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14.1 Introduction 14.1 Introduction
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14.2 Main Issues and Concepts 14.2 Main Issues and Concepts
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14.3 The Historical Course of the Greek Party System 14.3 The Historical Course of the Greek Party System
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14.3.1 The Pre-History, 1915–1967 14.3.1 The Pre-History, 1915–1967
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14.3.2 The History: After the Dictatorship, before the Crisis. 1974–2009 14.3.2 The History: After the Dictatorship, before the Crisis. 1974–2009
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14.4 The Greek Party System During the Economic Crisis: Continuities and Ruptures with the Past 14.4 The Greek Party System During the Economic Crisis: Continuities and Ruptures with the Past
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14.5 Conclusion: The Future of the Greek Party System and Future Research 14.5 Conclusion: The Future of the Greek Party System and Future Research
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14 The Party System
Get accessYannis Tsirbas, Lecturer in Social Theory and Sociology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
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Published:10 November 2020
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Abstract
The chapter delves into the historical evolution, the characteristics, and the dynamics of the Greek party system. It presents the transformations that it has undergone in its historical course, focusing on the period after the economic crisis, by employing key concepts, covering important electoral contests, and presenting the most relevant political parties. More specifically, the Greek party system has moved from largely a system of a predominant party before the 1967 dictatorship, to limited polarized pluralism after the restoration of democracy in 1974, and then to one of the most stable two-party systems in Europe from 1981 until the onset of the economic crisis, with PASOK and New Democracy monopolizing power between them. Nationally minded versus Left, Right versus anti-Right, social liberalism versus social conservatism and, lately, pro-European versus anti-European, have been the major dimensions of conflict of the Greek party system. After decades of high institutionalization and moderate volatility, the party system imploded in the 2012 twin earthquake elections, demonstrating massive dealignment and fragmentation, with PASOK almost vanishing and new actors, like SYRIZA, acquiring the status of relevant parties. Radical, anti-systemic parties, like Golden Dawn, also gained prominence and the party system transformed into a polarized multi-partyism. Almost a decade into the crisis, the Greek party system shows signs of a hesitant stabilization and, even, indications of a weak re-emerging bi-partyism between New Democracy and SYRIZA, posing the question as to whether it will reach a new equilibrium and what this equilibrium will be, in terms of format and internal dynamics.
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