@article{806569,
      recid = {806569},
      author = {Katsourides, Yiannos,},
      title = {Radical left parties in government : the cases of SYRIZA  and AKEL /},
      pages = {1 online resource (181 pages)},
      abstract = {This book provides a comparative analysis of how two  radical left parties achieved government participation and  their subsequent political experiences. In the face of the  most severe and most prolonged crisis in the history of  capitalism, it would be expected for radical left parties  to seize the opportunity to promote their political agenda.  Although reality has often confounded prognosis, two  particular radical left parties - the Greek SYRIZA and the  Cypriot AKEL - were elected to the highest government  office. The author uses these two examples to engage with  the broader question of what to expect when left-wing  radicals achieve governance. This question is now of  particular importance given the emergence of radical  leftists in other parts of Europe, including Corbyn in the  UK and Podemos in Spain. Yiannos Katsourides is Adjunct  Lecturer in the Department of Social and Political Sciences  at the University of Cyprus. He has also taught at the  European University Cyprus. His previous book, The History  of the Communist Party in Cyprus: Colonialism, Class and  the Cypriot Left, was published in July 2014. Dr  Katsourides has been awarded fellowships from the Institute  of Commonwealth Studies of the University of London and the  Hellenic Observatory of the London School of Economics.--},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/806569},
}