https://toarcheio.org To Archeio project site Thu, 30 Apr 2020 12:39:48 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.1 https://toarcheio.org/items/why-greeks-rebel-re-examining-conventional-and-radical-political-action/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:25:50 +0000 http://arc.local/items/why-greeks-rebel-re-examining-conventional-and-radical-political-action/ Continued]]> Recent years have witnessed a rise of contentious political activity across the world heralding what some perceive as a new major cycle of protest. Much attention has focused on Europe, where the economic crisis generated considerable social unrest deemed comparable to earlier waves of protest. This article seeks to examine the basic constituents of the social forces unleashed by this economic crisis and to assess the main motivations driving this new cycle of protest. It distinguishes between conventional and radical political activity and seeks to identify the main correlates of each. The article uses an original telephone survey designed, piloted, and conducted in Greece (n = 5025) to construct a 12-item conventionalism scale and a 10-item radicalism scale. Using psychometric techniques, it assesses the effects of various independent variables on the two modes of political action. The article finds that, even in this economic crisis-hit setting, economic deprivation has a minimal effect on the two modes of behavior. Ideology, especially on the left of the political spectrum, has the strongest effect on both radical and conventional political action. Despite the major changes in the political context brought about by the economic crisis, political action displays significant continuity with the past.

]]> https://toarcheio.org/items/the-rise-of-golden-dawn-the-new-face-of-the-far-right-in-greece-2/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:25:40 +0000 http://arc.local/items/the-rise-of-golden-dawn-the-new-face-of-the-far-right-in-greece-2/ Continued]]> The article examines the rise of the one of the most extremist political parties in Europe,
Golden Dawn. It sketches the historical trajectory of the Greek far right, examines the
ideological, organisational and voter profile of Golden Dawn, and offers possible
explanations for its breakthrough in the 2012 elections. The article shows how the
economic crisis has brought a massive realignment of the Greek electorate away from
mainstream parties, giving rise to anti-system and anti-immigrant sentiments. Golden
Dawn’s violent tactics have allowed the party to establish an anti-system and antiimmigrant
profile and capitalise on these sentiments. The party’s future will depend on its
capacity to absorb organisationally any future tensions between party pragmatists and
idealists.

]]> https://toarcheio.org/items/the-rise-of-golden-dawn-the-new-face-of-the-far-right-in-greece/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:25:17 +0000 http://arc.local/items/the-rise-of-golden-dawn-the-new-face-of-the-far-right-in-greece/ Continued]]> The article examines the rise of the one of the most extremist political parties in Europe, Golden Dawn. It sketches the historical trajectory of the Greek far right, examines the ideological, organisational and voter profile of Golden Dawn, and offers possible explanations for its breakthrough in the 2012 elections. The article shows how the economic crisis has brought a massive realignment of the Greek electorate away from mainstream parties, giving rise to anti-system and anti-immigrant sentiments. Golden Dawn’s violent tactics have allowed the party to establish an anti-system and anti-immigrant profile and capitalise on these sentiments. The party’s future will depend on its capacity to absorb organisationally any future tensions between party pragmatists and idealists.

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