representation – To Archeio https://toarcheio.org To Archeio project site Mon, 04 May 2020 23:24:11 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.1 European populist parties in government: How well are voters represented? Evidence from Greece https://toarcheio.org/items/european-populist-parties-in-government-how-well-are-voters-represented-evidence-from-greece/ Mon, 04 May 2020 23:24:11 +0000 https://toarcheio.org/items/european-populist-parties-in-government-how-well-are-voters-represented-evidence-from-greece/ Continued]]> In this paper we focus on the two populist parties, one radical left and one radical right, that have formed a coalition government after the January 2015 elections in Greece: SYRIZA and Independent Greeks (ANEL). Using data from the Greek Candidate Study 2015 and the Greek Voter Study 2015 we study the congruence between party voters and party elites for these two parties, also comparing them with mainstream, non‐populist parties. Employing a slightly modified ‘many to many’ approach, we measure congruence on a variety of issues (economic policy, austerity, Euroscepticism, immigration, law and order) and ideological divides (left/right, populism/anti‐populism) in order to assess the factors explaining the paradoxical resilience of Greek populism in power. The evidence generated can help us account for the trajectory of political antagonism in the Greek context throughout 2015 and in drawing some broader conclusions and challenges for future populism research.

]]> Representation and Austerity Politics: Attitudes of Greek Voters and Elites Compared https://toarcheio.org/items/representation-and-austerity-politics-attitudes-of-greek-voters-and-elites-compared/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:25:26 +0000 http://arc.local/items/representation-and-austerity-politics-attitudes-of-greek-voters-and-elites-compared/ Continued]]> Drawing on surveys of voters and MPs in Greece, this article analyses elite–mass interaction on key policy (austerity, European integration, immigration) and ideological issues after the 2012 elections. We find that while for the government parties, New Democracy and PASOK, the level of congruence is quite high, MPs from opposition parties (SYRIZA, Golden Dawn) place themselves in more exposed positions in comparison with their voters. The observed substantial variation in the intensity and direction of congruence, across parties and issue preferences in Greece, reinforces the view that the dimensionality of political contestation is not reducible to a single ideological dimension.

]]> Strange encounters https://toarcheio.org/items/strange-encounters/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:25:24 +0000 http://arc.local/items/strange-encounters/ Continued]]> Debates about migration tend to force a representation of migrants into two categories: criminal or victim. Both of these categories feed each other and form the basis for discourses that substantiate the need for detention prisons and the incarceration of migrants. Map.crisis-scape.net is an online map of racist attacks with a focus on Athens, Greece. One aim of the map has been to attempt a different type of representation of the issues surrounding migration that does not place the migrant at the centre of attention, but instead focuses on the violent conditions that affect their lives.

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