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Socioeconomic Fragmentation and Exclusion in Greece under the Crisis

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Editors:
  1. Dimitris Katsikas

    1. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

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  2. Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos

    1. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

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  3. Maria Zafiropoulou

    1. Hellenic Open University, Patras, Greece

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  • Tackles the crisis and the related growing debate on economic inequalities, the rise of Euroscepticism and the change of the political landscape
  • Engages with timely issues of European fragmentation, which relate to public debates on the EU
  • Leads to considerations on the scope, structure and reform of the “European” welfare state, particularly in Southern Europe

Part of the book series: New Perspectives on South-East Europe (NPSE)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Dimitris Katsikas
    Pages 1-20

  3. Socio-Economic Developments and Social Policy During the Crisis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
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    2. Inequality and Poverty in Greece: Changes in Times of Crisis

      • Eirini Andriopoulou, Alexandros Karakitsios, Panos Tsakloglou
      Pages 23-54

    3. Employment and Unemployment in Greece Before and After the Outbreak of the Crisis

      • Kyriakos Filinis, Alexandros Karakitsios, Dimitris Katsikas
      Pages 55-88

    4. Too Little, Too Late: The Mismatch Between Social Policy and Social Crisis

      • Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos
      Pages 89-108

  4. Discourses and Perceptions on Poverty and Social Exclusion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-109
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    2. New Words, Old Patterns: Political Discourse and Documents on Poverty and Social Exclusion in Greece

      • Dimitris Katsikas, Anastasia Papakonstantinou
      Pages 111-140

    3. (Mis)understanding the Social Effects of the Crisis: Elite Perceptions of Poverty and Social Exclusion in Greece

      • Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos, Anastasia Papakonstantinou
      Pages 141-161

    4. Civil Society Discourses on Poverty and Social Exclusion During the Greek Crisis

      • Maria Zafiropoulou, Aspasia Theodosiou, Alejandro Pérez
      Pages 163-187

  5. Civil Society’s Reaction to the Crisis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 189-189
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    2. Understanding Civil Society’s Positioning and Strategies during the Crisis

      • Maria Zafiropoulou
      Pages 191-218

    3. A Fragmented but Strengthened Civil Society?

      • Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos
      Pages 219-235

    4. Conclusions: Multiple Aspects of Fragmentation and a Double Mismatch

      • Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos
      Pages 237-252

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 253-258
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About this book

This volume uses new empirical evidence and analytical ideas to study phenomena of fragmentation and exclusion threatening stability and cohesion in Greek society in the aftermath of the crisis. The contributors argue that processes of fragmentation and exclusion provoked by the crisis can be observed on both a material and an ideational level. On a material level, rising levels of unemployment, poverty and inequality have produced new social security “outsiders”, while on an ideational level, a discursive-cultural shift is documented, which has led to new understandings and categorizations of new (and old) insiders and outsiders. Moreover,  the volume attests to the aspirations, but also the limitations, of spontaneous civil society mobilization to address the social crisis. Finally, the volume offers a discussion of the political management of social fragmentation and exclusion in Greece both before and after the onset of the crisis. The book will be of interest to scholars and students of social policy and phenomena of poverty, social exclusion and economic inequality, civil society studies, and comparative political economy and politics.

Editors and Affiliations

  • National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

    Dimitris Katsikas, Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos

  • Hellenic Open University, Patras, Greece

    Maria Zafiropoulou

About the editors

Dimitris Katsikas is Lecturer of International and European Political Economy at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and Head of the Crisis Observatory at the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), Greece.

 

Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos is Associate Professor of Political Science at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. He has published six books on Greek politics and society in Greek.

 

Maria Zafiropoulou works as an expert for the E.U. in healthcare and social issues and she is an active member of the Crisis Observatory at the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), Greece.

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