The 55th annual conference of the Political Studies Association (PSA) took place at the University of Leeds in April 2005 exactly one year after the Lincoln conference in which the first seeds for a Greek Politics Specialist Group were sown. The GPSG had a strong first presence with four panels on a range of topics, including a joint panel with the Political Marketing Group.
Panel Convenors: Roman Gerodimos (Bournemouth), Maria Zisouli (AUEB).
GPSG Panel 1: Greek Foreign and Defence Policy
Chair: Stella Ladi (University of Sheffield)
- Panos Lambridis (University of Athens), “The S-300 Missiles Crisis Revisited: A Structural Realist Approach“
- Andrew Liaropoulos (University of Wales, Swansea), “Greek Foreign Policy & Crisis (Mis)Management: Searching for the proper institutions and coordination policy“
- Anna Vallianatou (University of Athens), “The fourth Greek Presidency: a consensus builder/mediator or a bargainer that tried to promote Greek national interests in the framework of CFSP?”
GPSG Panel 2: The Evolution of the Greek State
Chair: Roman Gerodimos (Bournemouth University)
- Konstantinos Maragakis (University of Athens), “Greek Economic Interests and the SEA: The Market Takes Over?“
- Stella Ladi (University of Sheffield), “The Role of Experts in the Reform Process in Greece“
- Marina Petrelli (University of Athens), “Greece’s stance in the Convention negotiations for the ESDP”
- Dimitris Tsarouhas (University of Sheffield), “Explaining the activist military: Greece until 1975“
GPSG Panel 3: Political Parties, Civic Participation and Political Expression in Greece
Chair: Stella Ladi (University of Sheffield)
- Nikolaos Bilios (University of Athens), “Renewing Social Democracy in Greece: Analysing PASOK’s modernization paradigm“
- Eleni Apospori, Maria Zisouli, George Avlonitis (Athens University of Economics and Business), “Communication, civic participation and voting criteria in Greece”
- Ira – Iliana Papadopoulou, Anastasia Veneti (University of Athens), “Committed art and propaganda“
GPSG Panel 4 in Collaboration with the Political Marketing Group (PMG): Political Marketing in Greece
Chair: Roman Gerodimos (Bournemouth University)
- Iordanis Kotzaivazoglou, Theodoros Oikonomou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), “The Americanization of Greek Politics: The Case of the 2004 General Election“
- Athanassios N. Samaras (Institute of Mediterranean Studies), “Political Marketing, Partytocracy and the Transformations of the Greek Political Communication System”
- Eleni Apospori, Maria Zisouli, George Avlonitis (Athens University of Economics and Business), “Political Marketing and Voting Behaviour in Greece
