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και αφ' ετέρου παρουσίασαν με μεγάλη λεπτομέρεια τη δημιουργία, την εξέλιξη και τους λόγους αποτυ... more και αφ' ετέρου παρουσίασαν με μεγάλη λεπτομέρεια τη δημιουργία, την εξέλιξη και τους λόγους αποτυχίας της Ομοσπονδίας. Στην παρούσα ενότητα κάνω μια ακροθιγή περιγραφή-ο ενδιαφερόμενος αναγνώστης μπορεί να ανατρέξει για περισσότερες λεπτομέρειες στις προαναφερθείσες εργασίες. Η Ομοσπονδία Οικολογικών και Εναλλακτικών Οργανώσεων 514 Η εμφάνιση της πολιτικής οικολογίας στην Ελλάδα συμπίπτει με τη Μεταπολίτευση. Η δεκαετία του 1970 είναι η περίοδος κατά την οποία το ελληνικό πράσινο κίνημα διαπλάθεται, αρθρώνοντας ένα λόγο κοινωνικής κινητοποίησης ξένο προς τις λιγοστές Πίνακας 1: Σύγκριση Οργανωτικής δομής της ΟΟΕΟ και των Ο.Π.
in Austerity and the Third Sector in Greece: Civil Society at the European Frontline Edited by Je... more in Austerity and the Third Sector in Greece: Civil Society at the European Frontline
Edited by Jennifer Clarke and Asteris Huliaras both at University of the Peloponnese, Greece and Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos, University of Athens, Greece
Τα τελευταία είκοσι χρόνια παρατηρείται μια συνεχώς αυξανόμενη ακαδημαϊκή παραγωγή επιστημονικών ... more Τα τελευταία είκοσι χρόνια παρατηρείται μια συνεχώς αυξανόμενη ακαδημαϊκή παραγωγή επιστημονικών άρθρων, βιβλίων και ανακοινώσεων σε συνέδρια, διδακτορικών και μεταπτυχιακών διατριβών τα οποία πραγματεύονται το ελληνικό πράσινο κίνημα. Αυτή η θετική εξέλιξη έχει εμπλουτίσει σε μεγάλο βαθμό τη γνώση μας για όλες τις εκφάνσεις του περιβαλλοντισμού στην Ελλάδα, από τις τοπικές κινητοποιήσεις για θέματα περιβάλλοντος μέχρι την ελληνική περιβαλλοντική πολιτική σε διεθνές επίπεδο.
In winter 1990, the Federation of Ecologists Alternatives, the first ever Greek green party, foun... more In winter 1990, the Federation of Ecologists Alternatives, the first ever Greek green party, found itself in Parliament, just two months after its establishment. It then seemed that the Greek political ecology was finally coming of age, yet after just two years the party collapsed, marking a decade-long eclipse of green politics in Greece. This book presents and discusses the emergence of political ecology in Greece, the formation of the Green party, its electoral and parliamentary record, the internal tensions and external shocks it experienced as well as the reasons leading to the final collapse of the Greek greens. The book is based on extensive archival research and a large number of interviews with key activists of the period. Thus it should be especially useful to students of green parties and politics or anyone else who may be interested in the emergence and early development of the Greek green movement.
'Novel characteristics of the GJM: a (latent) network analyis approach'
Prometheanism and the Greek Energy Zugzwang'
Networks of Protest on Global Issues in Greece 2002-2003
in Makridimitris Α., Maroudas L. & Pravita M.-E.(eds.) Modern trends in management studies: «New... more in Makridimitris Α., Maroudas L. & Pravita M.-E.(eds.) Modern trends in management studies: «New Public Governance», corporate social responsibility and civil society, Sakkoulas: Athens 989-1006 [in Greek]
in Theodoropoulou El., Kayla M. , Larrère C., Bonnett M. (ed.), Environmental Ethics: from resea... more in Theodoropoulou El., Kayla M. , Larrère C., Bonnett M. (ed.), Environmental Ethics: from research and theory to practice, Athens: Atrapos. pp. 288-298 (in Greek)
Kritiki, Athnes (in Greek)
Papers by Iosif Botetzagias
he Historical Review/La Revue Historique, 2022
This article examines the conflict over forest use in modern Greece. While themain protagonists w... more This article examines the conflict over forest use in modern Greece. While themain protagonists were foresters, who prioritised the importance of forests in providingtimber, and those involved in animal husbandry, who needed the forests as grazinggrounds, a number of other societal and political actors also engaged in this century-longstruggle, which culminated in the 1937 decision to remove goats from Greek forests. itshows how the Greek foresters succeeded in framing the goat and goat rearing as thesymbol of the country’s deforestation but also underdevelopment, both in economic andin cultural terms. also, from the 1920s onwards, the large goat herds stood in the way ofthe development of the Greek agricultural sector: the extensive and free-roaming animalhusbandry was viewed as an opponent of the state-sponsored and -endorsed settled farmer,who would help Greece in securing the desperately sought σιτάρκεια (grain sufficiency).once ioannis Metaxas seized power and established his authoritarian 4 august regime,which placed special emphasis on the agricultural development of the country, the fate ofthe goat was sealed: the “horned satan” had to die, not just for the sake of the forests but,according to Metaxas himself, for the very survival of the Greek people.
και αφ' ετέρου παρουσίασαν με μεγάλη λεπτομέρεια τη δημιουργία, την εξέλιξη και τους λόγους αποτυ... more και αφ' ετέρου παρουσίασαν με μεγάλη λεπτομέρεια τη δημιουργία, την εξέλιξη και τους λόγους αποτυχίας της Ομοσπονδίας. Στην παρούσα ενότητα κάνω μια ακροθιγή περιγραφή-ο ενδιαφερόμενος αναγνώστης μπορεί να ανατρέξει για περισσότερες λεπτομέρειες στις προαναφερθείσες εργασίες. Η Ομοσπονδία Οικολογικών και Εναλλακτικών Οργανώσεων 514 Η εμφάνιση της πολιτικής οικολογίας στην Ελλάδα συμπίπτει με τη Μεταπολίτευση. Η δεκαετία του 1970 είναι η περίοδος κατά την οποία το ελληνικό πράσινο κίνημα διαπλάθεται, αρθρώνοντας ένα λόγο κοινωνικής κινητοποίησης ξένο προς τις λιγοστές Πίνακας 1: Σύγκριση Οργανωτικής δομής της ΟΟΕΟ και των Ο.Π.
in Austerity and the Third Sector in Greece: Civil Society at the European Frontline Edited by Je... more in Austerity and the Third Sector in Greece: Civil Society at the European Frontline
Edited by Jennifer Clarke and Asteris Huliaras both at University of the Peloponnese, Greece and Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos, University of Athens, Greece
Τα τελευταία είκοσι χρόνια παρατηρείται μια συνεχώς αυξανόμενη ακαδημαϊκή παραγωγή επιστημονικών ... more Τα τελευταία είκοσι χρόνια παρατηρείται μια συνεχώς αυξανόμενη ακαδημαϊκή παραγωγή επιστημονικών άρθρων, βιβλίων και ανακοινώσεων σε συνέδρια, διδακτορικών και μεταπτυχιακών διατριβών τα οποία πραγματεύονται το ελληνικό πράσινο κίνημα. Αυτή η θετική εξέλιξη έχει εμπλουτίσει σε μεγάλο βαθμό τη γνώση μας για όλες τις εκφάνσεις του περιβαλλοντισμού στην Ελλάδα, από τις τοπικές κινητοποιήσεις για θέματα περιβάλλοντος μέχρι την ελληνική περιβαλλοντική πολιτική σε διεθνές επίπεδο.
In winter 1990, the Federation of Ecologists Alternatives, the first ever Greek green party, foun... more In winter 1990, the Federation of Ecologists Alternatives, the first ever Greek green party, found itself in Parliament, just two months after its establishment. It then seemed that the Greek political ecology was finally coming of age, yet after just two years the party collapsed, marking a decade-long eclipse of green politics in Greece. This book presents and discusses the emergence of political ecology in Greece, the formation of the Green party, its electoral and parliamentary record, the internal tensions and external shocks it experienced as well as the reasons leading to the final collapse of the Greek greens. The book is based on extensive archival research and a large number of interviews with key activists of the period. Thus it should be especially useful to students of green parties and politics or anyone else who may be interested in the emergence and early development of the Greek green movement.
'Novel characteristics of the GJM: a (latent) network analyis approach'
Prometheanism and the Greek Energy Zugzwang'
Networks of Protest on Global Issues in Greece 2002-2003
in Makridimitris Α., Maroudas L. & Pravita M.-E.(eds.) Modern trends in management studies: «New... more in Makridimitris Α., Maroudas L. & Pravita M.-E.(eds.) Modern trends in management studies: «New Public Governance», corporate social responsibility and civil society, Sakkoulas: Athens 989-1006 [in Greek]
in Theodoropoulou El., Kayla M. , Larrère C., Bonnett M. (ed.), Environmental Ethics: from resea... more in Theodoropoulou El., Kayla M. , Larrère C., Bonnett M. (ed.), Environmental Ethics: from research and theory to practice, Athens: Atrapos. pp. 288-298 (in Greek)
Kritiki, Athnes (in Greek)
he Historical Review/La Revue Historique, 2022
This article examines the conflict over forest use in modern Greece. While themain protagonists w... more This article examines the conflict over forest use in modern Greece. While themain protagonists were foresters, who prioritised the importance of forests in providingtimber, and those involved in animal husbandry, who needed the forests as grazinggrounds, a number of other societal and political actors also engaged in this century-longstruggle, which culminated in the 1937 decision to remove goats from Greek forests. itshows how the Greek foresters succeeded in framing the goat and goat rearing as thesymbol of the country’s deforestation but also underdevelopment, both in economic andin cultural terms. also, from the 1920s onwards, the large goat herds stood in the way ofthe development of the Greek agricultural sector: the extensive and free-roaming animalhusbandry was viewed as an opponent of the state-sponsored and -endorsed settled farmer,who would help Greece in securing the desperately sought σιτάρκεια (grain sufficiency).once ioannis Metaxas seized power and established his authoritarian 4 august regime,which placed special emphasis on the agricultural development of the country, the fate ofthe goat was sealed: the “horned satan” had to die, not just for the sake of the forests but,according to Metaxas himself, for the very survival of the Greek people.
in Austerity and the Third Sector in Greece: Civil Society at the European Frontline Edited by Je... more in Austerity and the Third Sector in Greece: Civil Society at the European Frontline Edited by Jennifer Clarke and Asteris Huliaras both at University of the Peloponnese, Greece and Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos, University of Athens, Greece
Environmental Organisations: A Comparative Assessment, 2000
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Journal of Modern Greek Studies, 2021
We offer an overview of forest management in the Kingdom of Greece (the so-called Old Greece) ove... more We offer an overview of forest management in the Kingdom of Greece (the so-called Old Greece) over the period 1830–1880. We examine in particular the underlying ideas, public concerns, state efforts, economic considerations and social conditions which shaped the management of the Greek forests over the first fifty years of Greek statehood. Despite an ever-growing body of legislative measures, the Greek forests retreated during this period. The main reason for this development was the practical inability of the Greek government to enforce its envisaged protective/managerial framework, not only due to a lack of the necessary resources, but most importantly because the framework was at odds with the rural populations’ traditional uses of the forest and their practical needs, especially the needs of the transhumant shepherds of the period.
Ελληνική Επιθεώρηση Πολιτικής Επιστήμης, 2017
Το παρόν άρθρο παρουσιάζει την εξέλιξη της ελληνικής πολιτικής οικολογίας, ξεκινώντας από τη δημι... more Το παρόν άρθρο παρουσιάζει την εξέλιξη της ελληνικής πολιτικής οικολογίας, ξεκινώντας από τη δημιουργία των πρώτων ομάδων, στις αρχές της δεκαετίας του 1980 έως και την κατάρρευση της Ομοσπονδίας Οικολογικών και Εναλλακτικών Οργανώσεων στις αρχές της δεκαετίας του 1990. Το άρθρο φιλοδοξεί τόσο να καλύψει το κενό στην ιστοριογραφία του ελληνικού πράσινου κινήματος, όσο και να διευκολύνει τη θεωρητική επεξεργασία των λόγων που οδήγησαν στην κατάρρευσή του. Στέκεται σε ειδικά προβλήματα, όπως οι σχέσεις των ακτιβιστών, η φύση και η χρονική συγκυρία των προκλήσεων που κλήθηκαν να αντιμετωπίσουν, τα οποία προδιέγραφαν την αποτυχία της προσπάθειας. Όλα αυτά -και όχι οι ιδεολογικές διαφορές των διαφόρων τάσεων- οδήγησαν στην κατάρρευση του πράσινου ελληνικού κόμματος.
Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2021
This paper examines which demographic and attitudinal characteristics relate to an individual'... more This paper examines which demographic and attitudinal characteristics relate to an individual's knowledge and perception of the environmental footprint of single-use mask s/he is using in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on a self-selected sample of Greek citizens (N = 462), it is found that demographic characteristics and pro-environmental concern are unrelated to the single-use mask users' knowledge and concern regarding the environmental impacts of the mask they are using. This unanticipated finding suggests that the circumstances of the COVID pandemic may mute the theoretically taken-for-granted connection between environmental interest/concern and the awareness of environmental impacts, thus any future attempts to introduce more environmentally-friendly single-use mask alternatives and/or to curb the current ones' environmental impact should start by reenergizing this suppressed nexus.
Ελληνική Επιθεώρηση Πολιτικής Επιστήμης, 2017
Το παρόν άρθρο εξετάζει τον ρόλο των μη κυβερνητικών περιβαλλοντικών οργανώσεων (ΜΚ-ΠΟ) ως δρώντω... more Το παρόν άρθρο εξετάζει τον ρόλο των μη κυβερνητικών περιβαλλοντικών οργανώσεων (ΜΚ-ΠΟ) ως δρώντων της κοινωνίας πολιτών (ΚΠ). Αρχικά υποστηρίζεται ότι οι αυξημένοι αριθμοί και δραστηριότητα των ΜΚ-ΠΟ δεν πρέπει να εξισώνονται αυτόματα με την ενδυνάμωση της ΚΠ καθώς μπορεί να οφείλονται και σε ηγεμόνευση του χώρου από μια ομάδα «επαγγελματικών» οργανώσεων, εξέλιξη που όντως παρατηρείται για τις ελληνικές ΜΚ-ΠΟ. Εν συνεχεία εξετάζονται οι δράσεις των σημαντικότερων ελληνικών ΜΚ-ΠΟ ως δρώντων της ΚΠ. Υποστηρίζεται ότι για να χαρακτηριστούν ως τέτοιες, οι οργανώσεις οφείλουν να θεωρούν ότι είναι υπόχρεες μιας ευρύτερης, «κοινωνικής λογοδοσίας» των δράσεών τους: αυτή η αντίληψη πρέπει να πραγματώνεται σε θέματα και στάσεις διαφάνειας, εκπροσώπησης και νομιμοποίησης. Η εργασία συμπεραίνει ότι οι σημαντικές ελληνικές ΜΚ-ΠΟ αντιλαμβάνονται τον ρόλο τους μάλλον διαδικαστικά, ως ομάδες παροχής δημόσιων υπηρεσιών, και ως εκ τούτου η δράση τους δεν ενισχύει τον συγκεκριμένο τομέα της ΚΠ. 1
Ecological Economics, 2018
In this paper we examine the effect of the current economic crisis on the environmental performan... more In this paper we examine the effect of the current economic crisis on the environmental performance of the EU countries. By employing Hierarchical Linear Multilevel (HLM) modeling we find that, for the period 2000-2015, a drop in the national GDP (a "recession effect") as well as endorsing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for receiving a IMF/EU/ECB financial "rescue-package" (a "Troika effect") have non-significant to positive impacts on a number of national environmental quality and policy indicators, over and above other (economic, political and governance) predictors, for Eurozone and non-Eurozone countries alike. Nevertheless, this changes drastically if we examine these two factors' interaction: experiencing a 'recession' while being a recipient of a Troika-sponsored 'rescue package' has detrimental effects on an EU country's national environment.
Environmental Communication, 2017
Note: Since we are using dichotomous variables, the cell entries are also the percentages of each... more Note: Since we are using dichotomous variables, the cell entries are also the percentages of each topic's occurrence at a given phase.
Environmental Communication, 2017
Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World, 2016
Reducing global emissions will require a global cosmopolitan culture built from detailed attentio... more Reducing global emissions will require a global cosmopolitan culture built from detailed attention to conflicting national climate change frames (interpretations) in media discourse. The authors analyze the global field of media climate change discourse using 17 diverse cases and 131 frames. They find four main conflicting dimensions of difference: validity of climate science, scale of ecological risk, scale of climate politics, and support for mitigation policy. These dimensions yield four clusters of cases producing a fractured global field. Positive values on the dimensions show modest association with emissions reductions. Data-mining media research is needed to determine trends in this global field.
Turning Down the Heat, 2008
Greece is bound by the climate policies and targets of the European Union (EU) but succeeded, aft... more Greece is bound by the climate policies and targets of the European Union (EU) but succeeded, after tough negotiations, in securing a 25 per cent increase in its greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 levels by 2008–2012 as part of the EU’s burden-sharing agreement, rather than a decrease in emissions. In terms of domestic policies to reach this target, the main strategy employed by Greek governments has been to move away from reliance on domestically available and cheap lignite towards natural gas and renewable energies for power generation. Other measures such as nuclear energy and energy taxes were never seriously considered due to widespread public opposition, and generally Greek governments have shied away from more aggressive approaches.
Environmental Communication, 2015
This paper's aim is to identify the debate and document the coverage of climate change (CC) i... more This paper's aim is to identify the debate and document the coverage of climate change (CC) in the Greek national press and to assess to what extent this reporting exhibits the traits anticipated by the “polarized pluralist” character of the Greek “media system.” In order to do this, we analyzed articles published in three Greek quality newspapers (Kathimerini, Ta NEA, and Eleftherotypia) over the period 2001–2008 (N =2072). Our findings suggest a mixed picture: the Greek media debate is characterized by consensus on the anthropogenic causes of CC and on the promotion of renewable energy sources as a means for tackling Greek CC-related emissions. However when examining more specific/controversial CC-policy decisions, there is less evidence supporting a close link with the national character of Greek media reporting, with newspapers appearing to align themselves along partisan lines.
South European Society and Politics, 2015
After a prolonged period of feeble electoral success, the Ecologists Greens (Ecogreens) managed t... more After a prolonged period of feeble electoral success, the Ecologists Greens (Ecogreens) managed to break into the Greek political landscape by electing one MEP in the 2009 European election. However, that electoral success proved to be quite short-lived, since in the years to follow the Greek Greens faded away. They were divided and faced the threat of political extinction, only to be resuscitated at the national election of 2015 by allying themselves with the winning leftist Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA). This article draws on archival and survey data to recount the electoral fate of the Ecologists Greens from their creation to their current place in the Greek parliament and government.
Advances in Ecopolitics, 2011
Choice Reviews Online, 2009
It is now generally agreed that climate change is occurring and that greenhouse gas emissions nee... more It is now generally agreed that climate change is occurring and that greenhouse gas emissions need to be cut very significantly if it is to be brought under control, yet governments in affluent democracies are not implementing policies that have the capacity to do this. As economists have identified numerous economically viable ways of radically cutting emissions, it is clear that the obstacles to decisive action are political in nature. This book tackles the issue of how these might be overcome by providing a broad-ranging and authoritative overview of the contemporary politics of climate policy in affluent democracies in order to identify political strategies that would make it easier for governments to make major cuts in greenhouse gas emissions without sustaining significant political damage. As such it is essential reading for anyone who wishes to improve their understanding of how climate change can be stopped.
Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2015
This paper examines how an individual's moral norms and demographic characteristics interact with... more This paper examines how an individual's moral norms and demographic characteristics interact with the standard 'Theory of Planned Behavior' predictors (Attitude; Subjective Norms; and, Perceived Behavioral Control (PBC)) in explaining the intention to recycle (RI). Our data originates from an empirical research of Greek citizens conducted in Autumn 2013 (N =293). Through structural equation modeling, we find that PBC is consistently the most important predictor of RI. Moral Norms have a larger effect on RI than Attitude while their influence is primarily direct. On the contrary, demographic characteristics were found to be statistically non significant predictors of RI, similarly to Subjective Norms.
Alternatif Politika , 2024
How do non-state actors frame climate change in a region labelled as a climate hotspot? To answer... more How do non-state actors frame climate change in a region labelled as a climate hotspot? To answer this question, this article explores the climate communication strategies of non-state actors with various country origins. Adopting the quantitative content analysis method, it comparatively analyses differing frame utilizations (e.g. ecological/meteorological, policy, economic and energy interests, culture, science and technology, civil society) of non-state actors in their selected climate change/global warming-related reports (n=89) on the Mediterranean. The findings provide clues on the cosmopolitan framing of non-state actors on the regional level.