Urban Politics, Planning, and Public Discourses on the City During the Greek Dictatorship (1967–1974): Continuities and Ruptures in Postwar Modernization

‘No mutiny will be allowed’: business, the tax system and the Greek version of Mediterranean capitalism during dictatorship, 1967-1974

“…Generally, the matter of modernisation is a contested subject in the literature exploring the impact that the junta had on Greece's state mechanisms but also on the Greek socio-political and economic reality. For example, Samarinis (2017), examining modernisation from the perspective of the transformation of the urban landscape, suggested that during the junta years Greece did indeed experience substantial transformation since building activities saw an explosive growth and the natural environment changed significantly. Similarly, Kalyvas noted that the country went through a process of social modernisation during the dictatorship, since, among other things, patterns of consumption and recreation started resembling those followed in Western European countries (2017).…”