Modern Greece : what everyone needs to know / Stathis N. Kalyvas.

By:

Kalyvas, Stathis N, 1964-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: What everyone needs to knowPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.Description: xii, 242 p. : maps ; 22 cmISBN:

9780199948772
0199948771
0199948798
9780199948796

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DDC classification:

949.507

Contents:

What is Greece -- Emergence -- Building -- Turmoil --Takeoff -- The great crisis -- Future.

Summary: "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 few 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 history of economic hurdles, dictatorships, revolutions, and disasters as to why Greece's crisis was understandable, if not inescapable. Indeed, this not the first time that the birthplace of democracy ha suffered a disaster of such significance. Several times throughout its history, Greece found itself at the center of global storms taht were totally out of proportion to the country's actual size and weight. This was the effect of highly ambitious projects undertaken by Greece, which produced some very significant achievements, but eventually overtaxed the country's capacity. In turn, these failures triggered various international bailouts that shored up the country and propelled it ahead. Remarkably, when the dust cleared, Greece almost always found itself looking forward a positive balance. In Modern Greece: What Everyone needs to know, Stathis Kalyvas, an eminent scholar of conflict, Europe, and Greece, elucidates the causes of the crisis and its impact on contemporary Greek society. He traces the nation's development from the early nineteenth century to the present in a way that connects key episodes, ranging from the emergence of a national independence movement during the early nineteenth century, the creation of a new state with democratic institutions in a backward corner of the Ottoman Empire, its expansion and the massive ethnic cleansing that followed World War I, the German occupation in World War II, the ensuing civil war, the postwar economic takeoff, the military coup of 1967, and the return of democracy in 1974, followed by the country's entry into the European Union and the Eurozone. He shows how Greece's modern history is an exemplary case of an early, highly ambitious, creative, incomplete, and imperfect - but overall quite successful - effort by an underendowed upstart to catch up with the most advanced options. Modern Greece is the go-to resource for understanding both the current crisis and the historical events that brought the country to where it is now."-- Provided by the publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

What is Greece -- Emergence -- Building -- Turmoil --Takeoff -- The great crisis -- Future.

"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 few 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 history of economic hurdles, dictatorships, revolutions, and disasters as to why Greece's crisis was understandable, if not inescapable.
Indeed, this not the first time that the birthplace of democracy ha suffered a disaster of such significance. Several times throughout its history, Greece found itself at the center of global storms taht were totally out of proportion to the country's actual size and weight. This was the effect of highly ambitious projects undertaken by Greece, which produced some very significant achievements, but eventually overtaxed the country's capacity. In turn, these failures triggered various international bailouts that shored up the country and propelled it ahead. Remarkably, when the dust cleared, Greece almost always found itself looking forward a positive balance.
In Modern Greece: What Everyone needs to know, Stathis Kalyvas, an eminent scholar of conflict, Europe, and Greece, elucidates the causes of the crisis and its impact on contemporary Greek society. He traces the nation's development from the early nineteenth century to the present in a way that connects key episodes, ranging from the emergence of a national independence movement during the early nineteenth century, the creation of a new state with democratic institutions in a backward corner of the Ottoman Empire, its expansion and the massive ethnic cleansing that followed World War I, the German occupation in World War II, the ensuing civil war, the postwar economic takeoff, the military coup of 1967, and the return of democracy in 1974, followed by the country's entry into the European Union and the Eurozone. He shows how Greece's modern history is an exemplary case of an early, highly ambitious, creative, incomplete, and imperfect - but overall quite successful - effort by an underendowed upstart to catch up with the most advanced options.
Modern Greece is the go-to resource for understanding both the current crisis and the historical events that brought the country to where it is now."-- Provided by the publisher.