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The Normalisation of Cyprus’ Partition Among Greek Cypriots

Gregoris Ioannou

The Normalisation of Cyprus’ Partition Among Greek Cypriots Political Economy and Political Culture in a Divided Society

Gregoris Ioannou School of Law University of Glasgow Glasgow, UK

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Acknowledgements

Many people have contributed in various ways, direct and indirect, to the writing of this book. I would like to thank all those with whom I have conversed in the last 20 years in the context of the peace movement. From my academic colleagues I would like to thank in particular Andreas Panayiotou, Theodoros Rakopoulos, Giorgos Charalambous, Antonis Hadjikyriacou, Olga Demetriou, Danae Karydaki, Athena Skoulariki, Sertac Sonan, Umut Bozkurt, Christos Mais, Pafsanias Karathanasis, Alexis Heraklides, Serephim Seferiades, Nicos Trimikliniotis, Serkan Karas and Niyazi Kızılyürek. I would like to thank Konstantinos Tzikas for translating the original Greek edition into English, allowing me to focus on the refining rather than the re-writing of the text and thus making the editing, updating and expanding of the manuscript an easier task. I would like to also thank the University of Glasgow for supporting me in this. As a book written not only from the perspective of social science, but also from the pers