Table of Contents
List of figures
List of tables
List of contributors
Introduction
PART I
Political economy in action
1 NATO expansion versus consolidation of the EU: intra- and interclass dynamics in the context of the next Cold War
HARDY HANAPPI
2 Spanish regions under the euro crisis: did the crisis escalate interregional tensions?
MAKIKO NARITA
3 Some simple macroeconomic remarks on slower economic growth
MALCOLM SAWYER
4 Welfare capitalism versus financial capitalism during globalisation
PASQUALE TRIDICO
5 Achievements and challenges of the Chinese model of capitalism: how much can be explained by Confucianism?
KLAUS NIELSEN
6 Economies of scope: explaining liberal authority and its consequences in the Eurozone
CHARLIE DANNREUTHER
7 Inequality dynamics, (unmet) aspirations and social protest
SVENJA FLECHTNER
8 Any alternatives left? From green narratives of change to socio-ecological transformative utopias – a political economy framework
ANNIKA R. SCHARBERT, BERNHARD LEUBOLT AND MANUEL SCHOLZ-WÄCKERLE
PART II
Crisis in Greece and Cyprus
9 The crisis in Greece: a story in pictures
CHRISTIS HASSAPIS, NIKOLAOS SKOURIAS AND PANOS XIDONAS
10 Structural reform–growth nexus: an examination over time – the importance of Eastern Europe
ANDREAS ASSIOTIS
11 The vicious cycle of Cyprus’s economic crisis
STAVROS TOMBAZOS
12 Government response to the Eurozone crisis: the cases of Greece and Cyprus
SAVVAS KATSIKIDES AND GEORGIA YIANGOU
13 Manufacturing consent or informing the public? A review of recent research on how international mainstream media covered the Greek crisis
LIA-PASCHALIA SPYRIDOU AND PAVLOS KOKTSIDIS
14 Industrial competitiveness and the search for a sustainable path out of the crisis – lessons from the Greek experience
IOANNA KASTELLI AND STAVROS ZOGRAFAKIS
Index