POLITICS AND SOCIOLOGY IN GREECE, 1950-98

The development of sociology in Greece cannot be understood outside th e political history and the general socioeconomic development of the c ountry. This article outlines the general political trends in postwar Greece and points to the collapse of the dictatorship of the Colonels in 1974 as a historical landmark for the development of democracy and the growth of sociology as an academic discipline in Greece. The gener al sociological patterns and the prevalence of Marxist sociology are b riefly explored within the same framework. Finally, developments in so ciology in Greece are linked to developments in international sociolog y and to general socioeconomic change at a national and global level.