.png){kind=logo}
21%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Modern Greece: What Everyone Needs to Know (R)
Stathis Kalyvas
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Modern Greece: What Everyone Needs to Know (R)
Paperback. .
Just a few years ago, Greece appeared to be a politically secure nation with a healthy economy. Today, Greece can be found at the center of the economic maelstrom in Europe. Beginning in late 2008, the Greek economy entered a nosedive that would transform it into the European country with the most serious and intractable fiscal problems. Both the deficit and the unemployment rate skyrocketed. Quickly thereafter, Greece edged toward a pre-revolutionary condition, as massive anti-austerity protests punctuated by violence and vandalism spread throughout Greek cities. Greece was certainly not the only country hit hard by the recession, but ... Read more
Just a few years ago, Greece appeared to be a politically secure nation with a healthy economy. Today, Greece can be found at the center of the economic maelstrom in Europe. Beginning in late 2008, the Greek economy entered a nosedive that would transform it into the European country with the most serious and intractable fiscal problems. Both the deficit and the unemployment rate skyrocketed. Quickly thereafter, Greece edged toward a pre-revolutionary condition, as massive anti-austerity protests punctuated by violence and vandalism spread throughout Greek cities. Greece was certainly not the only country hit hard by the recession, but ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
What Everyone Needs to Know
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199948796
SKU
V9780199948796
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1
About Stathis Kalyvas
Stathis N. Kalyvas is Arnold Wolfers Professor of Political Science and Director of the Program on Order, Conflict, and Violence. He is the author of The Logic of Violence in Civil War and The Rise of Christian Democracy in Europe, and the co-editor of Order, Conflict & Violence. He has received several awards, including the Woodrow Wilson Award for ... Read more
Reviews for Modern Greece: What Everyone Needs to Know (R)
Kalyvas' slim volume puts this story into perspective with remarkable clarity and brevity. If you read one general introduction to Greek politics, this should be it.
Foreign Affairs
Foreign Affairs