Bosco, A. & Verney, S. (2013) “Living Parallel Lives: Italy and Greece in an Age of Austerity“, South European Society and Politics, Vol. 18, Issue 4, Διαθέσιμο στο διαδίκτυο: 12 Φεβρουαρίου 2014.   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, …Read More

Watt, A. (2014) “Europe’s Underappreciated Success: 10 Years Of Post-Enlargement Convergence“, Social Europe Journal, 05 Μαΐου.   On May 1st 2004 ten countries joined the EU in the biggest enlargement of the Union to date. Moreover it was a step heavy with symbolism. Eight of the ten – the exceptions being the two Mediterranean island economies Cyprus and Malta – had until just over a decade earlier been part of …Read More

Verney, S. & Michalaki, S., “Greece”, στο Conti, N. (ed.) (2014) “Party Attitudes towards the EU in the Member States – Parties for Europe, Parties against Europe“, Routledge Advances in European Politics, Routledge Publications: United Kingdom.   Between the Maastricht Treaty and the eurozone crisis, the central question in the Greek European debate was no longer ‘to be or not to be in the EU’ but ‘what kind of Europe’. The analysis of …Read More

Verney, S. (2014) “Broken and Can’t be Fixed’: The Impact of the Economic Crisis on the Greek Party System”, The International Spectator: Italian Journal of International Affairs, Volume 49, Issue 1, 2014   The Greek election of May 2012 failed to produce a government, resulting in repeat elections six weeks later. This shock outcome was a symptom of a broader delegitimation of the national political system. Over the past decade …Read More

Konstantinidis, I. and Xezonakis, G., (2013), “Sources of tolerance towards corrupted politicians in Greece: the role of trade-offs and individual benefits”, Crime, Law and Social Change, September. Reelection of corrupted politicians points to a problem of democratic accountability. Voters do have the chance to ‘throw the rascals out’, but they do not take it. Employing a survey experiment, we test two popular explanations of why Greek voters fail to effectively …Read More