Panagiotis Sotiris (ed)
In 2010 Greece entered a period of extreme austerity measures, but also of intense struggles and protests. Social and political crisis led to tectonic shifts in the political landscape and the rise to power of SYRIZA. However, despite the impressive expression of resistance in the 2015 referendum, the EU-IMF-ECB ‘Troika’ managed to impose the continuation of the same politics of austerity, privatisations, and neoliberal reforms.
This social and political sequence poses important theoretical and analytical questions regarding capitalist crisis, public debt, European integration, political crisis, the new forms of protest and social movements, and the rise of neo-fascist parties. It also brings forward all the open questions regarding radical left-wing strategy today. The contributions in this volume attempt from different perspectives to deal with some of these theoretical and strategic questions using the Greek experience as a case study.
Contributors include: George Economakis, Stavros Mavroudeas, Ioannis Zisimopoulos, Alexios Anastasiadis, Maria Markaki, George Androulakis, Despina Paraskeva-Veloudogianni, Eirini Gaitanou, Alexandros Chrysis, Euclid Tsakalotos, Spyros Sakellaropoulos, Panagiotis Sotiris, Giannis Kouzis, Yiorgos Vassalos, Christos Laskos, Angelos Kontogiannis-Mandros.
Biographical Note
Readership
All interested in recent social and political developments in Greece, social movements, Marxist approaches to capitalist crisis, the rise of neo-fascist parties, the politics of SYRIZA and debates around left strategy.
Table of Contents
List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors
Introduction Panagiotis Sotiris
1 The Greek Crisis: Causes and Alternative Strategies Stavros Mavroudeas
2 Imperialist Exploitation and Crisis of the Greek Economy: A Study George Economakis, Maria Markaki, George Androulakis and Alexios Anastasiadis
3 The Class Dimension of the Greek Public Debt Crisis Ioannis Zisimopoulos and George Economakis
4 Consolidation of Autocratic Rule in the EU and Opposition: The Parallel Processes of the Troika’s Emergence and the Economic Governance Reforms and How They Could be Overthrown Yiorgos Vassalos
5 Labour under Attack during the Period of Crisis and Austerity Giannis Kouzis
6 ‘First Comes Indignation, Then Rebellion, Then We Shall See’: Political Crisis, Popular Perception of Politics and Consciousness Transformation amid the Rebellious Cycle of 2010–11 in Greece Eirini Gaitanou
7 Reshaping Political Cultures: The ‘Squares Movement’ and Its Impact Angelos Kontogiannis-Mandros
8 Political Crisis, Crisis of Hegemony and the Rise of Golden Dawn Despina Paraskeva-Veloudogianni
9 The Crisis and the Strategy of the Greek Ruling Class Spyros Sakellaropoulos
10 From Resistance to Transitional Programme: The Strange Rise of the Radical Left in Greece Christos Laskos and Euclid Tsakalotos
11 In Search of the Modern Prince: A Critical Absence Reconfirmed through the Greek Experience Alexandros Chrysis
12 From Resistance to Hegemony: The Struggle against Austerity and the Need for a New Historical Bloc Panagiotis Sotiris
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