Representation and austerity politics : attitudes of Greek voters and elites compared

Karyotis, Georgios and Rudig, Wolfgang and Judge, David (2015) Representation and austerity politics : attitudes of Greek voters and elites compared. In: Political Representation in Times of Bailout. Routledge, London. ISBN 978-1138939028

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    Abstract

    Drawing on surveys of voters and MPs in Greece, this chapter analyses elite–mass interaction on key policy (austerity, European integration, immigration) and ideological issues after the 2012 elections. We find that while for the government parties, New Democracy and PASOK, the level of congruence is quite high, MPs from opposition parties (SYRIZA, Golden Dawn) place themselves in more exposed positions in comparison with their voters. The observed substantial variation in the intensity and direction of congruence, across parties and issue preferences in Greece, reinforces the view that the dimensionality of political contestation is not reducible to a single ideological dimension.

    Author(s):Karyotis, Georgios, Rudig, Wolfgang ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2620-2570 and Judge, David
    Item type:Book Section
    ID code:54955
    Keywords:representation, austerity, economic crisis, congruence, Greece, Political Science, Political Science and International Relations
    Subjects:Political Science
    Department:Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > School of Government and Public Policy > Politics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:11 Dec 2015 04:27
    Last modified:15 Oct 2019 02:20
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/54955
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