title: The Janus faces of (anti-)corruption rhetoric in Greece
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metadata.value: Lambropoulou, Effi
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2022-03-10T10:28:34Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2022-03-10T10:28:34Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2021-09
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Lambropoulou E. The Janus faces of (anti-)corruption rhetoric in Greece. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Sociology, 2021, vol. 14, issue 3, pp. 245–261.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu12.2021.304
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/35604
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The article outlines the use of corruption rhetoric in Greek politics based on official reports
  and press publications in selected years and examines the functions it fulfils. In the beginning
  of the article, an overview of international research and its contextual background about corruption
  is provided. The absence of historical accounts in the (anti-) corruption literature is
  noted and an overview of factors that have been correlated by researchers with corruption is
  given, such as degree of democracy, (de)centralization of the political system, media scandalization,
  etc. The article briefly presents the approach of Greek analysts to the topic. Issues concerning
  old and new forms of clientelism, which held the most interest for Greek academics,
  are analysed. Also, the discourse analysis carried out and its findings is portrayed. The analysis
  reveals that politicians’ corruption rhetoric operates primarily as a strategy that is capable of
  undermining the morale of the main political opponent(s) and occasionally as a method of
  ensuring electoral supremacy. The rather unhelpful attempts of the Greek governments to
  improve the position of the country in the anticorruption universe by introducing successive
  legislation, new bodies and institutions to control corruption, while disregarding the fact that
  the main efforts should be focused on Greece’s market image are illustrated. A positive change
  in the country’s image in the market came incidentally during the last few years of the Greek
  economic crisis thanks to neoliberal economic policies under the tutelage of foreign lenders.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Sociology;Volume 14; Issue 3
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: political antagonism
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: anticorruption rhetoric
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: electioneering
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: neoliberal policies
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: The Janus faces of (anti-)corruption rhetoric in Greece
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
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