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The Role of Social Policy in the Evolution of PASOK’s Strategic Priorities

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This article analyses historically how the priorities set by PASOK in the field of social policy changed according to the choices made by its leadership in relation to grand national strategies. Three major phases are considered to be crucial. In the first, PASOK perceived social policy to be a vehicle for building political alliances in order to promote anti-imperialist strategies. After adopting a pro-European approach to the national grand strategy in 1987, social policy was treated as a tool for creating consensus for the country’s entrance into the Single European Market by emphasizing activation (enactment of individual responsibility) and social rights. In the third stage of PASOK’s political life, social policy has been perceived as a tool for Greece’s participation in the Eurozone and has focused on reorganizing social security and introducing neoliberal means-tested safety-nets.

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  • Constantine Dimoulas, 2025. "The Role of Social Policy in the Evolution of PASOK’s Strategic Priorities," Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 27(6), pages 873-888, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cjsbxx:v:27:y:2025:i:6:p:873-888
    DOI: 10.1080/19448953.2025.2481812
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