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The chapter compares the parliamentary political elites in Cyprus and Greece before and after the 2008 sweeping economic crisis that shocked the political and party systems in both countries. Analysis focuses on some aspects of the composition, the recruitment mechanisms and the career patterns of the parliamentary political elite in the two countries utilizing a sociodemographic approach over a time span of three decades (1990–2021). The analysis aims to identify similarities and dissimilarities, as well as changes and continuities in patterns of parliamentary representation between the two countries and between the two periods in each country under the effect of the economic crisis. The overall pattern suggests a change in continuity for both countries.
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Katsourides, Y., Kosta, A. (2023). Change in Continuity? A Comparison of Parliamentary Representation in Cyprus and Greece in the Background of the Economic Crisis. In: Kakepaki, M., Kountouri, F. (eds) Parliamentary Elites in Transition. Reform and Transition in the Mediterranean. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11694-0_10
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