The Politics of Extreme Austerity

Chapter 1 Introduction: Dissecting the Greek Debt Crisis

Chapter 2 The Contradictions and Battlegrounds of Crisis Management

Chapter 3 European Discourses on Managing the Greek Crisis: Denial, Distancing and the Politics of Blame

Chapter 4 ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’: Stereotypes, Prejudices and Emotions on Greek Media Representation of the EU Financial Crisis

Chapter 5 An Evaluation of the Austerity Strategy in the Eurozone: Was the First Greek Bailout Programme Bound to Fail?

Chapter 6 ‘Off-the-Shelf Reforms’ and Their Blind Spots: Pensions in Post-Memorandum Greece

Chapter 7 A ‘Fairweather Welfare State’? Formal and Informal Social Protection and the Greek Crisis

Chapter 8 Protest Participation, Electoral Choices and Public Attitudes towards Austerity in Greece

Chapter 9 Anger Management and the Politics of Crime in the Greek Crisis

Chapter 10 Reorganising Everyday Greek Social Reality: Subjective Experiences of the Greek Crisis

Chapter 11 Structure, Agents and Discourse in Managing Economic Crises: Comparing Greece and Turkey

Chapter 12 The Politics of Fiscal Efforts in Ireland and Spain: Market Credibility vs. Political Legitimacy

Chapter 13 Credibility Dilemmas During Economic Crises: Greece in the Argentine Mirror

Chapter 14 Reflections on the Greek and Eurozone Crisis: A View from the Inside

Chapter 15 Austerity Politics and Crisis Governance: Lessons from Greece