Fueling the party machine: Evidence from Greece during Metapolitefsi

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Pantelis Kammas, Athens University of Economics and Business; Maria Poulima, University of Ioannina; Vassilis Sarantides, Athens University of Economics and Business

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Project Citation: 

Kammas, Pantelis , Poulima, Maria, and Sarantides, Vassilis. Fueling the party machine: Evidence from Greece during Metapolitefsi. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2023-06-05. https://doi.org/10.3886/E192063V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary Since Portugal’s “Carnation Revolution” of 1974, numerous countries around the world have undergone some form of democratic transition in a political phenomenon that has been identified by Huntington (1993) as the “third wave” of democratization. Although the outcome was consolidated for many of these “new democracies”, significant challenges have arisen due to the large structural changes accompanying the political regime change. One such challenge is the absence of strong checks and balances that allow political actors to influence how the bureaucratic apparatus functions. Consequently, many studies examine the possibility of policy manipulation by the incumbent for political economy reasons. This paper focuses on Greece after the restoration of democracy in 1974 to examine (i) the possibility of party favoritism in the allocation of intergovernmental transfers and (ii) the role of state resources in local party building.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms intergovernmental transfers; clientelistic networks; party machine
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Greece
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1974 – 1993
Universe:  View help for Universe Universe of prefectures and municipalities in the Greek territory


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