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Accountability after economic crisis : retribution, truth, or acknowledgment? / Iosif Kovras.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kovras, Iosif, 1983- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.
- Economic policy--History--21st century.
- Economic policy.
- Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009--Government policy.
- Responsibility.
- Criminal liability.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2025]
- Summary:
- 'Accountability after Economic Crisis' reconstructs the captivating story of how different nations responded to the 2008 economic crisis, one of the most challenging economic downturns in modern history. The book focuses on puzzling cross-country variations in policies of accountability. Why did some countries look for explanations of the economic failure and seek to hold those responsible to account, while others looked the other way? And among those countries looking for the truth, were some more successful than others? If so, were certain methods more effective than others? Is there, in fact, a best way? Iosif Kovras introduces an innovative framework to explain the varied political responses to an economic crisis, pushing the boundaries of traditional analysis by drawing on political economy, comparative politics, public administration, economic history, criminal law, and criminology.
- Contents:
- Accountability after economic crisis
- Economic crisis and punishment
- Iceland : dead banks and the quest for accountability
- Cyprus : zombie banks walking
- Comparative perspectives of post-crisis retributive justice
- (Un)settling accounts after crisis : truth, learning, and accountability
- The truth shall set you free : Iceland and the United States
- Shading the truth : paths to failure in Greece and Cyprus
- Who’s sorry now?
- Explaining apologies in post-crisis Europe
- Looking backward or moving forward? Assessing the impact of accountability after economic crisis
- Five lessons for post-crisis accountability.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Online resource; title from home page (Oxford Academic, viewed March 23, 2026).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Kovras, Iosif, 1983- Accountability after economic crisis.
- ISBN:
- 9780198942801
- 019894280X
- 9780198942795
- 0198942796
- 9780198942788
- 0198942788
- OCLC:
- 1485600957
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000189054
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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