Modern Greece
When Greece's economic troubles began to threaten the stability of the European Union in 2010, the nation found itself in the center of a whirlwind of international finger-pointing. In the years prior, Greece appeared to be politically secure and economically healthy. Upon its emergence in the center of the European economic maelstrom, however, observers and critics cited a century of economic hurdles, dictatorships, revolutions, and more reasons as to why their current crisis was understandabl…
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- Full title :Modern Greece / Stathis Kalyvas.
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When Greece's economic troubles began to threaten the stability of the European Union in 2010, the nation found itself in the center of a whirlwind of international finger-pointing. In the years prior, Greece appeared to be politically secure and economically healthy. Upon its emergence in the center of the European economic maelstrom, however, observers and critics cited a century of economic hurdles, dictatorships, revolutions, and more reasons as to why their current crisis was understandable, if not predictable. The ancient birthplace of democracy and countless artistic, literary, philosophical, and scientific developments had struggled to catch-up to its economically-thriving neighbors in Western Europe for years and quickly became the most seriously economically-troubled European country following a fiscal nosedive beginning in 2008. When the deficit and unemployment skyrocketed, the resulting austerity measures triggered widespread social unrest.
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- Publication Date:2015
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- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2015
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- Description:xii, 242 pages : : maps ; : 22 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780199948772, 0199948771, 0199948798, 9780199948796
- oclc:ocn876285798
- LC Classification:DF802
- Dewey Decimal:949.507
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