This thesis explores the long-run relationship between forced migration and political outcomes in the host society. In the aftermath of the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922), over 1.2 million Greek-Orthodox individuals were forcibly relocated from the lands of Anatolia to Greece. Their resettlement, facilitated by international assistance, meant an ethnic division between the locals and newcomers, with the latter group becoming the pivotal political actor. This study examines the legacy of the resettlement of the Greek-Orthodox refugees on the politics of Greece's debt crisis era (2010-2015), a period when Greece's alignment with Europe was in question. Using a newly compiled dataset on voting patterns in the 2015 Greek bailout referendum and four legislative elections, alongside municipality-level characteristics, the analysis finds no significant relationship between the local share of resettled refugees and support for the "NO" vote or Eurosceptic parties. These findings contribute to the existing literature by offering a perspective on the long-run political impacts of a historic episode of forced displacement within the context of Greece's strategic dilemma between Europeanisation and sovereigntism.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-533929 |
| Date | January 2024 |
| Creators | Benekos, Dimitrios Nikolaos |
| Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Nationalekonomiska institutionen |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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