https://toarcheio.org To Archeio project site Mon, 20 Apr 2020 16:46:43 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.1 https://toarcheio.org/items/realignment-under-stress-the-july-2015-referendum-and-the-september-parliamentary-election-in-greece/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:25:44 +0000 http://arc.local/items/realignment-under-stress-the-july-2015-referendum-and-the-september-parliamentary-election-in-greece/ Continued]]> The victory of the radical-left SYRIZA in the September 2015 election confounded expectations given the failure of the SYRIZA–ANEL government formed in January either to deliver on its central promise of reversing austerity policies or to capitalise on its major victory in the July referendum. The article examines both the election and the referendum that preceded it, offering an explanation for SYRIZA’s victory. It also attempts to trace the trajectory of the current party system in Greece and its ongoing realignment process in light of the 2015 electoral contests and the busy political timeline since the formation of the first SYRIZA–ANEL government.

]]> https://toarcheio.org/items/south-european-atlas-winning-by-default-the-greek-election-of-2009/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:25:08 +0000 http://arc.local/items/south-european-atlas-winning-by-default-the-greek-election-of-2009/ Continued]]> Despite its landslide in the 2009 national election, the victory of the Panhellenic Socialist Movemen (PASOK) was not so much the outcome of its own electoral ascendancy as a result of the precipitous fall of New Democracy (ND). That election, moreover, signified the stagnation of the Greek party system, which has become manifest particularly in three areas: the lack of enthusiasm for PASOK’s new government; the great difficulty of ND in modernising its party structure and ideology; and the persistence of two-partyism

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