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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 Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, 2015 Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 106–114, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19448953.2014.990258 Review Article A Synthetic Genealogy of the Greek Financial Crisis Radman Selmic Greece, Financialization and the EU: The Political Economy of Debt and Destruction (Palgrave, Basingstoke, 2013), by Vassilis K. Fouskas and Constantine Dimoulas Ever since the ‘Greek financial tragedy’ started unfolding in 2009, an extensive academic work has begun to flourish on the topic, approaching the crisis from different perspectives and intending to get to the ‘real’ causes of the phenomenon. Therefore, we have witnessed studies coming from the domains of economics, political economy, politics, finance, anthropology, sociology and history. Although the studies from the different domains have undoubtedly and significantly contributed to our deeper understanding of the Greek crisis, they nevertheless mostly stayed confined to their strict domains and could not offer a broad, nuanced and synthetized explanation of the complex phenomenon. What the book Greece, Financialization and the EU: The Political Economy of Debt and Destruction, however, brings to the public is a unique and immensely rich historical and political synthesis, in which a thorough understanding of the Greek (and European Union (EU)) political economy flows through diverse explanatory registers. The http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies Taylor & Francis

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

Selmic, Radman
Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies , Volume 17 (1): 9 – Jan 2, 2015
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Greece, Financialization and the EU: The Political Economy of Debt and Destruction

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Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, 2015 Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 106–114, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19448953.2014.990258 Review Article A Synthetic Genealogy of the Greek Financial Crisis Radman Selmic Greece, Financialization and the EU: The Political Economy of Debt and Destruction (Palgrave, Basingstoke, 2013), by Vassilis K. Fouskas and Constantine Dimoulas Ever since the ‘Greek financial tragedy’ started unfolding in 2009, an extensive academic work has begun...
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Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, 2015 Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 106–114, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19448953.2014.990258 Review Article A Synthetic Genealogy of the Greek Financial Crisis Radman Selmic Greece, Financialization and the EU: The Political Economy of Debt and Destruction (Palgrave, Basingstoke, 2013), by Vassilis K. Fouskas and Constantine Dimoulas Ever since the ‘Greek financial tragedy’ started unfolding in 2009, an extensive academic work has begun to flourish on the topic, approaching the crisis from different perspectives and intending to get to the ‘real’ causes of the phenomenon. Therefore, we have witnessed studies coming from the domains of economics, political economy, politics, finance, anthropology, sociology and history. Although the studies from the different domains have undoubtedly and significantly contributed to our deeper understanding of the Greek crisis, they nevertheless mostly stayed confined to their strict domains and could not offer a broad, nuanced and synthetized explanation of the complex phenomenon. What the book Greece, Financialization and the EU: The Political Economy of Debt and Destruction, however, brings to the public is a unique and immensely rich historical and political synthesis, in which a thorough understanding of the Greek (and European Union (EU)) political economy flows through diverse explanatory registers. The

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