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This collection explores the current economic and political crisis in Greece and more widely in Europe. Greece is used to illustrate and exemplify the contradictions of the dominant paradigm of European modernity, the ruptures that are inherent to it, and the alternative modernity discourses that develop within Europe.

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Author:   Anna Triandafyllidou ,  R. Gropas ,  Hara Kouki
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   4.238kg
ISBN:  

9781137276247

ISBN 10:   113727624
Pages:   237
Publication Date:   30 August 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Is Greece a Modern European Country?; Anna Triandafyllidou, Ruby Gropas and Hara Kouki 2. International Bubbles, Currency Union and National Failures: The Case of Greece and the Euro; Loukas Tsoukalis 3. We Are All Greeks Now! The Crisis in Greece in its European and Global Context; Yanis Varoufakis 4. On the Jacobin Dimension of Greek Constitutional Tradition; Ioannis A. Tassopoulos 5. 'Memoranda': Greek Exceptionalism or the Mirror of Europe's Future?; George Katrougalos 6. Religion in Contemporary Greece – a Modern Experience?; Thalia Dragonas 7. The Orthodox Church in Greece Today; Stavros Zoumboulakis 8. The Crisis and the Welfare State in Greece: A Complex Relationship; Manos Matsaganis 9. Is the Crisis a Watershed Moment for the Greek Welfare State? The Chances for Modernization Amidst an Ambivalent EU Record on 'Social Europe'; Maria Petmesidou 10. Postscript: Cultural Dualism Revisited; Nikiforos Diamandouros

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Nikiforos Diamandouros, University of Athens, Greece Thalia Dragonas, University of Athens, Greece George Katrougalos, University of Thrace, Greece Manos Matsaganis, Athens University, Greece Maria Petmesidou, University of Thrace, Greece Ioannis A. Tassopoulos, University of Athens, Greece Loukas Tsoukalis, University of Athens, Greece Yanis Varoufakis, University of Athens, Greece Stavros Zoumboulakis, Artos Zoes Foundation of Biblical and Theological Studies, Greece

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