Abstract
A striking characteristic of political and cultural practices in the Greek social formation is the extent to which conflicts and debates take a formalistic-legalistic character, shifting the attention of the masses away from ‘substantive’ issues (i.e. issues related to fundamental class antagonisms and to conflicting views of the world).
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Cf. G. Karanikolas, Rigged elections in Greece (in Greek), Epikerotita, Athens 1973.
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Mouzelis, N.P. (1978). On Greek Formalism: Political and Cultural Aspects of Underdevelopment. In: Modern Greece. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-03509-0_8
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