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...David Binder The North Atlantic Treaty Organization has some strange partners, in terms of history. The oddest couple of all may be Greece and Turkey. The two neighbors fought four wars in the space of a quarter century (1897 to 1922) and are still mutually suspicious. But they have followed...

...Van Coufoudakis Van Coufoudakis is professor emeritus of political science at Indiana University-Purdue University. Blytas George C. : The First Victory: Greece in the Second World War . River Vale, NJ : Cosmos Publishing Company and the American Hellenic Institute Foundation...

..., or a combination of these. Utilizing survey data, this essay attempts to identify the key factors explaining the entrepreneurial initiatives of immigrants in Greece. It reviews the literature of immigrant entrepreneurship and gives an overview of immigration and the profile of immigrants in the country. The essay...

...George Bistis This essay traces the history of the Far Right in Greece, which is on the rise again almost four decades after the collapse of the military junta that ruled the Mediterranean country from 1967 to 1974. The author examines how the Golden Dawn party capitalized on Greek citizens...

... : The History of Greece . Santa Barbara, CA : Greenwood , 2012 . 215 pages. ISBN 978-0-313-37511-8 . $58.00 ( paperback ). Copyright 2013 by Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2013...

...Constantine P. Danopoulos Despite periods of growth, modern Greece is no stranger to severe and prolonged economic crises. Analyses of Greece’s current economic crisis have stayed clear of the seminal importance of culture as a key variable responsible for widespread and persistent corruption...

... in Island Greece . Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press , 2012 . 278 pages . ISBN 978-0-9835-3222-4 . $65 ( hardcover ). Copyright 2014 by Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2014 Reviews Charles Stewart: Dreaming and Historical...

...Elias Kulukundis Inconvenient truths about Greece’s current economic predicament are not often heard in today’s Greece, especially if they conflict with the picture presented by the Greek government. When they are heard, they are usually put down to adverse propaganda or positions of vested...

...Nikolaos Zahariadis Nikolaos Zahariadis is professor of political science at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Fouskas Vassilis K. and Dimoulas Constantine : Greece, Financialization, and the EU . New York : Palgrave Macmillan , 2013 . 272 Pages. ISBN 978-1-137...

...: Madness and Responsibility in Modern Greece . Duke University Press , 2012 . 344 pages . ISBN 978-0-8223-5106-1 . $25.95 ( paperback ). Copyright 2015 by Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2015 Review Elizabeth Anne Davis: Bad Souls...

...Van Coufoudakis Van Coufoudakis is professor emeritus of political science at Indiana University–Purdue University, Fort Wayne. Pappas Takis S. : Populism and Crisis Politics in Greece . London : Palgrave Macmillan , 2014 . 152 pages . ISBN 978-113741-057-3 . $82...

...A. Murat Agdemir There have been important changes in the politics of the eastern Mediterranean since the discovery of energy resources and the disintegration of Turkish-Israeli relations. Israel upgraded its relationship with Greece and Cyprus after its ties with Turkey deteriorated. Since shortly...

...Constantine P. Danopoulos This essay explores and assesses the connection between accountability and the quality of democracy in modern Greece along three key dimensions: vertical, horizontal, and social. Vertical involves elected officials and the three branches of government; horizontal deals...

...Ismini A. Lamb The scale of the migrant crisis took Europe by surprise in 2015, but 2016 promised to be far worse. Europe dithered on how to respond, confusing the demands of compassion with migrant relocation policy and failing to recognize Greece's inability to resolve the crisis independently...

...Vangelis Angelis A comparison between the two dictatorships of Greece in the twentieth century (the 4th of August regime of 1936–41 and the Colonels' dictatorship of 1967–74) cannot be fruitful if it is static. One cannot understand the nature of these two regimes without studying the years...

...Van Coufoudakis Van Coufoudakis is professor and dean emeritus, Indiana University–Purdue University. Featherstone Kevin and Papadimitriou Dimitris : Prime Ministers in Greece: The Paradox of Power . Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press , 2015 . 304 pages . ISBN 978-0...

...Tina Mavrikos-Adamou There remains a void between the legal framework of immigration in Greece and its implementation. The essay explores this theme, first by providing an overview of Greek legislative acts and immigration laws from 1991 to 2015. This discussion is then placed within the Greek...

...Constantine P. Danopoulos This essay assesses participation and competition in the quality of democracy in Greece. Theoretically, the quality of democracy is assessed in three interrelated dimensions: procedure, result, and content. Procedure encompasses the character and working of the environment...

... on democratization processes, and European politics. Trantidis Aris : Clientelism and Economic Policy: Greece and the Crisis . London : Routledge, Taylor and Francis , 2016 . 256 pages . ISBN 978-1-138-10140-1 . $145.00 (hardcover). Copyright 2017 by Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2017 Review...

...Mary Bossis; Nikolaos Lampas Increased refugee flows in Greece have raised concerns in Greek society about the potential threat of refugee radicalization. This essay assesses that potential based on theoretical approaches. It finds that the living conditions in refugee camps as well as negative...