https://toarcheio.org To Archeio project site Thu, 30 Apr 2020 14:17:46 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.1 https://toarcheio.org/items/living-parallel-lives-italy-and-greece-in-an-age-of-austerity-2/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:25:45 +0000 http://arc.local/items/living-parallel-lives-italy-and-greece-in-an-age-of-austerity-2/ Continued]]> The economic crisis has triggered a process of political convergence between Italy and Greece. The simultaneous downfall of the Italian and Greek governments, following the public withdrawal of European confidence in their ability to handle the crisis, was followed by the establishment of technocrat-led governments based on parliamentary ‘super-majorities’ and then by ‘protest elections’, marked by unprecedented levels of electoral volatility. By apparently ending bipolarism, the crisis has completely changed patterns of national government formation and resulted in experiments with unusual government types. Both political systems have entered a transitional phase whose outcome is anything but certain, especially in the continuing context of economic crisis.

]]> https://toarcheio.org/items/protest-elections-and-challenger-parties-italy-and-greece-in-the-economic-crisis/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:25:45 +0000 http://arc.local/items/protest-elections-and-challenger-parties-italy-and-greece-in-the-economic-crisis/ https://toarcheio.org/items/we-no-longer-love-you-but-we-dont-want-to-leave-you-the-eurozone-crisis-and-popular-euroscepticism-in-greece-2/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:25:40 +0000 http://arc.local/items/we-no-longer-love-you-but-we-dont-want-to-leave-you-the-eurozone-crisis-and-popular-euroscepticism-in-greece-2/ Continued]]> This article analyses whether and how public opinion towards the European Union (EU) in Greece has changed in the context of the current Eurozone crisis. It provides the first detailed treatment of how the crisis has affected citizens’ views in a traditionally pro-European member state. It examines whether public opinion has become more Eurosceptic and which societal groups have changed their views and in what direction. It uses data from Eurobarometer surveys conducted before and during the current crisis. Unsurprisingly, the findings show that negative sentiment towards the EU has increased across all social groups in recent years. However, we find a paradox of a decline in general support for the EU and an increase in support for the Euro. In a country seen as traditionally pro-European, Greek public opinion has fallen out of love with the EU, but it clearly does not want to leave the Eurozone or renounce membership altogether.

]]> https://toarcheio.org/items/we-no-longer-love-you-but-we-dont-want-to-leave-you-the-eurozone-crisis-and-popular-euroscepticism-in-greece/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:25:24 +0000 http://arc.local/items/we-no-longer-love-you-but-we-dont-want-to-leave-you-the-eurozone-crisis-and-popular-euroscepticism-in-greece/ Continued]]> This article analyses whether and how public opinion towards the European Union (EU) in Greece has changed in the context of the current Eurozone crisis. It provides the first detailed treatment of how the crisis has affected citizens’ views in a traditionally pro-European member state. It examines whether public opinion has become more Eurosceptic and which societal groups have changed their views and in what direction. It uses data from Eurobarometer surveys conducted before and during the current crisis. Unsurprisingly, the findings show that negative sentiment towards the EU has increased across all social groups in recent years. However, we find a paradox of a decline in general support for the EU and an increase in support for the Euro. In a country seen as traditionally pro-European, Greek public opinion has fallen out of love with the EU, but it clearly does not want to leave the Eurozone or renounce membership altogether.

]]> https://toarcheio.org/items/living-parallel-lives-italy-and-greece-in-an-age-of-austerity/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:25:22 +0000 http://arc.local/items/living-parallel-lives-italy-and-greece-in-an-age-of-austerity/ Continued]]> The economic crisis has triggered a process of political convergence between Italy and Greece. The simultaneous downfall of the Italian and Greek governments, following the public withdrawal of European confidence in their ability to handle the crisis, was followed by the establishment of technocrat-led governments based on parliamentary ‘super-majorities’ and then by ‘protest elections’, marked by unprecedented levels of electoral volatility. By apparently ending bipolarism, the crisis has completely changed patterns of national government formation and resulted in experiments with unusual government types. Both political systems have entered a transitional phase whose outcome is anything but certain, especially in the continuing context of economic crisis.

]]> https://toarcheio.org/items/electoral-epidemic-the-political-cost-of-economic-crisis-in-southern-europe-2010-11/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:25:12 +0000 http://arc.local/items/electoral-epidemic-the-political-cost-of-economic-crisis-in-southern-europe-2010-11/ Continued]]> This article introduces a collection of essays on the elections of 2010–11 in Italy, Greece, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, Cyprus and the Turkish Cypriot community. It examines the impact of the European sovereign debt crisis on electoral trends in the era of the Greek and Portuguese bailouts. After briefly examining the crisis economies, it investigates patterns of abstention, incumbent punishment and opposition success, including the rise of regional, anti-party, far-right and racist parties. The article concludes, following Krastev (Journal of Democracy, vol. 13, no. 3, 2002, pp. 39–53), that the crisis is creating ‘democracy without choices’ in Southern Europe with potentially destabilising consequences throughout the region.

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