Representation and austerity politics: attitudes of Greek voters and elites compared

Georgios Karyotis; Wolfgang Rudig; David Judge

Representation and austerity politics: attitudes of Greek voters and elites compared

Georgios Karyotis
, Wolfgang Rudig
, David Judge

Politics

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Abstract

Drawing on surveys of voters and MPs in Greece, this chapter analyses elite–mass interaction on key policy (austerity, European integration, immigration) and ideological issues after the 2012 elections. We find that while for the government parties, New Democracy and PASOK, the level of congruence is quite high, MPs from opposition parties (SYRIZA, Golden Dawn) place themselves in more exposed positions in comparison with their voters. The observed substantial variation in the intensity and direction of congruence, across parties and issue preferences in Greece, reinforces the view that the dimensionality of political contestation is not reducible to a single ideological dimension.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Political Representation in Times of Bailout
Subtitle of host publication	Evidence from Greece and Portugal
Editors	André Freire, Marco Lisi, Ioannis Andreadis, José Manuel Leite Viegas
Place of Publication	London
Number of pages	21
Publication status	Published - 21 Sept 2015

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Keywords

representation
austerity
economic crisis
congruence
Greece

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Representation and austerity politics: attitudes of Greek voters and elites compared. / Karyotis, Georgios; Rudig, Wolfgang; Judge, David.
Political Representation in Times of Bailout: Evidence from Greece and Portugal. ed. / André Freire; Marco Lisi; Ioannis Andreadis; José Manuel Leite Viegas. London, 2015.

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