Living Under Austerity

Greek Society in Crisis
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-78533-933-2
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, 374 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 694 g

Since its sovereign debt crisis in 2009, Greece has been living under austerity, with no apparent end in sight. This volume explores the effects of policies pursued by the Greek state since then (under the direction of the Troika), and how Greek society has responded. In addition to charting the actual effects of the Greek crisis on politics, health care, education, media, and other areas, the book both examines and challenges the “crisis” era as the context for changing attitudes and developments within Greek society.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Doxiadis, Evdoxios

Placas, Aimee

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wirtschaftssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie, Organisationssoziologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Volkswirtschaften einzelner Länder und Regionen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables and Figures

Notes on Transliteration

List of Abbreviations

Introduction: Crisis and Austerity

Aimee Placas and Evdoxios Doxiadis

PART I: THE POLITICAL DIMENSION OF THE CRISIS

Chapter 1. The "Illegitimacy" of Foreign Loans: Greece, the Great Powers, and Foreign Debt in the Long Nineteenth Century

Evdoxios Doxiadis

Chapter 2. The Political Consequences of the Crisis in Greece: Charismatic Leadership and its Discontents

Harris Mylonas

Chapter 3. Golden Dawn: From the Margins of Greece to the Forefront of Europe

Kostis Karpozilos

Chapter 4. Protest, Elections, and Austerity Politics in Greece

Kostas Kanellopoulos and Maria Kousis

Chapter 5. From Boom to Bust: A Comparative Analysis of Greece and Spain under Austerity

Björn Bremer and Guillem Vidal

PART II: STATE FUNCTIONS, THE WELFARE STATE, AND THE ECONOMIC CRISIS

Chapter 6. Crisis and the Changes in the Mediascape: Greece and the Globe

Franklin L. Hess

Chapter 7. Crime and Criminal Justice Policy in Greece during the Financial Crisis

Sappho Xenakis and Leonidas K. Cheliotis

Chapter 8. The Downsizing and Commodification of Health Care: The Appalling Greek Experience since 2010

Noëlle Burgi

PART III: CHANGES IN GREEK SOCIETY AND CULTURE

Chapter 9. Gendering the Crisis: Claiming New Values and Agencies Beyond Destitution

Alexandra Zavos

Chapter 10. From the Twilight Zone to the Limelight: Shifting Terrains of Asylum and Rights in Greece

Heath Cabot

Chapter 11. Giname Kinezoi! (We've Become Chinese!): Critical Developments in the Imaginary of Chinese Capitalism

Tracey A. Rosen

Chapter 12. Disrupted and Disrupting Consumption: Transformations in Buying and Borrowing in Greece

Aimee Placas

Conclusion

Aimee Placas and Evdoxios Doxiadis

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Doxiadis, Evdoxios
Evdoxios Doxiadis is an Assistant Professor at the Department of History at Simon Fraser University. His research is on Greek, Balkan and Mediterranean history with a focus in the 18th and 19th centuries and a particular interest in questions of gender, law, state formation, and minorities. His publications include The Shackles of Modernity: Women, Property, and the Transition from the Ottoman Empire to the Modern Greek State 1750-1850 (2011), and State, Nationalism, and the Jewish Communities of Modern Greece (2018).