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Book Synopsis 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.
Trade Review “Living under austerity is a valid contribution to austerity debates as it furthers comparison across disciplinary approaches…Some of these chapters can be points of reference for future researchers interested in Greece, austerity, crisis, state institutions, and rapid social and institutional change.” • JRAI
“Anyone wondering about the effects of austerity—in Europe, the Middle East, the Americas, Africa, or Asia—should read [this book that] assembles scholars trained in anthropology, sociology, history, political science, criminology, and psychology to trouble accepted tropes about the meaning and effects of economic crisis through the case of post-2008 Greece. One of its most powerful contributions is its complication of the crisis framework. The other is its demonstration of the effects of that framework on people actually living in Greece.” • American Ethnologist
“Interdisciplinary, multifaceted, and with abundant empirical observation.” • Othon Anastasakis, University of Oxford
Table of Contents 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
