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Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences
Political Trust In Extremis, Antonis A. Ellinas, Iasonas Lamprianou
Political Trust In Extremis, Antonis A. Ellinas, Iasonas Lamprianou
Antonis A. Ellinas
The literature points out that political trust can have a major impact on democratic politics by affecting political participation, institutional effectiveness and policy choices. Given the significance of political trust for the functioning of democracy, it is important know how the way citizens relate with political actors and institutions changes in times of extraordinary shock. Using Greece as a case and data from successive rounds of the European Social Survey, this article shows that, during times of major distress, the way schools and hospitals are run – the “social” performance of government – has an important effect on political trust. …
Organizational Continuity And Electoral Endurance: The Communist Party Of Cyprus, Antonis A. Ellinas, Yiannos Katsourides
Organizational Continuity And Electoral Endurance: The Communist Party Of Cyprus, Antonis A. Ellinas, Yiannos Katsourides
Antonis A. Ellinas
This article makes a contribution to the understanding of party organization by examining one the most successful West European communist parties, the Communist Party of Cyprus (AKEL). Defying the downward trend of its counterparts and the external shock of Soviet collapse, the AKEL has managed to sustain the support of nearly a third of the electorate. Using original archival evidence and interview data, the article attributes the electoral endurance of the AKEL to organizational continuity. Since its founding, the party has built a robust mass party structure, with an extensive network of auxiliary organizations and strong centralizing mechanisms. During the …
Laos And The Greek Extreme Right Since 1974, Antonis A. Ellinas
Laos And The Greek Extreme Right Since 1974, Antonis A. Ellinas
Antonis A. Ellinas
No abstract provided.
Supranationalism In A Transnational Bureaucracy: The Case Of The European Commission, Antonis A. Ellinas, Ezra N. Suleiman
Supranationalism In A Transnational Bureaucracy: The Case Of The European Commission, Antonis A. Ellinas, Ezra N. Suleiman
Antonis A. Ellinas
No abstract provided.
Chaotic But Popular? Extreme-Right Organisation And Performance In The Age Of Media Communication, Antonis A. Ellinas
Chaotic But Popular? Extreme-Right Organisation And Performance In The Age Of Media Communication, Antonis A. Ellinas
Antonis A. Ellinas
A notable strain in the literature suggests that party organisation has a net causal effect on the electoral performance of extreme-right parties. This view rests on a somewhat fuzzy definition and static conceptualisation of party organisation. Moreover, this organisational exegesis fails to fully acknowledge the impact of media communications on modern parties. The analysis of the evolution of the French National Front and the consideration of other extreme-right party trajectories casts doubt on conventional accounts of organisational effects pointing to various venues for future research. Party organisation does not affect how parties perform at the ballot box during their earlier …
Parties After Success: Why Some Radical Right Parties Persist And Others Collapse, Antonis A. Ellinas
Parties After Success: Why Some Radical Right Parties Persist And Others Collapse, Antonis A. Ellinas
Antonis A. Ellinas
In the past three decades radical right parties have made important electoral advances in most countries across Western Europe. In some cases such parties have managed to endure and grow after their initial electoral breakthroughs, while in other cases they quickly collapsed. To understand the reasons for their divergent trajectories the paper focuses on the development of four radical right parties after their initial breakthroughs: the French National Front, the Austrian Freedom Party, the German Republikaner and theSwedish New Democracy. It examines three different factors affecting their trajectories: the strategic responses of mainstream competitors; the positioning of radical right parties …
Reforming The Commission: Between Modernization And Bureaucratization, Antonis A. Ellinas, Ezra N. Suleiman
Reforming The Commission: Between Modernization And Bureaucratization, Antonis A. Ellinas, Ezra N. Suleiman
Antonis A. Ellinas
The article uses evidence from an original survey of 200 top Commission officials to highlight the schizophrenic nature of the Kinnock reforms. It shows that the push toward the ‘modernization’ of the Commission has been accompanied by a trend towards ‘bureaucratization’. The findings of the survey challenge the dominant view that the reform project was largely a move toward the institutional paradigm set by new public management (NPM). Based on the views of top Commission officials, the reforms can best be described as a marriage of ‘Weberian-bureaucratic’ and NPM ideas. This mix of largely incompatible reform measures resulted from the …
Review Of Cas Mudde's "Populist Radical Right Parties In Europe", Journal Of Politics 70:2, 561-2., Antonis A. Ellinas
Review Of Cas Mudde's "Populist Radical Right Parties In Europe", Journal Of Politics 70:2, 561-2., Antonis A. Ellinas
Antonis A. Ellinas
No abstract provided.
Phased Out: Far Right Parties In Western Europe, Antonis A. Ellinas
Phased Out: Far Right Parties In Western Europe, Antonis A. Ellinas
Antonis A. Ellinas
No abstract provided.
Review Of David Art's The Politics Of The Nazi Past In Germany And Austria, German Politics And Society 24:3, 108-112., Antonis A. Ellinas
Review Of David Art's The Politics Of The Nazi Past In Germany And Austria, German Politics And Society 24:3, 108-112., Antonis A. Ellinas
Antonis A. Ellinas
No abstract provided.