The European debt crisis : The Greek case

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sēmitēs, Kōstas.

Contributor:

Papadimitriou, Dimitris, 1972-

Richards, Jeffrey.

Bulmer, Simon.

Geddes, Andrew.

Humphreys, Peter, 1952-

Series:

European Policy Research Unit Series MUP

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Financial crises.

Debts, Public--History--21st century--Greece.

Debts, Public.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (366 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Manchester University Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this first English translation, former Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis examines the European debt crisis with particular reference to the case of Greece

Contents:

The European debt crisis: The Greek case; Half Title Page; Series Editors; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; The main Greek political parties; Abbreviations; Part I: How we arrived at the first Memorandum; 1. Was Greece ready for the euro?¹; 2. New Democracy's criminal indifference; 3. PASOK's opportunistic optimism; 4. Being in denial; 5. Ineffective solutions; 6. The bitter truth; 7. The first Memorandum: a medicine with dangerous side-effects; Part II: The Memorandum's first year of implementation; 8. The crisis spreads to the Union; 9. Implementing the Memorandum: an obstacle race

10. An 'all-encompassing plan' to solve the crisis in the Eurozone?11. An 'all-encompassing plan' to solve the crisis in Greece?; 12. A year of the Memorandum: seeking a new solution; Part III: Debt restructuring and power games; 13. Debt restructuring: the decisions of 21 July 2011; 14. A dead end; 15. More hitches; 16. The new solution; 17. Political games with unpredictable consequences; Part IV: Coalition government, private sector involvement and the second Memorandum; 18. A flicker of hope; 19. Conflicts at the highest European level

20. The new agreement with the Eurozone (the second Memorandum) and private sector involvement21. An evaluation of the Memoranda; 22. Austerity and growth: implementing the second Memorandum; 23. The crisis peaks; Part V: Elections of 6 May and 17 June 2012; 24. The election of 6 May: euro or drachma?; 25. Cracks in the euro; 26. The Union at a dead end: change of course on 29 June; 27. The election of 17 June: a new beginning?; 28. Provisional solutions, October-June 2013; 29. Evaluations of the assistance programme to Greece; 30. Cyprus; Part VI: The future of Greece and the European Union

31. The causes of the crisis were not only economic32. A new European policy is necessary; Appendix: Key meetings and decisions of the institutions of the European Union relating to the financial crisis; Trajectory of the Greek financial crisis; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-5261-1201-9

OCLC:

960165462