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The military and bureaucracy in Greece – 1967–1974
Author(s) -
Danopoulos Constantine P.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
public administration and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1099-162X
pISSN - 0271-2075
DOI - 10.1002/pad.4230080209
Subject(s) - bureaucracy , subordination (linguistics) , political science , civil servants , civil–military relations , military organization , politics , superordinate goals , sociology , public administration , political economy , public relations , law , psychology , social psychology , history , ancient history , philosophy , linguistics
This article attempts to examine and analyse the Greek military regime's (1967‐1974) relations with the country's administrative apparatus. After briefly tracing the historical and ecological dimensions of these two institutions the article analyses their relations during the 7‐year period on the basis of Eckstein and Gurr's superordinate‐subordinate theoretical framework. The relevant data, which include interviews with senior civil servants as well as military officers, indicate that due to the nature of their profession, which emphasizes discipline and strict subordination, the military as political governors create an atmosphere to which the less regimented and more give‐and‐take‐oriented bureaucracies have difficulty becoming accustomed. Military regimes and administrators do not enjoy the best of relations.