Beyond the bailouts : the anthropology and history of the Greek crisis / Clarissa De Waal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

De Waal, Clarissa, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Financial crises--Greece--History--21st century.

Financial crises.

Financial crises--Social aspects--Greece--History--21st century.

Financial crises--Social aspects.

History.

Greece--Economic conditions--1974-.

Greece.

Economic conditions.

Economic history.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

vii, 184 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London : I.B. Tauris, 2018.

Contents:

1 Astifilia and the Roots of the Greek Crisis p. 11

What is astifilia? p. 11

Post-Ottoman centralisation p. 15

Athens: centre of non-productivity p. 16

Diaspora wealth: colonials in their own country p. 19

The diaspora before the War of Independence p. 20

The education system in the nineteenth century p. 22

The War of Independence and the growth of Hellenism p. 25

From Ottoman control to virtual European protectorate p. 27

Emigration in preference to proletarianisation p. 28

2 Obstacles and Disincentives to Development in Mystras p. 31

Exodus p. 31

The ethnography and out-migration p. 32

1980s decentralization p. 34

Mystras p. 37

The higher villages p. 39

Economic opportunities undermined by emigration p. 40

Obstacles and disincentives to economic development p. 43

Olive cultivation p. 47

Under-exploitation of a non-agricultural resource: Old Mystras p. 49

The Archaeological Authority p. 51

Sparta p. 54

3 Social Relations in Mystras p. 57

Emigration and stagnation p. 57

Education's urban image p. 66

Urban influence a retrograde force p. 76

4 Kefala: Bucking the Trend p. 77

Kefala in the 1980s p. 77

Background to Kefala p. 80

Earlier relations of production in Kefala p. 83

Olives p. 89

Livestock p. 90

Viniculture p. 91

Maximisation p. 92

The household p. 92

Enterprise p. 95

5 Social Relations in Kefala p. 99

Gender relations p. 100

Preference for endogamous marriage p. 104

Interpersonal relations p. 106

6 Provincial Changes from the 1990s: Stagnation versus Prosperity p. 110

Sparta p. 114

Kefala p. 114

Future prospects and the 'crisis' p. 119

7 The 'Crisis' in Athens p. 123

The public sector p. 123

Debt p. 125

Tax evasion p. 126

Bailouts and the troika p. 127

The state p. 129

Unemployment and pensions p. 131

On the ground in Athens p. 132

Property p. 133

Inequality and allilengii p. 135

Public sector cuts p. 138

Volunteers p. 141

8 Back in the Provinces: Depopulation versus Productivity p. 147.

ISBN:

1788312597

9781788312592

OCLC:

1023538741