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Greece: Social unrest against neoliberalism and austerity

Sotiris, P. - Pritchard, D., Pakes, F. (ed.)
Riot, Unrest and Protest on the Global Stage
Palgrave Macmillan, London, pp. 169-190, 2016

Since 2008, Greece has been associated with mass protest, rioting and political crisis, as the result of the combination of economic crisis and an aggressive experiment in neoliberal social engineering. This chapter will attempt to analyse the dynamics of social and political conflict, and the emerging new configuration of mass political practices and social alliances in Greece.

External link: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-30553-4_10

Author email: [email protected]

Author keywords: civil disobedience, debt crisis, european central bank, European Union, social unrest

Archeio keywords: Social movements