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Abstract
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.
“Interdisciplinary, multifaceted, and with abundant empirical observation.” • Othon Anastasakis, University of Oxford
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).
Aimee Placas is a faculty member at the International Center for Hellenic and Mediterranean Studies. She holds a PhD in Anthropology from Rice University and has published and presented on consumer debt and bankruptcy, the effect of the Greek crisis on overindebted households, and everyday economic life in Greece. She is currently writing an ethnography on the story of consumer credit in Greece in the 21st century.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Living under Austerity | i | ||
| Contents | vii | ||
| Tables and Figures | ix | ||
| Note on Transliteration | x | ||
| Abbreviations | xi | ||
| Introduction — Crisis and Austerity | 1 | ||
| Part I — The Political Dimension of the Crisis | 13 | ||
| Chapter 1 — The \"Illegitimacy\" of Foreign Loans: Greece, the Great Powers, and Foreign Debt in the Long Nineteenth Century | 15 | ||
| Chapter 2 — The Political Consequences of the Crisis in Greece: Charismatic Leadership and Its Discontents | 46 | ||
| Chapter 3 — Golden Dawn: From the Margins of Greece to the Forefront of Europe | 67 | ||
| Chapter 4 — Protest, Elections, and Austerity Politics in Greece | 90 | ||
| Chapter 5 — From Boom to Bust: A Comparative Analysis of Greece and Spain under Austerity | 113 | ||
| Part II — State Functions, the Welfare State, and the Economic Crisis | 141 | ||
| Chapter 6 — Crisis and Changes in the Mediascape: Greece and the Globe | 143 | ||
| Chapter 7 — Crime and Criminal Justice Policy in Greece during the Financial Crisis | 181 | ||
| Chapter 8 — The Downsizing and Commodification of Health Care: The Appalling Greek Experience since 2010 | 217 | ||
| Part III — Changes in Greek Society and Culture | 251 | ||
| Chapter 9 — Gendering the Crisis: Claiming New Values and Agencies beyond Destitution | 253 | ||
| Chapter 10 — From the Twilight Zone to the Limelight: Shifting Terrains of Asylum and Rights in Greece | 280 | ||
| Chapter 11 — Giname Kinezoi! (We've Become Chinese!): Critical Developments in the Imaginary of Chinese Capitalism | 302 | ||
| Chapter 12 — Disrupted and Disrupting Consumption: Transformations in Buying and Borrowing in Greece | 321 | ||
| Conclusion | 347 | ||
| Index | 353 |