The minor social-democrat parties in Greece in the decades of 1980-1990

Abstract

The article wishes to cover a less studied aspect of recent Greek politics and political history and, in particular, the small social democratic parties of two distinct periods: the Party of Democratic Socialism (KO.DI.SO) in the early to mid-1980’s, and the Democratic Social Movement (DI.K.KI) during the second five years of the 1990’s. Despite that both were in the same sector(s) of the wider political spectrum, they present, apart from some obvious similarities, differences, which are related to the different political stakes of each period. Accordingly, the article aims, beyond the comparison of the two parties, the comparison of the two periods.