Political System and Party Formations in Contemporary Greece ( 1946 - 1974 )

Course Information
TitleΠολιτικό Σύστημα και Κομματικοί Σχηματισμοί στη Σύγχρονη Ελλάδα (1946-1974) / Political System and Party Formations in Contemporary Greece ( 1946 - 1974 )
CodeΚΥ0304
FacultySocial and Economic Sciences
SchoolPolitical Sciences
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter
CoordinatorChristoforos Vernardakis
CommonYes
StatusActive
Course ID100001051

Programme of Study: PPS Tmīma Politikṓn Epistīmṓn 2023-sīmera

Registered students: 0
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
KORMOSCompulsory Course325

Class Information
Academic Year2022 – 2023
Class PeriodWinter
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours3
Class ID
600216267
Course Type 2021
Specific Foundation
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Background
Course Type 2011-2015
General Foundation
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
  • Distance learning
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be familiar with the understanding of the structures and functions of the Greek political system, the role and function of political parties and will be able to use a number of other analytical tools such as the theory of cleavages.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Work autonomously
  • Generate new research ideas
  • Be critical and self-critical
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
The course focuses on the analysis on the inner contradictions of the Greek political system after the Second World War, the functions of the State, the position and the role of political parties, the nature of electoral rivalry, social and political-ideological divisions, the role of the Army and the Monarchy, the dominant political ideology aw well as the dominated ones and, finally the forms of (under)-development of social organizations and civil society. As far as the military dictatorship of 1967-1974 is concerned, the course will attempt to delve on a wider political insight of this particular regime brought about by violent means.
Keywords
Greek Political System
Educational Material Types
  • Video lectures
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures41.251.5
Reading Assigment552
Written assigments41.251.5
Total137.55
Student Assessment
Description
exams
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
  • Written Exam with Problem Solving (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Ηλίας Νικολακόπουλος, Η καχεκτική δημοκρατία, Αθήνα, Πατάκης, 2002 ΟΙ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΕΣ ΔΥΝΑΜΕΙΣ ΣΤΗΝ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ ΤΟΜΟΣ B',(ΚΩΔΙΚΟΣ ΕΥΔΟΞΟΥ 8413),MEYNAUD J.,ΣΑΒΒΑΛΑΣ,2002,ΑΘΗΝΑ
Additional bibliography for study
∆ηµήτρης Χαραλάµπης, Στρατός και πολιτική εξουσία. Η δοµή της εξουσίας στην µετεµφυλιακή Ελλάδα, Εξάντας, 1985. Χριστόφορος Βερναρδάκης, Γιάννης Μαυρής, Κόµµατα και κοινωνικές συµµαχίες στην προδικτατορική Ελλάδα, Εξάντας, 1991.
Last Update
10-09-2022