Communism and Nationalism in Postwar Cyprus, 1945-1955

Politics and Ideologies Under British Rule
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-3-319-29208-3
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 189 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 3645 g

This book analyzes the events that impacted the structure and competitive processes of the two dominant Cypriot political factions while under the watchful eye of British rule. Based on new archival research, Alecou addresses the social and political environment in which the Cypriot Communists and Nationalists fought each other while at the same time had to fight the British Empire. The differences between communists and nationalists brought the two sides to a frontal collision in the wake of the events of the Greek civil war. The class conflict within Cypriot society would at some point inevitably lead, in one way or another, to a clash between the two factions. The civil war in Greece constituted another field of conflict between Left and Right, accelerating the formation of a bipolar party system in which the vertical division of the Greek community in Cyprus eventually expressed itself. 

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Alecou, Alexios

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Nationalismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Marxismus, Kommunismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte: Ereignisse und Themen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

.-Introduction..- 1. Class and political formation: Cypriot society before WWII..- 2. Communism and Nationalism in Cyprus..- 3. British methods of rule: Political liberties and the Constitutional Assembly..- 4. External influences: Cyprus as a reflection of Greece..- 5. Communism vs. Nationalism: fields of conflict..- 6. Leading the anti-colonial movement..- 7. Internationalization of Enosis..- 8. Armed struggle: a one-way path?..- Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Alexios Alecou is a Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies of the University of London, England and he also teaches history at the Open University of Cyprus. He earned his PhD in Political History from Panteion University of Athens and his current work includes the study of Postwar Greece and Cyprus as well as the history and transformation of political institutions in South European countries.