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Greece (1941-1974): Years of Occupation, Years of Strife, and Years
of Exclusion examines the history and politics of Greece during the
period Greece experienced years of brutal foreign occupation, a
savage civil war, dominance by those on the Right of the
ideological spectrum, and a military dictatorship. One overarching
characteristic of this phase in Greek history was constant
interference by many including, of course, the foreign occupiers as
well as the British and the Americans. In addition, during these
years certain segments of the population were prosecuted,
persecuted, imprisoned, tortured, sent to labor camps, exiled, and
many were killed because they resisted the occupiers, or because of
their ideological beliefs and political standing. These are among
the reasons why so many Greeks consider their modern history to be
difficult and “unkind”. Although foreign interference has not
lessened, some might argue, it has increased since the financial
crisis beginning in 2008-2009, many aspects of the exclusivist
state have been eliminated after the collapse of the military
dictatorship in 1974. And despite the brief rise of extremist
Left-wing and Right-wing, today’s political landscape is more
moderate. Good reasons for Greeks to think that better days lay
ahead.
Non-state actors are not new, but they have never before reached
their present strength. Among the plethora of non-state actors are
thousands, if not millions, of non-governmental organizations
(NGOs) which play a significant role in the global system and whose
role is likely to increase in the future. The proliferation of NGOs
is of such scale, scholars refer to it as a global associational
revolution. By considering NGOs throughout much of the world,
Kaloudis focuses on the reasons for the growth of NGOs particularly
since the end of the Cold War, the functions of NGOs, assessment of
NGOs, and their place in the global system. The author also shows
the ambivalent and often paradoxical role of NGOs, which is
reflected in the works of scholars and the actual behavior of NGOs
themselves.
Non-state actors are not new, but they have never before reached
their present strength. Among the plethora of non-state actors are
thousands, if not millions, of non-governmental organizations
(NGOs) which play a significant role in the global system and whose
role is likely to increase in the future. The proliferation of NGOs
is of such scale, scholars refer to it as a global associational
revolution. By considering NGOs throughout much of the world, the
author focuses on the reasons for the growth of NGOs particularly
since the end of the Cold War, the functions of NGOs, assessment of
NGOs, and their place in the global system. The author also shows
the ambivalent and often paradoxical role of NGOs, which is
reflected in the works of scholars and the actual behavior of NGOs
themselves.
This book examines the history and politics of modern Greece from
the early nineteenth century to the present and the presence of
diaspora Greeks in the United States during the same approximate
period. It considers not only the main periods of modern Greek
diaspora, but also surveys the main historical and political events
in modern Greek history. Furthermore, this book examines the
relationship between Greeks in Greece and Greeks in the United
States and how this relationship affected developments in Greece
and beyond the confines of Greece.
This work examines Greek political life and Eleftherios Venizelos
from 1910 to 1936. To better understand the Greek political scene
and Venizelos’ meteoric rise and ungraceful fall and to provide
the necessary context, this book also considers politics on the
island of Crete, Venizelos’ birthplace, from the early nineteenth
to the early twentieth centuries. This work is not a biography of
Eleftherios Venizelos. Instead, Venizelos is the instrument used to
shed light into the unsettled waters of Greek politics.
This book examines the history and politics of modern Greece from
the early nineteenth century to the present and the presence of
diaspora Greeks in the United States during the same approximate
period. It considers not only the main periods of modern Greek
diaspora, but also surveys the main historical and political events
in modern Greek history. Furthermore, this book examines the
relationship between Greeks in Greece and Greeks in the United
States and how this relationship affected developments in Greece
and beyond the confines of Greece.
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