Country failure and social grievances in the Greek Civil War 1946-1949: An economic approach

Nicos Christodoulakis

Defence and Peace Economics, 2015, vol. 26, issue 4, 383-407

Abstract: The Civil War that took place in Greece between the Communist Party and the Centre-Right Government during 1946-1949 is examined from a political economy perspective. The cost of the conflict is measured as output forgone relative to what it would have prevailed had Greece followed a post-war recovery similar to that of other nations in Western Europe. A two-stage approach compares Nazi-occupied countries with neutral ones to assess the cost inflicted by Second World War, and then compares Greece with the former to estimate the impact of the civil conflict. A regional analysis finds that the political discontent was mainly shaped by pre-war socio-economic grievances, rather than being affected by contemporaneous deprivation or driven by class structure as hardliners of both sides preferred to present in pushing for an all-out confrontation. The failure to settle political rivalries and thus prevent the conflict is also discussed.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1080/10242694.2015.1016297

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