Verney, S. & Michalaki, S., “Greece”, στο Conti, N. (ed.) (2014) “Party Attitudes towards the EU in the Member States – Parties for Europe, Parties against Europe“, Routledge Advances in European Politics, Routledge Publications: United Kingdom. Between the Maastricht Treaty and the eurozone crisis, the central question in the Greek European debate was no longer ‘to be or not to be in the EU’ but ‘what kind of Europe’. The analysis of …Read More
European Discourses on managing the Greek crisis: denial, distancing and blaming
Papadimitriou, D. & Zartaloudis, S. (2014) “European Discourses on managing the Greek crisis: denial, distancing and blaming”, Political Studies Association, 23 Απριλίου. Since the outbreak of the Eurozone crisis much attention has focused on the deficiencies of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and its effects on member states’ politics. Here we present some key findings of an ongoing research project which tries to examine an often neglected aspect of …Read More
Broken and Can’t be Fixed’: The Impact of the Economic Crisis on the Greek Party System
Verney, S. (2014) “Broken and Can’t be Fixed’: The Impact of the Economic Crisis on the Greek Party System”, The International Spectator: Italian Journal of International Affairs, Volume 49, Issue 1, 2014 The Greek election of May 2012 failed to produce a government, resulting in repeat elections six weeks later. This shock outcome was a symptom of a broader delegitimation of the national political system. Over the past decade …Read More
If Scotland, why not Greece?
Βαρουφάκης, Γ. (2014) “If Scotland, why not Greece?“, Yannis Varoufakis Thoughts for the post-2008 World, 10 Μαρτίου Why an independent Scotland should get out of sterling, but Greece should not volunteer to exit the Eurozone Scotland should state its intention to decouple from sterling, once independent, rather than petitioning for a continuation of its subservient role in an asymmetrical sterling union. Or so I argued in the Scottish Times in ‘Scotland …Read More
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Greece in Crisis: Austerity, Populism and the Politics of Blame. JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies
Vasilopoulou, S., Halikiopoulou, D. and Exadaktylos, T. (2014), “Greece in Crisis: Austerity, Populism and the Politics of Blame. JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies”, 52: 388–402. Within the broader debate on the Greek crisis, the theory of ‘populist democracy’ postulates that populism is fundamental to the sustenance of the Greek political system and is at the heart of Greece’s endemic domestic weaknesses. This article tests this assumption empirically through the …Read More
A Critical Perspective on Economy, Modernity and Temporality in Contemporary Greece through the Prism of Energy Practice
Knight, D., (2014), “A Critical Perspective on Economy, Modernity and Temporality in Contemporary Greece through the Prism of Energy Practice”, Hellenic Observatory GreeSE Paper, N.81. During the Greek economic crisis a focus on energy practice highlights the temporal complexities of local coping strategies. Re-launched in 2011, the European Union supported solar energy initiative encourages installation of futuristic, high-tech photovoltaic panels on fertile agricultural land. Entangled with intricate notions of neo-colonialism …Read More
EU Anti-Corruption Report
European Commission, (2014), “EU Anti-Corruption Report”, COM (2014) 38 final. Corruption continues to be a big challenge for Europe – a phenomenon that costs the EU economy around 120 billion euros per year. Europeans are deeply worried about corruption – 76% of them believe that corruption is widespread according to a recent Eurobarometer survey.
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Η Νέα Οικονομική Διακυβέρνηση στη Ζώνη του Ευρώ και η Ελλάδα. Οι μηχανισμοί εποπτείας και αλληλεγγύης υπό όρους μετά το Μνημόνιο
Γραφείο Προϋπολογισμού του Κράτους, (2014). “Η Νέα Οικονομική Διακυβέρνηση στη Ζώνη του Ευρώ και η Ελλάδα. Οι μηχανισμοί εποπτείας και αλληλεγγύης υπό όρους μετά το Μνημόνιο”, Βουλή των Ελλήνων, Ιανουάριος. Το Γραφείο Προϋπολογισμού του Κράτους στο πλαίσιο των αρμοδιοτήτων του, εκπόνησε την παρούσα ενδιάμεση έκθεση με τίτλο «Η ΝΕΑ ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΚΗ ΔΙΑΚΥΒΕΡΝΗΣΗ ΣΤΗ ΖΩΝΗ ΤΟΥ ΕΥΡΩ ΚΑΙ Η ΕΛΛΑΔΑ. Οι μηχανισμοί εποπτείας και αλληλεγγύης υπό όρους μετά το Μνημόνιο». Η ενδιάμεση έκθεση …Read More
Ο Ελέφαντας και η διαφθορά
Παγουλάτος, Γ., (2013), «Ο Ελέφαντας και η διαφθορά» , Η Καθημερινή, 12 Ιανουαρίου. Από τις δύσοσμες εξοπλιστικές προμήθειες μέχρι τις μίζες κομματικών διοικήσεων και τα θαλασσοδάνεια σε ημέτερους, οι αποκαλύψεις των τελευταίων εβδομάδων είναι καταιγιστικές όσο και εξυγιαντικές. Δείχνουν ότι ορισμένοι θύλακες του κράτους (στη Δικαιοσύνη, στην αστυνομία, στις ελεγκτικές αρχές) αντιστέκονται στη σήψη κι επιμένουν να λειτουργούν. Ενα ενθαρρυντικό μήνυμα φτάνει στην κοινωνία, σε μια περίοδο που οι αδύνατοι …Read More
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Privatizations and Debt : Lessons From The Greek Fiascο
Manasse, P., (2014), “Privatizations and Debt : Lessons From The Greek Fiasco”, EconoMonitor Blog, 02 January. In the midst of the European Debt Crisis, it is tempting to think that high-debt countries could alleviate the recessionary impact of the budget consolidation process by selling (poorly managed) assets and stakes in their state owned enterprises (SOEs), and by using the proceeds to buy back their debts. In addition to providing a …Read More
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