the collapse of the traditional centre and the emergence of new political formations, reflecting the rapid pace of post-war socio-economic change. And 1981 saw the election by a convincing majority of a socialist government, the first ever in Greece, committed to radical domestic transformation and to a major reorientation of external relations. |
Contents
Chapters | 1 |
Appendixes | 217 |
Key Economic and Social Indicators | 241 |
Consolidated Results of National Elections 19461985 | 252 |
Common terms and phrases
1975 constitution Allagi Andreas Papandreou Athens Averoff campaign Communist Party country's coup crisis Cyprus declared democracy democratic dictatorship Dimokratiki Dimokratiki Enosis distribution of seats economic EDIK ELECTORAL ALLIANCE electoral districts electoral law electoral system Eleftherios Ellinikos Ellinikos Synagermos Eniaia Dimokratiki Aristera Enosis Ethniki Parataxis Ethnikon Ethnikophronon European election forces Georgios Mavros Georgios Papandreou Greece Greece's Greek political ideological Inomeni Ioannis King KKE-es Kommounistiko Komma Elladas Konstantinos Karamanlis Konstantinos Mitsotakis Laikon leadership Liberal majority Markezinis Mavrogordatos Mavros metapolitefsi Metaxas Mitsotakis monarchy ND's Nea Dimokratia Nikolaos Plastiras organisation Panayiotis Kanellopoulos Panellinio Sosialistiko Kinima Papagos Papandreou's Parataxis Party leaders Party of Greece party's PASOK Phileleftheron Plastiras plebiscite politicians popular vote president prime minister Proodeftikon proportional representation Rallis right-wing royalist Sartzetakis seats in parliament secured share social socialist Sophoklis Venizelos Stephanopoulos Stephanos Stephanopoulos tion traditional centre Union Venizelist voters Votes cast