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Kanellopoulos, Nikolaos C. "Social policy and social cohesion in Greece under conditions of economic crisis, Bank of Greece, Athens 2012." Social Cohesion and Development 8, no. 1 (March 1, 2013): 67. http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/scad.10006.
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Kanellopoulos, Nikolaos C. "Social policy and social cohesion in Greece under conditions of economic crisis, Bank of Greece, Athens 2012." Social Cohesion and Development 8, no. 1 (January 1, 2013): 67. http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/scad.10067.
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Teloni, Dimitra-Dora, Sofia Dedotsi, and Aristeidis G. Telonis. "Refugee ‘crisis’ and social services in Greece: social workers’ profile and working conditions." European Journal of Social Work 23, no. 6 (June 6, 2020): 1005–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691457.2020.1772729.
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Papadopoulos, Orestis. "Economic crisis and youth unemployment: Comparing Greece and Ireland." European Journal of Industrial Relations 22, no. 4 (July 24, 2016): 409–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0959680116632326.
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Both Greece and Ireland have long suffered high youth unemployment rates and have been pressured to restructure their employment and social systems under the European Employment Strategy. Problems were aggravated by the harsh conditions imposed by the Troika following bail-outs. Yet there was significant divergence in youth employment outcomes between Greece and Ireland despite a convergence of policies. In Ireland, tighter conditionality of benefits and stronger ‘activation’ were already on the agenda of the social actors, so their implementation was not forcefully contested. In Greece, the lack of effective social protection made it difficult for successive governments to build support for flexibilization, and the escalating insecurity of young Greeks and their families gave rise to social unrest and political instability. This contrast leads to a reappraisal of the convergence–divergence debate.
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Zartaloudi, A. "Migrants in Greece and mental health issues." European Psychiatry 65, S1 (June 2022): S549. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.1406.
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Introduction Migration is a difficult and painful process for individuals, since they could no longer rely on the supportive structures of their own country that would help them develop resilience and mental well-being, on the one hand and, on the other hand, they may be obliged to find a new identity and adapt to a new social context. Objectives To identify mental health issues in migrants in Greece. Methods A literature review has been made through PubMed database. Results First-generation immigrants exhibited an increased risk of poor mental health including increased levels of depression, post-traumatic disorder and anxiety compared to local population. When immigrants come to a new country, they often experience culture shock, significantly influencing their mental health. The term “culture shock” describes feelings of weakness and a state of disorientation of individuals living in a new environment as well as the difficulties they face in the process of their adapting to the new conditions. Individuals lack a social supportive environment while experiencing lack of acceptance, as well as social discrimination, economic exploitation and racism by local society. Additionally, their cultural background can influence and differentiate the way they perceive, react and cope stressful conditions. Conclusions For the smooth completion of the cultural process, mutual adaption to the new conditions of both migrants and host society is needed, focusing on the understanding of different cultural heritage, as well as on the respect and recognition of rights of both sides. Disclosure No significant relationships.
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Vergidis, Dimitris K. "THE EDUCATION OF ROMA IN GREECE." JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH 1, no. 3 (July 30, 2013): 63–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.24297/jssr.v1i3.3074.
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In this paper we examine schooling as a factor in the social integration of the Roma who are Greek citizens. It refers to the living conditions of the Greek Roma and the transformation which their social organization is undergoing, taking their economic activities as a starting point. In order to tackle the educational exclusion of the Roma, two different educational policies have taken shape. There is the official educational policy which argues that the educational exclusion of the Roma should be dealt with through positive discrimination so that the romani children can be integrated into regular schools. On the other hand, out of criticism of the role of the school in the reproduction of social inequalities, springs the demand for a different educational policy which would adapt schooling to the culture of the Roma and respond to their particular needs.
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Kourachanis, Nikos. "From camps to social integration? Social housing interventions for asylum seekers in Greece." International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy 39, no. 3/4 (April 8, 2019): 221–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijssp-08-2018-0130.
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PurposeThis paper offers an empirical study of the Emergency Support to Integration and Accommodation (ESTIA) programme, as the policy initiative for the provision of housing and social integration for asylum seekers over the last few years in Greece. Greece is a country that is geographically situated on the southern external borders of Europe and has been experiencing a rise in refugee flows since 2015. At a first glance, it seems that ESTIA’s central aim is social integration. The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether the design and implementation framework of ESTIA essentially promotes the goal of social integration or whether it is merely a gesture that has no real effect.Design/methodology/approachThe field research focussed on an evaluation of the ESTIA programme on the basis of its impact on the social integration of its beneficiaries. This was attempted by examining the attitudes and perceptions of key stakeholders during its design and implementation stages. In order to examine these dimensions, qualitative research methods were developed. In particular, in-depth interviews were conducted with key informants involved in the design and implementation processes of ESTIA.FindingsSocial integration is something much more than providing permanent shelters to asylum seekers. ESTIA has been designed and implemented with a view to providing better temporary housing conditions for its beneficiaries. The rest of the range of actions for their social actions was left to voluntary actions by the implementing agencies, without offering them any financial support – a fact that suggests that the use of the term “social integration” in relation to this programme is disingenuous. Such an intervention does not aim at significant social integration but, primarily, the temporary management of extreme impoverishment. ESTIA can, therefore, be added to the scientific literature as yet another case study where the complex concept of social integration is misused by the EU and European states to legitimise the policies of repression and control of refugee populations.Originality/valueThis is the first field research that examines the design and implementation framework of ESTIA, the most important programme for the social integration of asylum seekers in Greece. The presentation of research findings is expected to make a significant contribution to the improvement of many aspects of the design and implementation framework of ESTIA.
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Tsakona, Villy. "The humorous rewriting of Orwell’s '1984'." European Journal of Humour Research 9, no. 4 (December 30, 2021): 58–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.7592/ejhr2021.9.4.581.
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This commentary piece offers some preliminary thoughts concerning the Greek memes produced since COVID-19 disease arrived at Greece at the end of February 2020, through identifying an analogy between the sociopolitical conditions in Greece-under-lockdown and Orwell’s Oceania in his 1984 novel. It is specifically argued that such texts constitute political humour commenting on the abrupt, yet pervasive changes attested due to state measures against the spread of COVID-19 disease. To this end, memes collected from the social media are discussed and interpreted in comparison with extracts from Orwell’s novel to point to striking similarities between the 1984 sociopolitical context and the Greek one. It is, however, suggested that there is a significant difference between the two contexts: in Orwell’s dystopia, humour seems to have no place at all; on the contrary, humour thrived in Greece-under-lockdown, especially among participants in the social media, in the form of rapidly created and disseminated memes. Memory (a central notion in Orwell’s novel) emerges as a crucial factor for the production of such humour in contemporary Greece and for its absence from Orwell’s Oceania.
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Crowther, N. "Visiting the Olympic Games in Ancient Greece: Travel and Conditions for Athletes and Spectators." International Journal of the History of Sport 18, no. 4 (December 2001): 37–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/714001666.
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Parthenis, Christos, and George Fragoulis. "“Otherness” as Threat: Social and Educational Exclusion of Roma People in Greece." International Journal of Multicultural Education 18, no. 2 (June 20, 2016): 39. http://dx.doi.org/10.18251/ijme.v18i2.1132.
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<p>This paper focuses on aspects of the social and educational exclusion that Roma people face in the Greek context. It argues that diversity has been constructed as a threat for the security, the social cohesion, and the well-being of western societies. Drawing from two case studies of primary schools conducted in a highly deprived suburb of Athens, where most Roma live in harsh conditions, we argue that socially constructed dispositions regarding diversity and inadequate state policies are major obstacles for the improvement of educational opportunities and life chances of Roma people in Greece.</p>
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Kotzamanis, Byron, and Anastasia Kostaki. "Repercussions of the Recent Economic Downturn on Birth Rates in Greece." Interdisciplinary Journal of Labor and Economics 13, no. 1 (March 15, 2024): 120–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.62693/304gib46.
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A comprehensive analysis of historical economic recessions in developed nations confirms the significant impact of social and economic crises on fertility rates. Across different countries, these effects exhibit common characteristics, such as a modest influence on overall fertility rates, delays in the timing of first childbirth linked to later marriages or unions, and a correlation between unemployment and age-specific fertility. Countries with established family policies and robust social security systems tend to experience less pronounced changes in fertility behavior during economic crises. The recent economic downturn in Greece unfolded amidst unique social conditions, including increased female labor force participation, widespread use of reliable contraception allowing for delayed childbearing, and escalating social security and healthcare costs due to an aging population. These factors may influence reproductive decisions and exacerbate the adverse effects of the recession on fertility rates. This study utilizes the latest official data from Greece to examine the impact of the current economic crisis on fertility levels and their evolution over time.
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Pentaraki, Maria, and Konstantina Dionysopoulou. "Social workers: a new precariat? Precarity conditions of mental health social workers working in the non-profit sector in Greece." European Journal of Social Work 22, no. 2 (October 13, 2018): 301–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691457.2018.1529664.
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Maloutas, Thomas, Yannis Frangopoulos, Alexandra Makridou, Eirini Kostaki, Dimitris Kourkouridis, and Stavros Nikiforos Spyrellis. "Exploring Spatial Proximity and Social Exclusion through Two Case Studies of Roma Settlements in Greece." Land 13, no. 2 (February 7, 2024): 202. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land13020202.
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Roma groups in Greece are a long-standing socially deprived population that faces extreme social exclusion and segregation. Their marginalization includes limited access to education, employment, and housing. This paper explores their spatial position and social exclusion, comparing the social profile and life conditions in two case studies of Roma settlements with those of the municipal and regional units to which they belong. Methodologically, we analyze quantitative data from the 2011 Population Census to measure life conditions at three levels (settlement, municipal unit, regional unit), and we also use qualitative data from interviews with representatives of local agencies and residents of the two settlements to document our hypotheses on the causal relations between the spatial position and the social exclusion of Roma groups. The comparison shows that the two Roma settlements are clearly different from their entourage, assembling the lowest positions in the labor market, the weakest performances in education, the largest households, and the worst housing conditions. This case of extreme social exclusion in ghettoized spatial proximity raises the question about the significance of micro-segregation and the way it works in different contexts, as well as the need for further research for a more comprehensive understanding of the relation between social inequality and spatial distance.
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Marmani, Foteini. "Gender and asylum seekers- The case of Greece." Migration & Diversity 1, no. 1 (November 19, 2022): 31–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.33182/md.v1i1.2875.
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The present paper focuses on the living conditions in temporary accommodation centers during the period of 22/11/2011 till 20/03/2012 and on the nature of the existing social relationship structures, being shaped at such centers, with special emphasis placed on the dimension of gender (single women or mothers).The existence of gender differences among asylum seekers’ groups cannot be clearly verified due to great social and economic problems, rendering them indistinguishable, while significant contradictions led to different conclusions in the past. Because of the lack of comparative data this research may contribute to the: a) provision of a clear cut picture of the gender dimension within the asylum seekers context, b) identification of the female asylum seekers population needs and the detection of the problems they encounter, c) the evaluation of the effectiveness of services and structures supporting asylum seekers and d) exploitation of results and findings for policy design.
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Natsiopoulou, Triantafillia, and Chrisoula Melissa‐Halikiopoulou. "Effects of socioeconomic status on television viewing conditions of preschoolers in northern Greece." Early Child Development and Care 179, no. 4 (May 2009): 407–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03004430701189044.
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I. Mouratidou, Savvoula. "The Impact of Austerity Measures on Social Security Beneficiaries: The Case of Greece." Humanities and Social Science Research 2, no. 1 (February 21, 2019): p1. http://dx.doi.org/10.30560/hssr.v2n1p1.
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This article discusses how welfare cuts in Greece affected social insurance beneficiaries’ access to better living conditions by raising the question why welfare benefits are not excluded from cuts even though they obviously minimize poverty rates in people of the third and fourth age. It focuses on the Memoranda reform measures imposed after 2010 acknowledging on the one hand that these measures are for the most part unjustifiable and in parallel locating which changes have been accepted and welcomed by the social insurance fund executives.
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Kantzara, Vasiliki. "Education in Conditions of Crisis in Greece: An Empirical Exploration (2000-2013)." Social Cohesion and Development 11, no. 1 (December 1, 2016): 45. http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/scad.10854.
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<p>The article aims at exploring the ramification of the crisis on education in terms of access to education, educational attainment of the population, funding, schools, teachers and students. These and other aspects of education are examined on basis of statistical data that has been collected and published by international agencies and Greek sources. In order to analyse fluctuations and trends, the data examined covers a period before and after the onset of the crisis (in 2009), namely from 2000 to 2013. In addition, socio-political developments and educational policy are taken into consideration, for they form the context in which education operates.The concept guiding this endeavour is equity; it is defined normatively as equality of opportunity and meritocracy, the two principles upon which social institutions function in a democratic society.The results point to differences in the ways education has been affected by the crisis: at micro and meso level, for example, the funding, the school units and the education personnel have been reduced; at macro level, access to education and education attainment continues to rise, but to a lesser degree than before the onset of the crisis. </p>
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Kesisoglou, Georgios, Evangelia Figgou, and Maria Dikaiou. "Constructing work and subjectivities in precarious conditions: Psycho-discursive practices in young people’s interviews in Greece." Journal of Social and Political Psychology 4, no. 1 (March 1, 2016): 24–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v4i1.494.
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Precarity is becoming the paradigmatic description of young people’s work conditions in crisis-ridden Greece, but also in other European countries. Focusing on interview data on the work experiences of young adults (18-26 years old), in urban centres of Greece, this study attempts to explore the ways in which informants account for working in precarious conditions and construct agency and subjectivity within these ways of accounting. The analysis drawing on insights from critical discursive social psychology indicates that participants construct precarious work conditions as widespread and banal a) by treating precarious work as a sine qua non condition of youth employment, b) by considering precarious work as an inherent trait of the Greek job-market, c) by considering precarious work as a necessary step on a (biographical) path leading to the desired and/or appropriate job, or d) by adopting a “there is no other alternative” accounting, representing precarious job conditions as the only alternative to unemployment. The analysis also points out the ways in which participants orient themselves to a dilemma of stake and accountability, being concerned to position themselves as effortful subjects, while they are rhetorically constructing the banal regime of precarious labour. The discussion considers the need to bring into the scope of social and political psychology the specific nuances of precarious labour.
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Psalti, Anastasia, and Christina Antoniou. "Working mothers in Greece during the COVID-19 pandemic: The conceptualization of “good motherhood” in conditions of lock-down and teleworking." Psychology: the Journal of the Hellenic Psychological Society 28, no. 1 (July 3, 2023): 63–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/psy_hps.31518.
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The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Greece in March 2020 caused many changes in daily life. Mothers’ duties increased dramatically during the pandemic, as external childcare support was practically non-existent. Working mothers had to manage their different roles and identities at the same time, with teleworking becoming mandatory. This article aims to understand how contemporary working mothers in Greece conceptualize “good motherhood”, taking into consideration the particularities of the pandemic. Eight working mothers with children between the ages of 3 and 18 from various parts of Greece responded to a public invitation posted on a popular social media platform. They participated in a semi-structured online interview during which they were invited to talk about their experience of the lock-down in relation to their role as working mothers. The interviews were transcribed and analyzed using the Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). A common theme that emerged from their stories was the experience of loss of control over their lives and possibly a loss of the multiple dimensions of their identity, which appeared to have been reduced to being just a mom. Gender and parenting ideologies present prior to the pandemic continue to affect working mothers’ experiences during the pandemic.
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Palamida, Eftychia, Despoina Xanthopoulou, Savvas Papagiannidis, and Teta Stamati. "Exploring intentions towards human, social and financial capital investments in a turbulent economic environment." International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation 18, no. 2 (September 23, 2016): 79–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1465750316669908.
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This article applies the theory of planned behaviour in order to understand intentions to create new ventures or participate in existing ones, by investing human, social and financial capital in a turbulent economic environment, such as the one in Greece. We hypothesize that subjective norms relate to investment intentions (IIs) and that individual attitudes and perceived behavioural control over the investment mediate this relationship. We also propose that norms, attitudes and control interact in explaining IIs in such a way that intentions are stronger when positive norms and attitudes coexist with high levels of control. Hypotheses are tested by means of a cross-sectional quantitative study that was conducted in Greece ( N = 203). Bootstrap analyses support our mediation hypotheses by showing that norms relate positively to IIs via their associations with positive attitudes and high control. In addition, regression analyses show that norms, attitudes and control interact in explaining intentions. However, contrary to expectations, results show that positive attitudes towards investment boost IIs, in conditions where norms are positive but control is low.
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Kotzamanis, Byron, and Anastasia Kostaki. "The Implications of the Recent Economic Crisis on Fertility in Greece." European Journal of Economics and Business Studies 3, no. 1 (December 30, 2015): 154. http://dx.doi.org/10.26417/ejes.v3i1.p154-171.
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A systematic review of past economic recessions occurred in developed countries confirms that social and economic crises often have serious effects on fertility while, beyond national differentiations, these effects have certain characteristics, e. g. a weak effect on generational fertility;an postponement on the timing of first birth, closely related to a late marriage or union;a close relationship between unemployment and age-specific fertility. The sensitivity of fertility behavior to economic crises is less marked in countries with longstanding family policies and strong social security systems. The recent social and economic recession in Greece took place under different social conditions than many recessions in the past. More women than ever are participating in the labor market, most couples use reliable contraception that enables them to postpone childbearing, while social security and health costs are burdened from the rapidly expanding numbers of elderly. All these factors can affect reproductive decisions and potentially aggravate the negative effects of the recession on fertility. This work, using the latest available official data of Greece, provides an investigation of the impact of the current economic crisis on fertility levels, as well as the evolution of these levels through time.
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Dritsas, I., M. Theodoratou, T. Margaris, S. Christodoulidis, and O. Valsami. "An Empirical Study of the Working Conditions in the Drug Prevention Centers of Attika, Greece: New Prospects And Possibilities In An Era Of Uncertainty." European Psychiatry 33, S1 (March 2016): S479. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.1755.
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IntroductionStudies have documented that drug prevention centers in Greece have been through an era of turmoil and uncertainty (EKTEPN, 2015, Tsounis, 2012, Kiritsi and Tsiotra, 2004) underlining the staff's hard work all over Greece.PurposeThe aim of this study was to investigate the effects of the current fiscal crisis on the operating conditions as described by the staff of the Attica substance prevention centers with the emphasis on main problem areas and solutions.MaterialStatistically reliable questionnaires were used by the research team investigating participants views on the aforementioned areas of enquiry.MethodTwo Questionnaires were administered to 59 psychologists and social workers working at the centers of Attica, Greece during the summer of 2015.ResultsThe majority (85%) of those working at the centers mentioned the main problems as following:– issues concerning the institutional role of the centers, the education and supervision of the staff;– fiscal issues as a result of the economic austerity, which undermine the operation of the centers and the morale of the staff.ConclusionsOur empirical study is actually the first one which delves into the inner workings of the drug prevention centers in Attica, Greece:– the extent the phenomenon of drug dependence in Greece, examining the epidemiology and the influence of the financial crisis, as well as the strategies and action plans developed in a national and EU level;– the most significant innovative and standard European and Greek prevention programs.Finally, research methodological issues are discussed in the light of the main findings of the empirical research.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.
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Demas, Elias S. "The functions of folk dances in Epeiros and their relation to contemporary social conditions in Hellas (Greece)." Dance Chronicle 19, no. 1 (January 1996): 1–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01472529608569230.
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Lohvynenko, I. A., and Ye S. Lohvynenko. "Social status of women in Ancient Sparta." Law and Safety 91, no. 4 (December 25, 2023): 106–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.32631/pb.2023.4.09.
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The factors that determined the peculiarities of the social status of women in Ancient Sparta have been identified and analysed. It has been demonstrated that the establishment of community control over private life, namely: strict regulation of marriage and family relations, the compulsory nature of specific general education, which started for girls at the age of eight and lasted until marriage, determined that the national interests of women became a priority and dominated family values. It has been found that in Sparta, as in other polities of ancient Greece, childbearing was considered the most important function of women, as the offspring were to continue family traditions and take care of their elderly parents, conduct religious rites, etc. Only male children were seen as future citizens and defenders of the polis. In Lacedaemon, motherhood acquired a more accentuated meaning and was understood as service to the state. It became the basis of marriage and family relations, where polyandry was perceived as the norm. The Spartan woman was socially active. She was a direct participant in religious festivals and rituals, sports competitions. She publicly ridiculed the bachelors and cowards. If her own son turned out to be a coward, she could kill him herself. A mother did not bear any legal responsibility for the murder of a cowardly son. The economic rights of Spartans, which other women in ancient Greece did not have, have been investigated. Due to her husband’s military service, a Lacedaemonian woman managed not only his oikos, but also his cleris. Polyandry allowed a woman to unite two or more “houses” under her control and thus increase her influence in society. It has been noted that a strong economic foundation allowed wealthy women to have more freedom in society and even influence those in power in making responsible political decisions. With the loss of Messenia, women lose their economic freedom. The social status of women also changes, as they become more subordinate to men. It has been argued that in Sparta, the state minimised the private life of spouses. Under such conditions, a woman was socially active, knew the inner life of the polis well, and understood the foreign policy priorities of the state. She acted as a motivator and guide of Spartan ideology for the men of her family. And in this way, the Lacedaemonian woman was significantly different from other women in ancient Greece.
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Karydaki, Danae. "Freud under the Acropolis: The challenging journey of psychoanalysis in 20th-century Greece (1915–1995)." History of the Human Sciences 31, no. 4 (October 2018): 13–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0952695118791719.
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Psychoanalysis was introduced to Greece in 1915 by the progressive educator Manolis Triantafyllidis and was further elaborated by Marie Bonaparte, Freud’s friend and member of the Greek royal family, and her psychoanalytic group in the aftermath of the Second World War. However, the accumulated traumas of the Nazi occupation (1941–1944), the Greek Civil War (1946–1949), the post-Civil-War tension between the Left and the Right, the military junta (1967–1974) and the social and political conditions of post-war Greece led this project and all attempts to establish psychoanalysis in Greece, to failure and dissolution. The restoration of democracy in 1974 and the rapid social changes it brought was a turning point in the history of Greek psychoanalysis: numerous psychoanalysts, who had trained abroad and returned after the fall of the dictatorship, were hired in the newly established Greek National Health Service (NHS), and contributed to the reform of Greek psychiatry by offering the option of psychoanalytic psychotherapy to the non-privileged. This article draws on a range of unexplored primary sources and oral history interview material, in order to provide the first systematic historical account in the English language of the complex relationship between psychoanalysis and Greek society, and the contribution of psychoanalytic psychotherapy to the creation of the Greek welfare state. In so doing, it not only attempts to fill a lacuna in the history of contemporary Greece, but also contributes to the broader historiography of psychotherapy and of Europe.
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Karakioulafi, Christina. "COVID-19 pandemic as a catalyst of art workers mobilisation and unionisation: the case of Greek actors." Revista Española de Sociología 31, no. 4 (September 30, 2022): a129. http://dx.doi.org/10.22325/fes/res.2022.129.
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In Greece, as in other countries, the cultural sector is among the most affected by the coronavirus crisis, bringing to the surface structural problems that these sectors have been facing. As the first Greek state’s first support measures were ill-adapted to cultural sectors’ forms of employment, artists’ unions mobilised and new solidarity groups and campaigns such as Support Art Workers (SAW) emerged. Based on findings deriving from qualitative research, the article examines the impact of the coronavirus crisis on the employment conditions and livelihood opportunities of actors/actresses in Greece; their mobilisations during the same period. Findings show that despite the constraints imposed through containment and social-distancing measures, the enforced inactivity and the exposure of vulnerability incited collective discussions and triggered collective processes, due to fewer time constraints, but mainly because of the actors' own awareness of the precariousness of their working conditions.
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Lialiouti, Zinovia. "Meeting the Communist Threat in Greece: American diplomats, ideology and stereotypes 1944-1950." Twentieth Century Communism 17, no. 17 (September 1, 2019): 90–121. http://dx.doi.org/10.3898/175864319827751358.
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This paper focuses on four US officials serving in Greece at a critical period in both Greek and American political history. The Greek Civil War (1946-9) was decisive in the development of the Cold War confrontation. The Truman Doctrine (1947) represents an ideological milestone in this respect. In particular, the paper explores the views of Lincoln MacVeagh (ambassador 1944-7), Paul A. Porter (chief of the American Economic Mission to Greece, 1947), Dwight Griswold (chief of the American Mission for Aid to Greece 1947-8) and Henry Grady (ambassador 1948-50), namely their perceptions of the Greek post-war crisis in relation to the strategic goal of anticommunism. The emphasis of the analysis is on their understanding of the Greek social and political conditions - and especially of the nature of the communist threat – and of the goals involved in the American aid to the country. These four case studies highlight the interaction between the prevailing ideology in foreign policy objectives and the personal belief systems. Cultural preconditions and stereotypes constitute the framework in the context of which US officials sought to contain the communist challenge in Greece both though military as well as through economic and ideological means.
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Flouros, Floros. "Crises in Greece and Sustainable Development." Highlights of Sustainability 2, no. 2 (May 2, 2023): 62–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.54175/hsustain2020006.
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Sustainability and conditions that support a country to achieve its strategic goals are usually considered a critical priority for the international community. This paper examines the case of Greece, a country that was called upon to face successive crises during the last dec-ades which in almost all cases posed serious risks to the security of the country and its citizens. In crisis events that Greece faced lately, these were imported from abroad and they affected all levels of society: the global financial crisis that started in the US in 2008, the pandemic crisis that first appeared in China in late 2019, and finally the energy crisis that intensified from the beginning of 2020. Greece has tried to respond with internal balancing strategies at home with a series of measures and actions, while at the same time acting with external balancing strategies, as a member of the EU and the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO). The country has tried to deal with the successive crises having a positive result so far, but at a heavy price that has negatively affected the country’s development, often causing setbacks and delays in many areas of the economy, environment, and social life. As a result, the Greek economic crisis followed which affected all aspects of the social life in the country, making worse the economic parameters, affecting the relationship between the citizens and the state, and putting the normality of life into question. There are several studies published during the last years highlighting various aspects of the Greek economic crisis that provided specific answers regarding the main causes of the eruption of the Greek economic crisis as well as the proposals to deal with it. The purpose of this study is to highlight the impact of successive crises, which are due to both exogenous and endogenous factors, and that Greece has recently faced and identified the main effects on the Greek economy and its sustainability. The analysis adopts the time series of crises: economic, pandemic, and energy.
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Diamanti, K., and S. M. Nikolaou. "Researching the Social Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Students in Greece." European Journal of Development Studies 1, no. 3 (October 12, 2021): 26–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.24018/ejdevelop.2021.1.3.35.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically changed the lives of people around the world, causing constraints, pressures, and deviations from habits as well as necessary survival activities. Its sweeping and leveling character has not left unaffected any part or any structure of our society, above all education. The lockdown and social alienation imposed on people as measures to stop the transmission of the disease has caused social, cognitive, and psychosomatic consequences, especially in the student world. This is not only because the learning process was initially interrupted and then replaced with distance education but also because students’ social activity and social life changed radically. We consider in the present research the social impact of the pandemic as a benefit or a disadvantage in terms of students' social distancing, and their assessment of the difficulties and deprivations they experienced in order of precedence, as well as their views on dealing with the negative consequences of lockdown and social distancing. We aim to conduct a scientific discussion of the conclusions regarding the conditions created for young people in the context of lockdown and isolation and the views of young people on how to deal with the consequences of the pandemic.
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Ραβδάς (Pantelis Ravdas), Παντελής. "Surrogate Motherhood in Greece: Statistical Data Derived from Court Decisions." Bioethica 3, no. 2 (November 22, 2017): 39. http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/bioeth.19723.
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Gestational surrogacy is legal in Greece since 2002, under conditions that include a court decision granting permission prior to the transfer of reproductive material to the gestational surrogate.Quantitative and qualitative statistical data compiled from 256 relevant court decisions issued between 2003 - 2017 outline the profile of intended mothers (and fathers) that resorted to gestational surrogacy as well as the profile of women that offered to become gestational carriers. Core aspects of the evergreen legal and social debate on surrogate motherhood are revisited under the light of this indicative part of its application in practice.
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Chrysoloras, Nikos. "Orthodoxy and the Formation of Greek National Identity." Chronos 27 (March 21, 2019): 7–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.31377/chr.v27i0.403.
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The aim of this paper is to describe, analyse and explain the historical emergence of nationalism in Greece. Initially, and in accordance with the modernist approach, we will be arguing that the emergence of the nationalist phenomenon in Greece is inseparably linked with the objective conditions of modernity. The emergence of an educated Greek-speaking middle class, the development of trade and industry, and the diffusion of the liberal, secular and scientific spirit of the Enlightenment in the Greek peninsula, were instrumental factors for the construction of the idea of the nation. In that sense, the Greek nation- like every nation- is an historical and social construction, which emerges as a result of the fundamental split between the pre-modern and the modern.
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Kotrotsiou, E., M. Gouva, E. Briseniou, E. Dragioti, and N. Skenteris. "The Social Representations of Aggravating Factors Living Conditions and Their Connection to Their Psychological Profile." European Psychiatry 33, S1 (March 2016): S482. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.1766.
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ObjectiveTo investigated the Greek social representations towards harmful factors of health.DesignCross-sectional questionnaire survey.MethodTwo hundred and eighty healthy individuals participated to the present study from different region in Greece. The age range was 19–65 years old. The questionnaire included:– question for the recording of social representations based on free association methods;– The Greek version of the Revised Experiences in Close Relationships (ECRI);– The Symptom Checklist 90-revised (SCL-90);– question for the social-demographic parameters.ResultsOne factor and multifactor analysis was used for statistical analysis. Results showed significant differences in social representation of diet in terms of age and marital status. Place of region and chronic disease were found to affect the development social representations, such as exercise and disease, respectively. Exercise, night out and health were found like positive social representations, smoking and disease were characterized as negatives, whereas diet, alcohol and lifestyle were found controversial enough. Moreover, the results highlight the significant relationship between social representations towards harmful factors of health, psychopathology and attachment style (P < .05).ConclusionThe results of the current study highlighted the importance of studying on social representations and provided more support to the representations theory context. But more crucially, our study highlighted functional domains of them related to psychopathology.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.
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Kotsiou, Ourania S., Vaios S. Kotsios, and Konstantinos I. Gourgoulianis. "Enhanced Public Interest in Response to the Refugee and Healthcare Crises in Greece." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 7 (March 27, 2020): 2272. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17072272.
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Background: The Greek National Health System (NHS) has been profoundly affected by the synergy of the economic and refugee crises. We aimed at evaluating the public interest regarding refugee and healthcare issues in Greece. Methods: Google Trends was employed to normalize traffic data on a scale from 0 to 100, presented as monthly relative search volume (RSV) for the search term queries: “refugees”, “health”, “diseases”, “hospital”, and “economic crisis” in Greece, from the period 2008 to 2020. Cross-country comparisons in selected European countries were made. Results: The analysis of RSV data showed an upward trend for the keyword “refugee”, in Greece, in the last five years, with two remarkable peaks from 2015 to 2016 and from 2019 to the present. Interest regarding refugees was more prevalent in the Aegean islands compared to the mainland. The mass influx of refugees has been linked to disease-related concerns. The search terms “hospital” and “health” have been the most popular and constantly quested topics since the beginning of the economic crisis in Greece, in 2009. Similar trends existed across Europe. Conclusion: There is an urgent need for effective public awareness of current politico-ethical and social-economic conditions. The patterns of public interest can formulate public policy.
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Kalogeraki, Stefania. "Indicative Evidence in Self-rated Health, Socio-Economic Conditions, and Social Capital among Migrants in Greece and Sweden." International Journal of Health, Wellness, and Society 11, no. 1 (2020): 35–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.18848/2156-8960/cgp/v11i01/35-53.
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Theodora. "Aegean Sea—Challenges and Dilemmas in Management and Planning for Local Development in Fragmented Insular Regions." Heritage 2, no. 3 (June 28, 2019): 1762–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/heritage2030108.
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In an age of network organization and the digital revolution, under conditions of intense international competition alongside a multifaceted economic downturn, a new form of economy is developing, shaped by the learning society and knowledge-based economy. Under exceptionally difficult conditions where, despite all intentions, economic growth remains the main concern, often without terms or criteria, and even at environmental, territorial and socio-economic cost, the issue: Development for whom, where and on what terms remains “open”. In Greece decades-long unquestioning adoption of developmental models in conjunction with a methodically organized diminishment of the territorial dimension has undermined acquis which had been promoted for years as a prerequisite for life, re-introducing to the discussion the issue of how to plan the various levels and categories of territory, protecting the history and physiognomy of place, ensuring local development in terms of social justice and sustainability in an intensely globalised environment. An answer is sought regarding how best to manage human resources and cultural heritage on the basis of territorial/sectoral and social collaborative networks that are supralocal and transnational focusing on the model of “endogenous development”. Based on research experience regarding the Mediterranean and the Aegean, the article aims to underline the absence of a comprehensive island policy in Greece and highlight crucial issues that need to be resolved at the level of developmental and planning choices in order to eliminate instances of downgrading/abandonment of vulnerable remote and insular border regions. The proposals which are formulated are intended to contribute to the debate about a more equal development for islands and insular areas at a critical juncture for Greece.
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Ebbinghaus, Susanne. "Protector of the city, or the art of storage in early Greece." Journal of Hellenic Studies 125 (November 2005): 51–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0075426900007102.
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AbstractIn the Late Geometric and Orientalizing periods, storage vessels with elaborate relief decoration were produced in several Aegean islands, most notably the northern Cyclades, Crete and Rhodes. This article interprets the amphora-shaped relief pithos as a function of prevailing social, economic and living conditions. It is argued that rather than being inspired by funerary or votive uses, the relief pithoi of the Tenian-Boeotian group are the material expression of the vital importance of food storage, which not only ensured subsistence but was an essential prerequisite for social differentiation. Relief pithoi were a form of conspicuous storage. Against this background, the unique iconography of the Tenian-Boeotian pithoi is revisited and the enigmatic fallen warrior on the Mykonos Pithos identified as a possible role model for seventh-century aristocrats.
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Efstathiou, Flora, and Paraskevi Svardagalou. "Clinical profile of burn injured patients." Health & Research Journal 2, no. 2 (July 1, 2016): 80. http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/healthresj.19809.
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Introduction: Burn injury is a severe systemic disease with social implications.Aim: The recording of patient’s clinical profile with burn injury worldwide and in Greece, the outcome and impact of the injury on the patient’s mental health and social, professional and family life.Methods: There were collected surveys and reports concerned burn victims, men and women, teenagers and adults of all types and severities of burns in the world and in Greece. The information were been searched in database of Pubmed and websites of international health agencies (American Burn Association-ABA, World Health Organization-WHO , Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention-CDC) and statistical offices (Hellenic Statistical Authority), between the years 1985-2012.Results: In U.S.A. 183.036 burned victims were reported between the years 2002-11 and in Greece 1840 in 1993-2001. The most of studies were showed strong relationship between risk of burn and age, gender, standard of living and education, the place and conditions of the injury, the lack of information and habits of patients. The coexistence of chronic diseases burdened the risk of injury and the outcome. After burn injury, patients had difficulties on professional and social reintegration, because of physical complications and mental disorders. Their psychological condition upon leaving the hospital was important prognostic feature. Researchers suggested the detection of high-risk groups to train them and organized psychosocial reintegration of burned.Conclusion: There is a reciprocal relationship between clinical profile of burned patients before injury and outcome of the disease and their mental health, social, professional and family life. The need for continuous investigation into the profile of burned within multicenter study and organization of network for psychosocial reintegration became evident.
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Halvorsen, Knut. "Economic, Financial, and Political Crisis and Well-Being in the PIGS-Countries." SAGE Open 6, no. 4 (October 2016): 215824401667519. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2158244016675198.
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The research question in this article is threefold: To which degree is the financial crisis of 2008 and the subsequent recession associated with reduced well-being among people in the four hardest affected EURO countries? Are individual factors associated with reduced well-being the same in these countries? and Are lower socioeconomic groups more severely hit than the better off?. Data before the crisis are compared with data in 2013/2014 (EU-SILC [European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions] survey 2013) for Greece, Portugal, Ireland, and Spain. Finland is used as a reference category. Before control of individual characteristics, regressions demonstrate a small and mostly significant fall in average satisfaction with life in these countries, Portugal being an exception. According to the theory of capability and actual economic and political development, it was hypothesized that Greece—being the worst case in terms of economic development—may experience the greatest fall in life satisfaction. This hypothesis is not supported by the data. In fact, the strongest decline was found in Ireland. In particular, lack of political trust stands in Greece out as having an impact, while poor health is related to Ireland and unemployment to Portugal and Spain. Greatest socioeconomic inequality in life satisfaction was found in Portugal.
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Fouskas, Theodoros, George Koulierakis, Fotini-Maria Mine, Athanasios Theofilopoulos, Sofia Konstantopoulou, Fabiola Ortega-de-Mora, Dimitrios Georgiadis, and Georgia Pantazi. "Racial and Ethnic Inequalities, Health Disparities and Racism in Times of COVID-19 Pandemic Populism in the EU: Unveiling Anti-Migrant Attitudes, Precarious Living Conditions and Barriers to Integration in Greece." Societies 12, no. 6 (December 14, 2022): 189. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/soc12060189.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact particularly on the most vulnerable populations, including immigrants, asylum seekers and refugees in the EU. The article depicts the results of the comparative research project “Local Alliance for Integration (LION/GSRI/University of West Attica/81018): Migrant and Refugee integration into local societies in times of the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain and Greece” implementing a qualitative methodology. This article analyses via 32 in-depth interviews the experiences of immigrants, asylum seekers and refugees in Greece, the increased barriers towards integration due to racial and ethnic inequalities, precarity and health disparities during this period which function as a means of perpetuating exclusion in five sectors: (a) formal employment, (b) healthcare, (c) formal education and language training, (d) housing and social care/protection, and (e) intercultural coexistence as well as the new rise of a hostile rhetoric and anti-migrant attitudes under a COVID-19 pandemic populism. The unravelling of the narratives revealed perceptions and practices of inequality and uncertainty as well as of hope. The socioeconomic impact of the pandemic on immigrants, asylum seekers and refugees, similarities and differences that occurred and evidence of the ongoing obstacles they encountered during the pandemic are presented. Policy and practice implications include the implementation of prevention measures by the institutions that are tasked with the responsibility to remove hindrances, address unequal treatment, racial/ethnic and social inequalities and raise awareness on multiple ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic has intensified vulnerability.
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Kiouzepi, Maria, Despina Kavallari, Athanasios Staurou, and Ifigenia Vamvakidou. "Historical Documentary Gender Identities in Goumenissa of Greece Multimodal Research Material." Review of European Studies 11, no. 2 (May 5, 2019): 59. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/res.v11n2p59.
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The subject of this research proposal concerns the gender representations of women in the border town of Goumenissa, a regional unit of Kilkis in Greece, as these representations are constructed on their speech. Goumenissa has been a meeting place of different origin communities, such as local, Pontiac and east Rumelia populations, after the Turco-Greek exchange of populations in Greek national history during the 1920s.The aim of this on-site research is to investigate and map out the status of the refugee and local women of Goumenissa, in years of turbulence and intensity. The research questions concern three basic thematic units: House working - Working outside, the house - Education/family constraints. What is their insight into family relationships, tradition, education and participation in production? How did they define themselves and were defined by others throughout the historical and social conditions? What kind of imprints did these conditions leave on them? How do they continue today? This on-site historical research was based on individual or group interviews and on professional filmmaking in the area of Goumenissa by the two educators Kiouzepi & Kavallari. The outcome-deliverable has been a historical documentary based on the primary original material coming from the women’s interviews that could be used as a multimodal material within an interdisciplinary approach in teaching social subjects. The theoretical axes of the research are the history of gaze, the cultural studies, the socio-semiotics and the expansion of sources in the local and oral historiography.
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MARVAKIS, Athanassios. "The dialectics of new fascism in Greece." Estudos de Psicologia (Campinas) 32, no. 3 (September 2015): 547–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0103-166x2015000300019.
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The success of historical fascism in the particular transitional period at the beginning of the 20th century was grounded in its contribution to the successive acceptance and application of the so-called Fordist model for the organization of labor (accompanied by the correspondent social conditions and relations). Historical fascism contributed thus, with its particular way, to establishing a new class compromise between the potentials related with the productive forces and the confinements emanating from the productive relations. This contribution constitutes the "creativity" of fascism. Such a historical perspective on social processes allows us not to fall into the trap of understanding fascism only as a (barbarian) "deception". Fascism cannot be a plain deception, because a "mere deceit" cannot mobilize people. Fascism takes over, adopts real and unfulfilled needs and hopes - which as such constitute resistance to the capitalist arrogance and logic of commodification of everything - and offers its own (fascist, barbarian) solution or fulfillment. Consequently, our responsibility cannot lie in rejecting these needs and hopes (which are basically needs and hopes for security) because of their distorted or "pervert" articulations. Our responsibility lies in the careful peeling of these hopes/demands from their (fascist) enwrapment. Nationalism (from the subalterns!) does not constitute a mere irrational leftover from the past, but contains potentially mystic and romantic pre- or anti-capitalist elements and references. Nationalism obtains its dynamics and persuasion (for the subalterns!) from and for the contemporary societal processes, thus constituting an active, political and actual demand/position within the restructuring of society - which is in itself a moment in the restructuring of capitalism. Herein also the "rational kernel" of the anti-capitalist antithesis by the New Right is founded as counter position to the "neutral" commodification of everything. This antithesis can of course not be the issue for us the opponents of fascism. The "problem" for us is the fascist perspective in which this antithesis is embedded; the political vision which has recruited the antithesis for confining solidarity only to "our people" and not broadening solidarity towards all people!
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Douvitsa, Ifigeneia, and Demosthenis Kassavetis. "Cooperatives: an alternative to water privatization in Greece." Social Enterprise Journal 10, no. 2 (August 4, 2014): 135–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/sej-10-2013-0039.
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Purpose – The aim of this article is to investigate the organization of water cooperatives in Greece for the first time, as promoted by a spontaneous social mobilization called Initiative 136. The above attempt appears as an alternative proposition as opposed to the state-driven full privatization of EYATH S.A. Design/methodology/approach – This article presents previous work on water cooperatives and the negative effects of water privatization worldwide, relating it to water privatization in Greek reality through the prism of the current recession. Findings – While full privatization under the pressure of the economic crisis is very likely to yield significantly negative results, a transformation into a water cooperative might provide a viable solution. Research limitations/implications – Water cooperatives provide a solution for water distribution that is friendly for the consumer, the society and the environment. Practical implications – Application of a cooperative method of water provision in Greece could be a springboard for the use of the model in other areas. Originality/value – The article evaluates the privatization and cooperativization attempt of EYATH S.A. based on previous related research and considering Greece ' s current conditions.
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Touna, Vaia. "Manageable Self in the Early Hellenistic Era." Bulletin for the Study of Religion 39, no. 2 (May 11, 2010): 34–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1558/bsor.v39i2.009.
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This paper argues that the rise of what is commonly termed "personal religion" during the Classic-Hellenistic period is not the result of an inner need or even quality of the self, as often argued by those who see in ancient Greece foreshadowing of Christianity, but rather was the result of social, economic, and political conditions that made it possible for Hellenistic Greeks to redefine the perception of the individual and its relationship to others.
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Kyrligkitsi, Argyro, and Anna Mouti. "Multilingual Needs of Adult Migrants and Refugees—Linguistic Portraits and Identity Texts in the L2 Greek Classroom: A Case Study in a Non-Formal Educational Setting." Societies 13, no. 8 (August 10, 2023): 186. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/soc13080186.
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This paper will attempt to visualize adult refugees and migrants, as well as a specific multilingual and multicultural educational setting in Greece. This study aspires to depict/present the plurilingual profiles, language needs, and challenges of L2 Greek students through a variety of tools/methods, e.g., questionnaires, portraits, narratives, needs analysis, and assessment tools. In a complementary way, this research focuses on highlighting the value of language portraits, identity texts, and translanguaging in L2 Greek classrooms. Conditions regarding the educational process in the specific educational setting will also be discussed. This was a case study conducted in an open school for migrants in Greece. Eight volunteer teachers at the school and twenty students participated in this research through a multimethod research design. Multilingual profiles and learners’ needs and goals became visible, and the teachers managed to “hear” the multilingual voices of their students and understand their multilingual profiles. Overall, it is clear that these findings pave the way for large-scale research to investigate in depth everything presented in this research. Using language portraits and identity texts as group activities helps to conduct a productive discussion in the classroom, through which students gain access to the use of concepts such as “multilingualism”, “multiculturalism”, and “diversity”.
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Sotiropoulos, Dimitri A. "Liberal Democracy in a Less-than-Liberal Context? The Case of Contemporary Greece." Journal of Illiberalism Studies 2, no. 2 (2022): 87–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.53483/wckx3545.
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The persistence of democracy in today’s Greece may be surprising for two reasons. First, liberal democracy survived an economic crisis in the 2010s that was more severe than the Great Depression of the 1930s. Second, liberal democracy has remained stable despite the fact that the period since the 1974 transition from the Colonels’ Regime has witnessed the diffusion of illiberal ideas and an emergence of relatively small yet very active antiliberal parties. Liberal democracy has been resilient in the face of nationalism and populism, even though accountable liberal institutions enjoy limited political trust. The resilience of contemporary Greek democracy can be explained through two sets of factors: a political set and a social set. Political factors include a long history of political liberalism and the robustness of contemporary political-party competition. Social factors include Greece’s relatively large middle class and the absence of overlapping social cleavages that could otherwise have led to destructive socio-political polarization and then a slide toward illiberalism. The Greek case shows under what conditions a liberal democracy can flourish in a less-than-liberal context.
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Zervakou, A. D., and P. Tsombos. "GIS IN URBAN GEOLOGY: THE CASE STUDY OF NAFPLIO, ARGOLIS PREFECTURE, GREECE." Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece 43, no. 3 (January 24, 2017): 1559. http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/bgsg.11330.
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The aggregation of population in big cities leads to the concentration of human activities, overconsumption of natural resources and urban growth without spatial planning and sustainable management. As a result, urban societies are exposed to various dangers and threats with economic, social, ecological, and environmental impacts on the urban surroundings. Problems associated with urban development are related to the existing geological conditions. Therefore, the provision of appropriate geological information about the urban environment is essential for every sustainable urban planning. The first systematic recording, codification and documentation of “Urban Geology” geothematic information in Greece was implemented by the Institute of Geology and Mineral Exploration (I.G.M.E.) in the framework of the project called “Collection, codification and documentation of geothematic information for urban and suburban areas in Greece - pilot applications”. Through the implementation of this project, geological mapping, geotechnical, geochemical, geophysical research and measurements took place at four pilot cities of Greece. Nafplio, the capital city of Argolis prefecture, was one of them. During the project, all compiled data were stored and processed in specially designed geodatabases in GIS environment in order to produce multifunctional geothematic maps and other digital products (DEMs, 2D - 3D surfaces).
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Panagiotakopoulos, Antonios. "“Investigating the factors affecting brain drain in Greece: looking beyond the obvious”." World Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development 16, no. 3 (April 30, 2020): 207–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/wjemsd-10-2019-0076.
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PurposeThe study explores the reasons why talented people leave Greece and go abroad using a qualitative approach to data collection in order to get a deep understanding on the actual reasons of brain drain in Greece, which affects the sustainability of domestic businesses and the overall economic development of the country.Design/methodology/approachA qualitative approach was adopted consisting of 80 interviews with business and IT professionals, healthcare professionals and academics of various disciplines that live and work in the United Kingdom, Germany, United States and Australia. Data were collected over a three-year period (May 2015–May 2018).FindingsThe results showed that the vast majority of respondents decided to leave their home country due to the prevalent cultural mindset of most Greek citizens, government policymakers and employers in Greece. In particular, 65% of respondents decided to live and work abroad due to the deep crisis of social values in the country and the high political corruption, while just 35% pointed to purely financial and other work-related reasons (e.g. low salaries, poor working conditions, no employment prospects, lack of job security) as the key ones for leaving the country. Essentially, the respondents argued that the individualist cultural values that have been predominant in the Greek society for years now have become evident in political action causing several problems such as social injustice and poverty.Research limitations/implicationsThe findings have important implications both for those who hold governmental posts and the remaining citizens of Greece. Both government officials and citizens should re-examine their roles, values and ideals. The blame for the extensive brain drain in the country cannot be put only on the political parties that ruled the country during the last decades; the people who elected them are also responsible. The country seems to remain trapped in a crisis of social values that parents and the formal education system in Greece have cultivated for years now. In that respect, formal education in the country should be transformed radically in order to act as an important agency inculcating the new generations with a sense of duty in shaping a democratic political culture that emphasizes equality and condemns egalitarian practices.Originality/valueThe scant evidence around this topic is based on quantitative research that fails to explore in much depth the reasons of brain drain in the country. Previous studies revealed that the phenomenon of brain drain in Greece has been predominantly caused by the poor financial performance of the country during the last decade. This has been further supported by the claims of several policymakers who argue that the Greek crisis has been a fiscal one. However, the present study sheds new light and unmasks the root cause of brain drain in Greece stressing that the country essentially faces a crisis of values and a corrupted civic culture.
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Gourgouris, Stathis. "Xenia – Debt at home, debt is always foreign." Social Science Information 58, no. 3 (July 25, 2019): 521–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0539018419863294.
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The concerns of this article are twofold: first, it examines the nature of debt as a social and economic force that fosters conditions of alienation in persons and institutions. Debt is also considered ontologically to be pertinent to the institution of the family as well as general conditions of kinship, of what determines what is ancestral and what is foreign. Second, it examines the conditions of financial and cultural crisis in Greece in recent years, where debt emerges as a prominent force that works not only at a geopolitical level but on the micro level of society as well. This inquiry is conducted primarily through an elaboration of key instances in recent Greek cinema.
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Fyllas, Nikolaos M., Theano Koufaki, Christodoulos I. Sazeides, Gavriil Spyroglou, and Konstantinos Theodorou. "Potential Impacts of Climate Change on the Habitat Suitability of the Dominant Tree Species in Greece." Plants 11, no. 12 (June 20, 2022): 1616. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants11121616.
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Climate change is affecting species distribution and ecosystem form and function. Forests provide a range of ecosystem services, and understanding their vulnerability to climate change is important for designing effective adaptation strategies. Species Distribution Modelling (SDM) has been extensively used to derive habitat suitability maps under current conditions and project species distribution shifts under climate change. In this study, we model the current and future habitat suitability of the dominant tree species in Greece (Abies cephalonica, Abies borisii-regis, Pinus brutia, Pinus halepensis, Pinus nigra, Quercus ilex, Quercus pubescens, Quercus frainetto and Fagus sylvatica), based on species-specific presence data from the EU-Forest database, enhanced with data from Greece that is currently under-represented in terms of tree species occurrence points. By including these additional presence data, areas with relatively drier conditions for some of the study species were included in the SDM development, yielding a potentially lower vulnerability under climate change conditions. SDMs were developed for each taxon using climate and soil data at a resolution of ~1 km2. Model performance was assessed under current conditions and was found to adequately simulate potential distributions. Subsequently, the models were used to project the potential distribution of each species under the SSP1-2.6 and SSP5-8.5 scenarios for the 2041–2070 and 2071–2100 time periods. Under climate change scenarios, a reduction in habitat-suitable areas was predicted for most study species, with higher elevation taxa experiencing more pronounced potential habitat shrinkages. An exception was the endemic A. cephalonica and its sister species A. borisii-regis, which, although currently found at mid and high elevations, seem able to maintain their potential distribution under most climate change scenarios. Our findings suggest that climate change could significantly affect the distribution and dynamics of forest ecosystems in Greece, with important ecological, economic and social implications, and thus adequate mitigation measures should be implemented.
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Geng, Ruichao. "Studies of Translation Norms of Ai Xi La Ge by Ma Junwu: Within the Framework of Andrew Chesterman’s Theory of Translation Norms." Theory and Practice in Language Studies 6, no. 3 (March 21, 2016): 534. http://dx.doi.org/10.17507/tpls.0603.11.
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Ai Xi La Ge, which is translated by Ma Junwu is the first complete Chinese translated text of The Isles of Greece by Byron. It has a far-reaching influence. This thesis attempts to study the translation norms of Ai Xi La Ge under the influences of social-cultural conditions and translating habits of the translator from the four aspects of expectancy norms, accountability norm, communication norm and relation norm within the framework of Andrew Chesterman’s theory of translation norms.