Symposium papers

Date: June 21, 2003
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE 

Plenary speeches

• Featherstone, Kevin, LSE
  Closing Remarks
• Koulouri, Christina, University of Thrace
  New Challenges for the Study of Modern Greek History
• Sotiropoulos, Dimitris, LSE and University of Athens
  New Challenges for the Study of Greek Politics
• Tsakloglou, Panos, Athens University of Economics and Business
  New Research Challenges in Political Economy: the redistributive role of the state in Greece

Symposium papers

1. Aspects of Greek history

• Bacharas, Dimitris, E.H.E.S.S, Paris dimitrisbacharas@hotmail.com
  The 1924 Plebiscite for Democracy
• Mamarelis, Argyris, LSE   A.Mamarelis@lse.ac.uk
  The Special Operations Executive in Greece 1941-1944: the Case of the 5/42 Regiment of Evzones
• Niarchos, Giorgos, LSE   G.Niarchos@lse.ac.uk
  Continuity and Change in the Minority Policies of Greece and Turkey

2. Economics and economic policy in Greece

• Christoforou, Asimina, Athens University of Economics and Business asimina@aueb.gr
  Social Capital and Economic Growth: the Case of Greece  
• Floros, Christos, University of Portsmouth   Christos.Floros@port.ac.uk
  The Relationship between Trading Volume, Returns and Volatility: evidence from the Greek futures markets 
• Papada, Margarita, National Technical University of Athens maripapada@yahoo.com
  Theory and Evidence on the Main Factors of Entrepreneurship in Greece
• Sdrali¸ Despina, Harokopeio University of Athens  capost@hua.gr
  Effects of Sociodemographic and Economic Factors on the Food Expenditure in a Prefecture of Greece 
• Spanos, Loukas, University of Athens  ljspanos@econ.uoa.gr
  The Evolution of Corporate Governance in Modern Greece
• Vasila, Anna, University of Athens  avasila@econ.uoa.gr
  European Stock Market Integration and Economic Growth: a theoretical perspective

3. Greece and the EU

• Cassimati, Anneta-Antigoni, University of Manchester
  annetacassimati@yahoo.com
  The EU and Regional Reform in Greece
• Grigoriadis, Ioannis, SOAS, University of London ing7@columbia.edu
  The changing Role of the EU Factor in Greek-Turkish Relations
• Hatzaras, Kyriakos, LSE   k.s.hatzaras@lse.ac.uk
  Centralising Government Structure and Culture Impeding Regional Development: an interim evaluation of the CSF II Regional Operational Programme (ROP) for Central Macedonia 
• Johnson, Ailish, Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade   ailish.johnson@dfait-maeci.gc.ca
  European Pillars in the Greek Temple: Greece's experience with the European employment strategy
• Koutalakis, Charalampos, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin charalampos.koutalakis@staff.hu-berlin.de 
  The Impact of EU Environmental Policies on Patterns of Social Mobilisation in Southern Europe
• Papazoglou, Emmanuel, University of Essex   em_papazoglou@yahoo.co.uk
  Governance and Citizenship in the EU: Models of Governance and the Place of Citizenship

4. Ideational and strategic aspects of Greek international relations

• Mikelis, Kyriakos, Panteion University, Athens  kmikelis@hotmail.com
  The Self-Reflection of the Greek I.R. Community: the decade of 1990s 
• Pannagiotou, Nikos, Aristoteleio University of Thessaloniki nikpanagio@yahoo.com
  The Role of the Press in a 'Conflict': the Greek press coverage of the Greek-Turkish dispute 
• Sitara, Maria, University of Athens  mariasitara@yahoo.gr
  The Relationship between Science, Ideology and Politics in Modern Greece: the case of the scientific discourse during the Kosovo "war" 
• Touri, Maria, Leeds University   ics9m2t@leeds.ac.uk
  The Interaction of Politics and Media Examined through the Spectrum of Game Theory: a case-study of the Greek-Turkish relationship

5. Identity politics in Greece

• Anastassiadis, Tassos, EHESS, Paris  TassosA@wanadoo.fr
  Challenging the Modernization-Secularisation Dogma: the identity cards crisis in the 1990s and the church's 'conservative renovation' 
• Bika, Zografia, University of Manchester  zografiabika@hotmail
  The Greek Interpretations of Agrarian Transformation: developmentalism, populism and institutionalism
• Chrysoloras, Nikos, LSE    N.Chrysoloras@lse.ac.uk
  Religion and Nationalism in Greek Political Culture
• Dargentas, Magdalini, EHESS, Paris  dargenta@ehess.fr
  Discourses, Social Representations and Political Decisions about Cremation in Greece: Analysis of a Press Data Corpus
• Kravva, Vasiliki,  valia01@otenet.gr
  Eating Food as a Means of Negotiating our Lives: the Thessalonikian Jews
• Molokotos-Liederman, Lina, Exeter University  Liederman5@aol.com
  The Religious Factor in the Construction of Europe: Greece, Orthodoxy and the European Union
• Phellas, Constantinos, South Bank University  cphellas@aol.com
  Greek Sexual Culture, Identity and Ethnicity
• Prevelakis, Nikolaos, Boston University, USA  prevnik@bu.edu
  The Spirit of Greek Nationalism: an examination of the Greek case in the light of Greenfeld's conceptual framework

6. Popular culture, ideology and the media

• Koukoutsaki-Monnier, Angeliki, University of Paris III akoukoutsaki@yahoo.com
  The Production of Meaning in Contemporary Greece: Reflections on the Evolution of Greek Television drama
• Magioglou, Thalia, Institut d' Etudes Politiques de Paris  areti@hotmail.com
  Social Representations of Democracy; Ideal versus Reality 
• Sevdalis , Nick, and Kokkinaki, Flora, UCL, London  n.sevdalis@ucl.ac.uk
  Realistic vs. Non-realistic Counterfactual Thinking and Affective Reactions to Decision-Outcomes
• Sifaki, Eirini, University of Paris III   renaki@hotmail.com
  Projections of Popular Culture Through the Study of the Cinema Market in Contemporary Greece
• Spyridou, Paschalia-Lia, Aristoteleion University of Thessaloniki lia_spyridou@hotmail.com
  E-papers in Greece: living up to their potential?

7. Political development and change

• Alevizakos, Vasilis, LSE   V.W.Alevizakos@lse.ac.uk
  When Democracy is Not the Only Game in Town: Party Strategies During the Process of Democratic Consolidation Greece
• Bilios, Nikolaos, University of Athens  nbilios@pspa.uoa.gr 
  Institutions and Political Culture in the 1990s: explaining PASOK's modernization process
• Gursoy, F.Yaprak, University of Virginia    fyg2c@virginia.edu
  Democracy and Dictatorship in Greece
• Tassis, Chrisanthos, University of Athens  chritassis@hotmail.com
  PASOK: From Protest to Hegemony
• Tzortzis, Ioannis, University of Birmingham ixt894@bham.ac.uk
  The Metapolitefsi that Never Was: a Critical Re-evaluation of the 1973 Markezinis Experiment

8. Beyond traditional politics

• Karamichas, Yannis, University of Kent  ykaramihas@yahoo.com
  Red and Green: the trajectory of political ecology in Greece 
• Karyotis, George, University of Edinburgh  G.Karyotis@sms.ed.ac.uk
  Greek Terrorism: the demystification of the 'phantom organisation' 17 November 

9. Organised interests and public policy

• Aranitou, Valia, University of Athens   varanitou@esee.gr
  The Strengthening of the Representation of Business Organizations and Social Dialogue 
• Blavoukos, Spyros, University of Essex   sblavo@aueb.gr
  Socioeconomic Interest Groups in Greece and Enlargement: Views and Inputs of the Greek Industry and Agriculture in the National Policy-Making Process
• Chondroleou, Georgia, Northumbria University georgia.chondroleou@unn.ac.uk
  Broadcasting Regulation in Greece: from Skylla to Charybdis 
• Kouroubali, Angelina, University of Cambridge  ak309@hermes.cam.ac.uk
  Implementation of Health Care Information Systems: key factors and the dynamics of change 
• Triantafyllou, Polyxeni, European University Institute Polyxeni.Triantafyllou@iue.it
  Reflections on Where the Theory of Neo-corporatism in Greece Has Stopped and Where the Praxis (or the absence?) of Neo-corporatism May Be Going 
• Tsakiris, Athanasios, University of Athens  tsakthan@compulink.gr
  The Janus-faced Political Intervention of Greek Socialists (PASOK) in the Trade-unions in the 1990s: the case of PASKE in OTOE 

10. Facing the challenge of multiculturalism

• Antoniou, Dimitris, University of Oxford dimitris.antoniou@st-antonys.oxford.ac.uk
  Western Thracian Muslims in the Greek Capital: origins of and explanations for the migration movement to Athens
• Daskalaki, Ivi, Goldsmiths College, University of London ividaskalaki@hotmail.com
  Greek-Gypsy Identity and the Relationship between Greek Gypsies and the State
• Efstathiou, Anna, University of Edinburgh   A.Efstathiou@ed.ac.uk
  Cultural Identity and Cultural Policy: Manipulating Expectations in Contemporary Greece
• Lytra, Vally, King's College, London   Vally.Lytra@pobox.com
  Exploring Processes of Convergence and Divergence: the case of constructing a linguistically and culturally mixed peer group identity in an Athenian primary school 
• Makri, Vassiliki, University of Athens   v_makri@yahoo.com
  Intercultural and Multicultural Education Policy in Greece
• Michail, Domna, Aristoteleion University of Thessaloniki  dmichail@oneway.gr Migration, Tradition and Transition among the Pomaks in Xanthi (Western Thrace)
• Papadopoulou, Aspasia, University of Oxford aspasia.papadopoulou@st-antonys.oxford.ac.uk
  Asylum, Transit Migration and the Politics of Reception: the case of Kurds in Greece
• Themelis, Spyros, University of Bristol  S.Themelis@uel.ac.uk
  The Role of Education in the Social Mobility of a Roma Group in North-West, Greece

Updated 3 November 2003