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Informationen zum Autor Yiannos Katsourides holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Cyprus and is currently Research Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies! University of London. He lives and works in London. Cypriot politics are among the most contentious in Europe, and frequently attract the attention of the international community. Here, Yiannos Katsourides traces the historical development of the Cypriot party system, and in particular the growth of the Communist Party. Zusammenfassung Cypriot pollitics are among the most contentious in Europe! and frequently attract the attention of the international community. Here! Yiannos Katsourides traces the historical development of the Cypriot party system! and in particular the growth of the Communist Party! now known as AKEL- the first formally organised political party on the island. The party was a political movement with a specific programme for radical reform that conficted both with the British Empire and the local establishment. It was treated with hostility and declared illegal. Based on new archival research! Katsorides addresses the social! religious! economic and political environment in which communist and working class politics existed on the island! and locates them within the context of a country connected inextricably with Turkey! Great Britain and Greece. This book will be of significant interest to anyone interested in the history of Cyprus! European communist movements or British colonialism and diplomacy in the Mediterranean. Inhaltsverzeichnis ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionFrame of analysisThe class cleavage and the mobilisation of the popular strataThe organisation of the working class: left parties and class corporations in EuropeSocial class and political partyClass consciousness, collective action and the political subjectBook outlineChapter 1: The Particularities of Cyprus: Late Economic Development and Belated Nation BuildingA rural, pre-modern society British colonialismThe tax systemThe peasant issueUsury The new social order: new classes in the spotlightThe emergence and composition of the working classBelated nation-buildingThe cleavage lines in colonial CyprusThe quest for enosis and political rivalriesThe class cleavageChapter 2: Political Institutions and Political ParticipationRepresentative institutionsThe Legislative CouncilFranchise and mass participation Mass political participationSocial synthesis of the Legislative Council: oligarchic parliamentarism Clientelism as a defining feature of Cyprus politicsIncomplete political integrationThe limits of colonialismDemocratic deficitElections and participation as tools for regime legitimisationChapter 3: Political OriginsLower strata mobilisation schemesRural unrest and social banditry The organisational traditions of craftsmenNon-class guilds and labour clubsThe Agrarian PartyThe Popular PartySocialist circlesThe Cypriot Labour PartyChapter 4: The Communist Party of CyprusThe founding congressIdeological orientation and radicalism StrategySocial and political alliances: the policy of the united frontModes of communist activismPolitical programmeSocial issueNational issueCivil rights and libertiesAnti-clericalismChapter 5: Organisational Structuring: A Parallel SocietyPenetrating society: a “parallel society”Organising the Turkish minorityParty pressInternal structureRank and file and leadershipMembers and followersLeadershipInternationalisation of the CPC: relations with communist centres abroadCommunist activism among the working class. The CPC in the organisation of the Cypriot trade union movementChapter 6: Political IntegrationState repressionThe “crabs” of communism; the reaction of the nationalists Electoral development and competitionInterpreting the communist voteChapter 7: The Years of Illegality and Taking-Off The riots of Octobe...
