Modern Greece: A Civilization on the Periphery

by Keith R. Legg and John M. Roberts

Book Overview

This clear, balanced book explores the dilemma of Greece, the font of European civilization. Despite its classical past and EU membership, Greece has been unable to escape the limbo of being "nearly developed." Illuminating the impact of borrowed "western" institutions on Greece's traditional culture, the authors analyze the paralyzing consequences: a political process dependent on personal relations and a civil society dominated by a highly centralized...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813316553
• ISBN13: 9780813316550
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"