Parties and Elections in Greece: The Search for Legitimacy

by Richard Clogg and Clogg

Book Overview

Although Greece acquired the formal institutions of liberal constitutional democracy early in her independent history, her politics have been characterized by clientelism, instability and frequent military intervention. The most blatant instance of 'praetorianism' was the military dictatorship of 1967-74. Yet in the years since the Colonels' downfall, the political system appears to have acquired a new legitimacy. Although many features of the 'old'...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822307944
• ISBN13: 9780822307945
• Release Date: February 1988
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 285 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.8"