Contemporary Greek Political History ( 1910 - 1974 )
| Title | Σύγχρονη Ελληνική Πολιτική Ιστορία (1910-1974) / Contemporary Greek Political History ( 1910 - 1974 ) |
| Code | ΚΥ0203 |
| Faculty | Social and Economic Sciences |
| School | Political Sciences |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Spring |
| Coordinator | Nikolaos Rotzokos |
| Common | Yes |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 100001044 |
Programme of Study: PPS Tmīma Politikṓn Epistīmṓn 2023-sīmera
Registered students: 0
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Compulsory Course | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Academic Year | 2022 – 2023 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Faculty Instructors |
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| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Total Hours | 39 |
| Class ID | 600216354
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Course Type 2016-2020
- Background
Course Type 2011-2015
General Foundation
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600216354
- At the Website of the School:
- eLearning:
- eLearning (Moodle):
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
After completing this course, students are expected to be able:
- To describe the major social and political developments that shaped the history of Modern Greece during the 20th
century
- To examine and analyze individual and collective action in its historical context
- To produce arguments explaining such events and developments, their causes, effects and long-term repercussions.
- To identify the continuities and the discontinuities in the history of Modern Greece during the 20th century
- To identify and discuss the various approaches to analyzing and understanding the past
General Competences
- Work autonomously
- Generate new research ideas
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
The course examines the political history of 20th-century Greece focusing on the following thematic areas:
1. The modernization of the Greek state and the last phase of National Unification, 1909-1922:
- The military coup of 1909, the social and political reforms of Venizelos government 1911-1914.
- The Balkan Wars, Greece in the First World War, the territorial extension, the crisis of national unification, the “National Schism” between Venizelists and Anti-Venizelists, the Greek - Ottoman War and the “Asia Minor disaster”.
2. The inter-war period and the “new” society, 1922-1940:
- The reconstruction of the State, the Treaty of Lausanne (1923), the New Lands and the Asia Minor refugees; national integration and social differentiation, the industrialisation and the Land reform.
- The Second Hellenic Republic, the crisis of the parliamentary system, Venizelism and Anti-Venizelism (Royalists and Republicans), the army interventions and the restoration of Monarchy. The Metaxas dictatorship.
3. Greece in the Second World Nar and the Greek Civil War, 1940-1949:
- Italian attack and the German invasion in Greece 1940-1941.
- The occupation of Greece by the Axis Powers.
- The Resistance phenomenon: the organization of mass resistance.
- Social rupture and political inversion: from the Liberation to the Civil War, the December fighting (1944), the Varkiza Agreement (1945).
4. From the end of the Civil War to the military dictatorship, 1949-1974:
- The political system and the political forces: The “controlled/incomplete democracy”, the parties system, the Parliament, the army, the Crown and the foreigner factor.
- The postwar society and economy: the economic reconstruction, rural depopulation and immigration, the unequal postwar prosperity.
- Dictatorship (the military junta), 1967-1974.
Keywords
Dictatorship, modernization, military coup, national integration, Resistance, controlled/incomplete democracy, immigration
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- 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
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 50 | 1.8 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Reading Assigment | 50 | 1.8 | ✓ | ||
| Written assigments | 37.5 | 1.4 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Total | 137.5 | 5 |
Student Assessment
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Formative, Summative)
- Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
- Oral Exams (Formative, Summative)
- Performance / Staging (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Clogg Richard, Συνοπτική Ιστορία της Ελλάδας (1770-2013), εκδ. Κάτοπτρο, Αθήνα 2015.
Κώστας Κωστής, "Τα κακομαθημένα παιδιά της ιστορίας". Η διαμόρφωση του νεοελληνικού κράτους, 18ος - 21ος αιώνας, Πόλις, Αθήνα 2013.
Additional bibliography for study
ΘΑΝΟΣ ΒΕΡΕΜΗΣ - ΓΙΑΝΝΗΣ ΚΟΛΙΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ, ΕΛΛΑΣ, Η ΣΥΓΧΡΟΝΗ ΣΥΝΕΧΕΙΑ, ΕΚΔΟΣΕΙΣ ΚΑΣΤΑΝΙΩΤΗ, ΑΘΗΝΑ 2006
Χρήστος Χατζηιωσήφ (επιμ.), Ιστορία της Ελλάδας του 20ου αιώνα. 1900-1922. Οι απαρχές, τ. Α1-Α2, εκδ. Βιβλιόραμα, Αθήνα 2001-2002.
Χρήστος Χατζηιωσήφ (επιμ.), Ιστορία της Ελλάδας του 20ου αιώνα. 1922-1940. Ο Μεσοπόλεμος, τ. Β1-Β2, εκδ. Βιβλιόραμα, Αθήνα 2002-2003.
Χρήστος Χατζηιωσήφ (επιμ.), Ιστορία της Ελλάδας του 20ου αιώνα. 1922-1940. Β′ Παγκόσμιος Πόλεμος 1940-1945. Κατοχή Αντίσταση, τ. Γ1-Γ2, εκδ. Βιβλιόραμα, Αθήνα 2007.
Ιστορία του Ελληνικού Έθνους, τ. ΙΣΤ′, Εκδοτική Αθηνών, Αθήνα 2000.
Gunnar Hering, Τα πολιτικά κόμματα στην Ελλάδα 1821-1936, τ. Α-Β, εκδ. ΜΙΕΤ, Αθήνα 2006.
David Close, Ελλάδα 1945-2004, Πολιτική, Κοινωνία, Οικονομία, εκδ. Θύραθεν, Αθήνα 2006.
Νίκος Αλιβιζάτος, Οι πολιτικοί θεσμοί σε κρίση 1922-1974, εκδ. Θεμέλιο, Αθήνα 1983.
Ηλίας Νικολακόπουλος, Η καχεκτική δημοκρατία, εκδ. Πατάκη, Αθήνα 2001.
Last Update
25-11-2020
