This book analyses the processes and factors that contributed to the emergence and eventual consolidation of the Greek Cypriot Right in the era of British colonialism. It seeks to understand political developments in Cyprus in the period extending from 1900 to 1955 with regard to their social, ideological and economic determinants. By examining changing forms of political life, a general reconstitution of the political sphere and a specific set of changes in the ideology and organisation of the Greek Cypriots, the author offers a framework for analysing Greek Cypriot right-wing party politics, identifying its sources of mobilisation and main actors such as the Church of Cyprus, and understanding its subsequent transformations.

Preface.- 1 Introduction: Nationalism and Political Representation in Colonised Countries.- 2 The New Social of (Nationalist) Party Politics.- 3 Institutional Engineering and Political Change.- 4 The Reconstruction of the Public Sphere: the Hegemony of Nationalism.- 5 Modernisation and the Church as an Institution of Continuity.- 6 The Crisis of Established Politics and the Emergence of the Nationalist Right.- 7 Politicising Nationalism and Anti-Colonialism: The Nationalist Milieu.- 8 The Crisis of Nationalism, Political Opposition and the Consolidation of the Nationalist Right.- 9 A Proxy Civil War and the Forging of Nationalist Party Politics.- 10 Conclusions: Old and New Rights.

Yiannos Katsourides is Director of the Prometheus Research Institut (Nicosia) and Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Studies, University of London. He also teaches part-time in the Department of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Cyprus.

He is author of a number of scholarly articles on the Cypriot party system, political participation and the political elite, and he has actively participated in various academic conferences both in Cyprus and abroad. His research interests include: Cyprus and Greek politics, radical left and extreme right political parties, political participation, Europeanization of poltical parties, and politcal institutions.