Etienne, Julien (2013) Controlled negative reciprocity between the state and civil society: the Greek case. Hellenic Observatory papers on Greece and Southeast Europe (71). Hellenic Observatory, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
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Abstract
Rarely do discussions on state-society relationship meet with discussions on street-level encounters between members of civil society and state agents. This article intends to bridge this gap by discussing state-society relationships in Greece as they can be understood from a pattern of minor illegalities from the part of both state agents and members civil society, and non-enforcement. The approach consists in building from that pattern an ideal-type of mutual hostility and controlled negative reciprocity between state and society. Albeit produced through a multitude of unconnected and uncoordinated interactions between members of civil society and public rules/public agents, a relationship of controlled negative reciprocity holds as a coherent pattern, already discussed in previous works by Simmel, Campbell, Clastres and Gouldner. This ‘ideal-type’ contributes both the literature on state society relationships and the literature on regulatory encounters, and it sheds new light on contemporary Greece before and during the crisis.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Discussion Paper) |
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| Official URL: | http://www2.lse.ac.uk/europeanInstitute/research/h... |
| Additional Information: | © 2013 the Author |
| Divisions: | European Institute Hellenic Observatory |
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) |
| Date Deposited: | 29 May 2013 12:26 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Sep 2023 23:28 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/50445 |
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