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Greece, Financialization and the EU: The Political Economy of Debt and Destruction

Greece, Financialization and the EU: The Political Economy of Debt and Destruction

The debt crisis in Greece has sparked lively debates about the origins of the crisis and policy measures to be adopted in order to fix it. The authors offer the first original and comprehensive narrative on Greece.

Timeline of main events in Greece and Europe (October 2009–March 2013)

Abbreviations

Chapter 1. Introduction

Part I: Financialization and European ‘Integration’: Theoretical Considerations

Chapter 2. The Sinews of Capital and the Disintegrative Logics of Euro-Atlanticism

Part II: Greece’s Fault-lines and the Political Economy of Debt

Chapter 3. The Vassal and the Lords

Chapter 4. Passive Revolution and the ‘American Factor’, 1940s–70s

Chapter 5. Kampfplatz-4 and the ‘European Factor’, 1974–89

Chapter 6. Debt and Destruction: The Making of the Greek and Euro-Atlantic Ruling Classes

Chapter 7. By Way of a Conclusion: Greece’s Debt Crisis Today and Some Normative Reflections

Notes

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