This volume is the authoritative Handbook guide to the development of Greek politics, economy, and society from the period of the fall of the Colonels' Regime (1974) to the present day, including the causes and consequences of the crisis in Greece and the aftermath of the crisis, in comparative and historical perspective.

1: Kevin Featherstone: Introduction: Identifying Greece Section 1: The Frame 2: Stathis N. Kalyvas: The Developmental Trajectory of the Greek State 3: Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos: State-Society Relations in Greece 4: George Pagoulatos: State-Market Relations 5: Kevin Featherstone and Dimitris Papadimitriou: The Politics of Europeanisation 6: Paschalis M. Kitromilides: Church, State, and Hellenism Section 2: Political Institutions 7: Nicos C. Alivizatos: Greek Constitutionalism and Patterns of Government 8: Michael Ioannidis: The Judiciary 9: Kevin Featherstone and Dimitris Papadimitriou: The Prime Minister and the Core Executive 10: George Gerapetritis: The Parliament 11: Calliope Spanou: Public Administration 12: Nikolaos-Komninos Hlepas: Local Government and Regional Administration 13: Elias Dinas: The Electoral System 14: Yannis Tsirbas: The Party System Section 3: Political Traditions 15: Vassiliki Georgiadou: The Far Right 16: Manolis Alexakis: The Conservatives 17: Sotiris Rizas: The Centre 18: Christos Lyrintzis: The Socialists 19: Yiannos Katsourides: The Radical Left 20: Giorgos Charalambous: The Communists Section 4: Political and Social Interests 21: Sofia Vasilopoulou and Daphne Halikiopoulou: Political Culture 22: Asteris Huliaras: Civil Society 23: Marilena Simiti: Social Movements 24: Stella Zambarloukou: Interest Group Politics 25: Spyros Kosmidis: Voting Behaviour 26: Stelios Papathanassopoulos: The Media 27: George Kassimeris: Terrorism Section 5: Policy-Making 28: Stella Ladi: Government Policy Making 29: Tassos Giannitsis: The State and Economic Development 30: Vassilis T. Rapanos and Georgia Kaplanoglou: The Politics of the Public Finances 31: Platon Tinios: Pensions in the Greek Political Economy 32: Maria Petmesidou: Health Policy and Politics 33: Manos Matsaganis: Poverty and the Social Safety Net 34: Theofanis Exadaktylos: Education 35: Anna Triandafyllidou: Migration in Greece Section 6: External Relations 36: Thanos Dokos: Defence and Security Policy 37: Loukas Tsoukalis: Greece and the European Union 38: Spyros Economides: Greek Foreign Policy since the Metapolitefsi 39: Ioannis N. Grigoriadis: Greek-Turkish Relations Section 7: Leaders 40: Evanthis Hatzivassiliou: Constantine Karamanlis 41: Andreas Pantazopoulos: Andreas Papandreou 42: P. Nikiforos Diamandouros: Costas Simitis 43: Myrto Tsakatika: Alexis Tsipras

Provides an informed, accessible analysis of the development of Greek politics, society and economy in one integrated volume Includes thorough analysis of modern Greek political institutions and public policies in comparative perspective Containts new data based on national and international sources All chapters place the case of Greece in a comparative perspective

Kevin Featherstone is Eleftherios Venizelos Professor of Contemporary Greek Studies and Professor of European Politics at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is the long-term Director of the Hellenic Observatory. His publications include Prime Ministers in Greece: The Paradox of Power (with Dimitris Papadimitrou, OUP, 2015) and The Politics of Europeanization (edited with Claudio Radaelli, OUP, 2003). Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos is Professor of Political Science at the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. He also serves as Senior Research Fellow of the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy Studies (ELIAMEP, Athens) and Research Associate of the Hellenic Observatory at the London School of Economics. His publications include The State and Democracy in the New Southern Europe (edited with Richard Gunther and P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, OU, 2006).

Provides an informed, accessible analysis of the development of Greek politics, society and economy in one integrated volume Includes thorough analysis of modern Greek political institutions and public policies in comparative perspective Containts new data based on national and international sources All chapters place the case of Greece in a comparative perspective