Symposium papers

Date: June, 10, 2005
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE 

SESSION 1

• Panel 1 - Media and Communication
• Panel 2 - Foreign Policy I
• Panel 3 - Health and Welfare Policy
• Panel 4 - Greece and the EU: Politics

SESSION 2

• Panel 1 - Media and Technology
• Panel 2 - Foreign Policy II
• Panel 3 - Migration and Minorities I
• Panel 4 - Domestic Politics I
• Panel 5 - History
• Panel 6 - State and Society

SESSION 3

• Panel 1 - Greece and the EU: Public Policy
• Panel 2 - Domestic Politics II
• Panel 3 - Migration and Minorities II
• Panel 4 - Culture
• Panel 5 - Economics and Finance
• Panel 6 - Identity

Panel 1 - Media and Communication
Chair: Dr Nikos Papadakis, Hellenic Observatory, London School of Economics

Yiorgos Alimonos	News flow in the age of Globalisation: the inter-relation of local, national and global|	PhD Candidate, London Metropolitan University, UK YAlimonos@aol.com|
Clio Kenterelidou	Public Political Communication and Media. The case of contemporary Greece|	PhD Candidate, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece ckent@jour.auth.gr|
Areti Kondylidou	A Media Anthropology: Greek TV News|	PhD Candidate, Paris III, Sorbonne-Nouvelle, France areti-kondylidou@ club-internet.fr|
Iordanis Kotzaivazoglou	The Evolution In The Image Presentation Of Parliamentary Candidates In The Greek Press|	PhD Candidate, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece ikotza@jour.auth.gr|

Panel 2 - Foreign Policy I
Chair: Dr Spyros Economides, Hellenic Observatory, London School of Economics

Anastasios Karakatsanis	A small actor within an institutionalized group of states: Institutional-realism as a framework of analysis|	PhD Candidate, University of East Anglia, UK A.Karakatsanis@uea.ac.uk|
George Koukoudakis	The Foreign Policy of Greece as a Member of a Security Community|	PhD Candidate, University of Athens, Greece georgeyd@hotmail.com|
Anna-Elisabeth Tsakona	Anti-Americanism in Greece: the case of Kosovo, 1999|	PhD Candidate, University of Cambridge, UK aet27@cam.ac.uk|
George Tzogopoulos	Greece and Gulf War II|	PhD Candidate, Loughborough University, UK G.Tzogopoulos@lboro.ac.uk|

Panel 3 - Health and Welfare Policy
Chair: Dr George Tsakos, Royal Free University College London Medical School

Angeliki Liarigovinou	The new role of the Private Health Sector in the welfare state in Greece|	PhD candidate, University of Athens, Greece a.liarigovinou-alumni@ lse.ac.uk|
Athanasios Nikolentzos	Can existing theories of Professions, Institutions and Medical Power explain the Greek health care reforms since 1983?|	PhD Candidate, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK Athanasios.Nikolentzos@ lshtm.ac.uk|
Athina Vlachantoni	Greek pension reform and the change 'from within'|	PhD Candidate, London School of Economics, UK A.Vlachantoni@lse.ac.uk|

Panel 4 - Greece and the EU: Politics
Chair: Dr Dimitrios Papadimitriou, University of Manchester

Vasiliki Karageorgiou	The EU impact on the Orthodox Church of Greece|	PhD Candidate, Edinburgh University, UK vkarag10@hotmail.com|
Vasilis Margaras	Representing Greece in Brussels:  the paradox of a fragmented national image|	PhD Candidate, Loughborough University, UK vmargaras@yahoo.com|
Themistocles Papadimopoulos; Triantafyllos Karatrantos; Georgios Liakis;  Antonis Ntatzopoulos	Proposing a Model for a National Hellenic Strategic Culture|	Ph.D. Candidate, University of Aegean, Greece; papadimopoulos@ rhodes.aegean.gr| Under-Graduate Student, University of Aegean, Greece; Post-Graduate Student, Aberystwyth, University of Wales, UK; Post-Graduate Student, City University of London, UK

Panel 1 - Media and Technology
Chair: Dr Petros Iosifidis, City University, London

Dimitris Boucas	Encouraging the national variations of the information society: the peculiarities of the 'Greek model|	PhD Candidate, London School of Economics, UK D.Boucas@lse.ac.uk|
Ifigeneia Milona	A study of Internet use by Greek and British academics. A contribution to the globalisation debate|	Part -Time Lecturer, Technical Educational Institute of West Macedonia; Greece Adjunct Lecturer, University of Ioannina, Greece faymilona@yahoo.gr|
Paschalia Spyridou	Web-based News Consumption: The Case of Greek Journalism Students|	PhD Candidate, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece lia_spyridou@hotmail.com|
Panayiota Tsatsou	Internet and Social Perceptions in Greece: Digital or 'Cultural' Divides into Shaping? The role of regulation in the closing of divides|	PhD Candidate, London School of Economics, UK P.Tsatsou@lse.ac.uk|

Panel 2 - Foreign Policy II
Chair: Prof. Nikolaos Zahariadis, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA

Apostolos Agnantopoulos	The Europeanisation of Greek Foreign Policy. A Conceptual Framework and an Empirical Application in Greek-Turkish Relations|	PhD Candidate, University of Birmingham, UK AXA373@bham.ac.uk|
Spyridon Kotsovilis	Exploring the Sources of Greek Foreign Policy Towards the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia|	PhD Candidate, McGill University, Canada spyridon.kotsovilis@ elf.mcgill.ca|
Kyriakos Kouveliotis	The Impact Of European Integration On The Diplomatic And Strategic Domains Of Greece|	Executive Director, Global Education Consulting kkouvel@hol.gr|
Nikos Panagiotou	The role of Mass Media in Foreign Policy: The case of Greece|	PhD Candidate, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece nikpanagio@yahoo.com|

Panel 3 - Migration and Minorities I
Chair: Dr Gerasimos Konidaris, University of Sheffield

Panos Hatziprokopiou	Immigrants' integration and social change: Greece as a multicultural society|	Research Fellow, Middlesex University, UK P.Hatziprokopiou@ mdx.ac.uk|
Periklis Papandreou	Ambivalent immigration policies, uncertain outcomes: Children of immigrants in Greece at the crossroads|	PhD Candidate, London School of Economics, UK P.Papandreou@lse.ac.uk|
Eleni-Andriani Sampatakou	Immigration's Part in the Reconfiguration of Citizenship: the Greek Case|	PhD Candidate, University of Athens, Greece easampat@pspa.uoa.gr|
Maria Xenitidou	'Greek national identity' within the framework of the post-1990's migration from the Balkans: A discursive social constructionist approach|	PhD Candidate, University of Sheffield, UK mxenitidou@seerc.info|

Panel 4 - Domestic Politics I
Chair: Prof Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory, London School of Economics

Theodora Kotsaka - Kalaitzidaki	The human geography of PASOK: 1974-1981|	PhD Candidate, University of Athens, Greece theodorakotsaka@ yahoo.com|
Elias Dinas	Was it Karamanlis who won it or Papandreou who lost it? The impact of leaders' image in the 2004 Greek election|	PhD Candidate, University of Macedonia, Greece ilias_19@hotmail.com|
Lamprini Rori	Electoral Defeat as stimulus for party change: The consolidation of PASOK's change process from the extraordinary to the 7th congress|	PhD Candidate, Paris 1 University, Sorbonne, France labroularori@yahoo.com|

Panel 5 - History I
Chair: Prof. Stathis Kalyvas, Yale University, USA
          Dr. Philip Carabott, King's College, London

Emili Jüngling	Perception of the facts about the coup in Cyprus (15th of July 1974) in the Cyprus daily press|	PhD Candidate, University of Cologne, Germany emili_juengling@t-online.de|
Konstantina Maragkou	British reactions to the 'rape of Greek democracy'|	PhD Holder, University of Cambridge, UK km286@cam.ac.uk|
Alexandros Nafpliotis	The British Labour government's policy towards the Greek Colonels, (1967-68)|	PhD Candidate, London School of Economics, UK A.Nafpliotis@lse.ac.uk|
Rigas Raftopoulos	Between Italy And Greece: Resistance, Dictatorship And The "Unfreezing" Cold War (1967-1974)|	PhD Candidate, University La Sapienza - Rome, Italy rigasraftopoulos@ hotmail.com|

Panel 6 - State and Society
Chair: Prof. Nicos Mouzelis, London School of Economics

Vassilis Ioakimidis	Back to the future: exploring the political construction of social work in Greece|	PhD Candidate, Liverpool University, UK v.ioakimidis@liverpool.ac.uk|
Panagiotis Kapotas	Gender Equality And Positive Measures For Women In Greece|	PhD Candidate, London School of Economics, UK P.Kapotas@lse.ac.uk|
Katerina Rozakou	Voluntary Work with Refugees: Exploring Cross-cultural Meetings "In the Street"|	PhD Candidate, University of the Aegean, Greece k.rozakou@sa.aegean.gr|
Eleni Sardianou	Household Energy Conservation Patterns: Evidence From Greece|	PhD Candidate, Harokopio University, Greece esardianou@hua.gr|
Vicky Skiftou	Within social and cultural practices of Greek society subjects negotiate a series of issues that are related to family and the complexities of it|	PhD Holder, Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK v_skiftou@yahoo.com|
Spyros Themelis	The concept of social class in modern Greek sociology|	PhD Candidate, Institute of Education - University of London, UK SThemelis@ioe.ac.uk|

Panel 1 - Greece and the EU: Public Policy
Chair: Prof. Panos Tsakloglou, Hellenic Observatory, London School of Economics

Tassos Chardas	EU Cohesion Policy and Comparative Political Economy. The cases of Greece and Ireland|	PhD Candidate, University of Sussex, UK a.chardas@sussex.ac.uk|
Kyriakos Hatzaras	Multi-level governance, Europeanisation and the poorest EU region: Epirus and the 2nd Community Support Framework|	PhD Candidate, London School of Economics, UK; Director, IDEOLOGIKON Institute of Development and Industrial Studies K.Hatzaras@lse.ac.uk|
Michael Kaeding	Legal borders in the EU - Transposition of Directives in Southern Europe: Explaining deviations from the contents of directives in Greece, France and Spain. An organizational approach|	PhD Candidate,University of Leiden, The Netherlands KAEDING@ FSW.leidenuniv.nl|
Konstantinos Maragakis	Greek Economic Interests and The Single European Act: The Market Takes Over?|	PhD Candidate,University of Athens, Greece maragak@otenet.gr|
Michael J. Romanos	Shipping, the State and the Market: EU Maritime Transport Policy and public-private relations in Greek shipping|	PhD Candidate, London School of Economics, UK M.J.Romanos@lse.ac.uk|

Panel 2 - Domestic Politics II
Chair: Prof. Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory, LSE
          Mr Roman Gerodimos, University of Bournemouth

Vasilios W. Alevizakos	Party Strategies and the Risk of Democratic Breakdown: Evidence from Greece and Spain|	PhD Candidate,London School of Economics, UK V.W.Alevizakos@lse.ac.uk|
Ioannis Filandros	The founding proclamation of the national radical union in the context of the Christian democratic culture|	PhD Candidate, European University Institute of Florence, Italy Ioannis.Filandros@IUE.it|
Irene Martin	Contending explanations about interest in politics in two new democracies: Greece and Spain|	Lecturer, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain Irene@ceacs.march.es|
Barbara Syrrakos	Methodological and Conceptual Problems Concerning Analysis of Political Participation of Greek Farmers|	PhD Candidate,New School University - New York, USA bsyrrakos@yahoo.com|

Panel 3 - Migration and Minorities II
Chair: Dr Gerasimos Konidaris, University of Sheffield

Ifigeneia Kokkali	Albanian immigration and urban transformations in Greece: Albanian migrant strategies in Thessaloniki, Greece|	PhD Candidate, Institut Français d'Urbanisme (Paris 8), France kokifi@yahoo.com|
Vasiliki Kravva	Mobilising geographies: notions of Greek-Cypriot diaspora in London|	Lecturer,LSE external programme,  Thessaloniki, Greece  valia01@otenet.gr|
Thanos Maroukis	On Racism in Greek Immigration Services|	PhD Candidate, Panteion University of Social and Political Science, Athens thanos@tee.gr|
Vasiliki Papageorgiou	The experience of paid domestic work in the context of Albanian migration to Greece. A case study|	PhD Candidate, University of the Aegean, Greece vaspapag@yahoo.gr|

Panel 4 - Culture
Chair: Prof. Dimitris Tziovas, University of Birmingham
          Dr Dimitris Papanikolaou, Oxford University

Athanasia Chalari	Why Greeks talk at the same time all together: Examining the phenomenon of overlaps in everyday Greek conversations|	PhD Candidate, University of Warwick, UK A.Chalari@warwick.ac.uk|
Charitini Karakostaki	The emergence of a collectivity in the state of individualism. A sociological approach of EURO 2004|	PhD Candidate, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), France charitinik2000@hotmail.com|
Dimitris Paivanas	Cold Wars after 1989:The Reception of Thanasis Valtinos' Orthokosta|	PhD Candidate, University of Birmingham, UK heidi@otenet.gr|
Marietta Papadatou- Pastou	Political apathy amongst the Greek students: is learned helplessness the corollary of their perception of the quality of the democracy in Greece? An empirical study|	PhD Candidate, University of Oxford, UK marietta.papadatou-pastou @st-edmund-hall.oxford. ac.uk|

Panel 5 - Economics and Finance
Chair: Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis, Hellenic Observatory, London School of Economics

Katerina Voutsina	"IT experts in flexible forms of employment": Activity Theory as a description tool of IT freelancers' everyday practice and experience|	PhD Candidate, London School of Economics, UK K.Voutsina@lse.ac.uk|
Konstantinos Pouliakas	Socio-Economic Differences in the Perceived Quality of High and Low-Paid Jobs in Greece|	PhD Candidate, University of Aberdeen, UK k.pouliakas@abdn.ac.uk|

Panel 6 - Identity
Chair: Prof Peter Loizos, London School of Economics

Ivi Daskalaki	Negotiating Distinctiveness at the Margins of the School: The  Centrality of Childhood for Definitions of Greek-Gypsyness|	PhD Candidate,Goldsmiths College - University of London, UK ividaskalaki@hotmail.com|
Sakis Gekas	Class formation in the Ionian Islands during the period of British rule, 1814-1864|	Teaching Fellow,London School of Economics, UK A.Gekas@lse.ac.uk|
Simeon Magliveras	Strategies of Success and Limitation in an Arvanite Village|	PhD Candidate,University of Durham, UK S.S.Magliveras@ durham.ac.uk|