Cyprus politics are distinguished by a seminal paradox. Unlike other communist parties in
Europe, the Cypriot communist party (AKEL–Progressive Party of the Working People) has …

This article makes a contribution to the understanding of party organisation by examining
one of the most successful West European communist parties, the Communist Party of …

The article analyses the effects of cartelisation on the intra-party balance of power among
the three 'party faces' of the Cypriot AKEL. Aiming to provide a testable hypothesis for other …

Some 30 years after the collapse of state socialism in East-Central Europe (ECE) and the
Soviet Union, it is an exciting time to study Europe's radical left. Publications are covering an …

This paper considers AKEL's (Progressive Party of the Working People) stance on Cyprus's
national issue in the era of British colonialism (1922–59). For analytical purposes, the time …

In Cyprus, the EU cleavage has never gained a prominent position in domestic party
competition, at least hitherto. However, the EU could become politicized as a result of recent …

This article examines the impact of the economic crisis on the Cypriot political and party
systems (2008–15). While not solely the result of the economic crisis, the entire political …

For long, the inter-communal conflict between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriot as well as
the invasion and occupation of North Cyprus by Turkey defined the Cyprus Issue/Problem …

Over the last decades, the appeal, success and political power of far-right populist parties
has been multiplying at alarming rates in disperse yet parallel waves across Europe and …

In this chapter Katsourides analyses the history and contemporary challenges of the radical
left in Cyprus. Historically, the radical left was identical to the communist party AKEL, a …