65th Political Studies Association Annual International Conference
City Hall & Town Hall, Sheffield
“Civic Pride”
30 March – 1 April, 2015
#psa15
GPSG Panels
Panel I: Crisis, Austerity and its Disconents: Socio-Economic and Political Factors
Monday 30th March 11:30 – 13:00
Town Hall – Ante Room
Panel Chair: Dr Lamprini Rori
- George Papaioannou (University of Essex), “The Effect of Fiscal Consolidation and Economic Crisis on Patronage: The Case of Greece”
- Alexandra Prodromidou (International Faculty, University of Sheffield) and Pavlos Gkasis (International Faculty, University of Sheffield): “Debt Crisis- Infused Political Resistance in Greece“
- Sotirios Karampampas (University of Sheffield), “Political Opportunities and Collective Action Frames of Revolutionary Groups During the Economic Crisis in Greece (2009-2014)”
- Georgios Karyotis (University of Glasgow) and Wolfgang Rudig (University of Strathclyde), “Greeks Breaking Bad: The Drivers of Vote Choice in the 2015 Parliamentary Election”
Panel II: Discourse and Framing as Instruments of Political Mobilization
Monday 30th March 16:00 – 17:30
Town Hall – Ante Room
Panel Chair: Professor Petros Vamvakas
- Constantine Boussalis (Trinity College Dublin) and Travis Coan (University of Exeter), “Tracing the Narrative of Hate in the Rising Greek Far-Right“
- Stamatis Poulakidakos (University of Athens) and Anastasia Veneti (Bournemouth University), “Social Media in Political Communication: How do Greek Political Parties Use Twitter During the Pre-Electoral Period?“
- Andreas Anastasiou (University of Leicester) and Deniz Bilge (Yasar University), “Reporting Foreign Affairs in Greece and Turkey: ‘National Interest’ vs. Truthful Journalism“
- Chrysa Lamprinakou (University College London), “The Rise of the Greek Political Class, 1974-2012: Comparing the Background and Political Experience of the Greek, British and European Members of Parliament”
GPSG Annual General Meeting and Book Launch
Tuesday 31st March 12:30 – 13:30
City Hall – North Hall
Book Launch: The Politics of Extreme Austerity: Greece in the Eurozone Crisis, Palgrave MacMillan, edited by G. Karyotis and R. Gerodimos
Panel III: Greek Party Politics Transformed
Wednesday 1st April 11:00 – 12:30
Town Hall – Ante Room
Panel Chair: TBC
- Theodore Chadjipadelis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), “Greece 2009-2014: The Analysis of Electoral Competition“
- Lamprini Rori (Bournemouth University), “Party Funding and Changes in Party Competition“
- Petros Vamvakas (Emmanuel College, Boston), “PASOK, Populism, and Effective Europeanization”
- Vasilis Leontitisis (University of Sheffield), “The Rise and Fall of a Green Party: The Greek Ecologist Greens (2009-2015)“
