No bridge over troubled waters
The Cypriot left in government, 2008-2013
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3832180 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Giorgos Charalambous (0000-0002-7063-2965, PRIO Cyprus Centre and University of Cyprus, Cyprus), Gregoris Ioannou (0000-0003-3837-4721, Frederick University and University of Cyprus, Cyprus) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 265-286 |
| Publication date | 2015-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Capital & Class (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0309-8168 • E-ISSN: 2041-0980 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0309816815587078 |
| OpenAlex | W2098966504 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 17 |
In 2008, leftists across Europe hailed the election of communist leader Dimitris Christofias to executive office in the Republic of Cyprus as a breakthrough, with grand prospects for progressive, leftward change. The Cypriot left in the form of AKEL seemed to be the exception in the neoliberal European political universe, offering a new hope and the potential for an alternative political course. AKEL's rise to executive power was seen as evidence that the left could head the government in a European state, and as an example for other left parties. Five years on, during a period in which Cyprus has signed a bailout agreement with the Troika comparable to those of Greece, the right has triumphantly returned to office, some of the harshest austerity measures have been imposed by EU elites and passed by parliament, and with public opinion on the left government's record unprecedentedly negative, the issue of communist participation in the executive is once again, rightfully back on the agenda
Austerity · Bailout · Coalition government · Communism · Economic history · Economics · Financial crisis · New Left · Parliament · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Contemporary and Historical Greek Studies · Cyprus History, Politics, Society · European Union Policy and Governance · History · Law
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Radical left cooperation in twenty-first century Western Europe
Trade unions and politics in Cyprus
Surprising Elections in Exciting Times? Of Proxies and Second-Order Events in the 2014 European Election in Cyprus
Cartelisation, organisational legacies and radical left politics in government
Populism or Nationalism? The ‘Paradoxical’ Non-Emergence of Populism in Cyprus
Intra-party Balance of Power
The Retreat of the State
The Role Of The Individual In History
Global Restructuring, Labour and the Challenges for Transnational Solidarity
What's Left of the Radical Left? The European Radical Left After 1989
Presidential Power and Authority in the Republic of Cyprus
European Integration and the Communist Dilemma
A Society within Society
Party Change and Development in Cyprus (1995–2005)
The radical left in coalition government
Red Flag Still Flying
Lenin in the coffee-shop
To cross or not to cross? Subjectivization and the absent state in Cyprus
The ideological contest between Greek-Cypriot nationalism and Cypriotism 1974-1995
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,64 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |