Synopses & Reviews
What are the limits of Europeanization? This book explores the impact of the European Union's agenda of structural reform on Greece. This is a setting that welcomes closer European unity, but which apparently struggles to adapt to the demands of adaptation. The book analyses why the domestic system has so often resisted adaptation in these important economic areas by charting policy initiatives over the last decade on privatization, labour market regulation, and pensions. Its findings raise questions about the scope of the EU to coordinate a programme of economic reform, alongside the inclusion and governability of a system that fails to deliver.
Synopsis
An innovative case study of one of the most recalcitrant member states of the EU: Greece. Based on extensive empirical research, the book relates its evidence to two major conceptual frames: 'Europeanization' and 'varieties of capitalism'. These are complementary and one compensates for the limitations of the other.
Synopsis
This book explores the impact of the European Union's agenda of structural reform on Greece.
About the Author
KEVIN FEATHERSTONE is Director of the European Institute at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.
DIMITRIS PAPADIMITRIOU is Lecturer in European Politics at the University of Manchester, UK.
Table of Contents
Introduction * Developing Explanations * Who Benefits? The Elusive Reform of the Greek Pension System * The Puzzle of Jobless Growth: Reforming the Greek Labour Market * Manipulating Rules, Contesting Solutions: The Politics of Restructuring Olympic Airways * Conclusion