Party-Society Relations in the Republic of Cyprus

Giorgos Charalambous is Senior Research Consultant at the Cyprus Centre of the Peace Research Institute Oslo and Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Cyprus.Christophoros Christophorou studied Education in Nicosia and Paris and Political Science in Athens and Lille. His research and publications focus on Cyprus political parties and electoral behaviour, and media regulation.

Approachably written by an interdisciplinary team of experts, this is a fascinating book - and not just for those interested in Cyprus and Southern Europe. Anyone who wants to understand political parties, and the complex web of societal connections they are still capable of spinning in some places, will get a lot out of reading it. Recommended. Tim Bale, Queen Mary University of LondonThis book fulfills a gap in the literature because it sheds light on a little-studied case, that of the Republic of Cyprus. Thus the book includes both a part devoted to the study of Cypriot political parties and a part devoted to how non-partisan groups use strategies to affect the behavior of parties. Needless to say, there is also a part in the book where issues of ethnic conflict are also covered. In brief, this is a book which will be of interest to students, scholars and practitioners interested in how the relations between parties and society affect the quality of contemporary democracies, based on a little-studied yet quite revealing case study.Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos, University of Athens

• Chapter 1 Introduction Giorgos Charalambous and Christophoros Christophorou SECTION I– PARTY STRATEGIES TOWARDS SOCIETY Chapter 2 The Cypriot Communists Between Protest and the Establishment: A Second Look at AKEL’s Linkages with Society Giorgos Charalambous and Christophoros Christophorou Chapter 3 DISY’s Linkages with Society: Diverse and Diversified Yiannos Katsourides Chapter 4 Empty Vessels? The Center Parties' Linkages with Society Vassilis Protopapas SECTION II – SOCIETAL STRATEGIES TOWARDS PARTIES Chapter 5 Business Groups Strategies Vis à Vis political Power: invisible dimensions of linkage Andreas Panayiotou Chapter 6 The Connection between Trade Unions and Political Parties in Cyprus Gregoris Ioannou Chapter 7 Sexual Politics – Party Politics: The Rules of Engagement in the Case of Cyprus Nayia Kamenou SECTION III – CROSS-CASE PERSPECTIVES Chapter 8 The Cyprus Conflict and Party–Society Relations: Between Ethno-nationalism and Peace Formation Birte Vogel Chapter 9 Communication and Interactions Between Parties and Youth Organisations in Cyprus Dimitris Trimithiotis Chapter 10 The Migration Question, Political Parties and the Cypriot State of Dissensus Nicos Trimikliniotis Conclusions Partitocracy and Democracy in Cyprus: Concluding Reflections and Questions Paschalis Kitromilides