An essential background to the Greek elections
The legislative election scheduled for 25 January has once again focused international attention on Greece and reopened discussion of a possible Greek exit from the eurozone. With current opinion polls showing the radical left SYRIZA in the lead and the neo-nazi Golden Dawn among the parties competing for third place, on the backdrop of six years of economic crises and a fragmented party system, Europe’s first electoral victory by an anti-austerity party is arguably just around the corner.To provide essential background to this crucial contest, Routledge have put together a highly