Following the outbreak of the international financial crisis, Southern Europe became an epicentre of economic instability and international concern. The prospect of a sovereign debt default in the eurozone’s ‘flaky fringe’ sent shock waves through the European and global economies. Examining the crucial initial phase, when the financial crisis was just beginning to spill over into the real economy, the volume surveys the impact of the September 2008 Lehman Brothers’ collapse across the EU’s southern periphery. The six South European eurozone members – Italy, Greece, Spain, Portugal, Cyprus and Malta – are viewed in comparative perspective with EU candidate state and non-eurozone member, Turkey. In an era before the spectacular EU/IMF bailouts, the picture that emerges is one of national differentiation, illuminating these countries’ different starting points and varying policy responses in the face of the gathering financial storm.
This book was published in 2009 as a special issue of South European Society and Politics.
Edited by:
Susannah Verney, Anna Bosco (University of Florence, Italy), Marina Costa Lobo Imprint: Routledge Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 246mm,
Width: 174mm,
Weight: 453g ISBN:9781138379435 ISBN 10: 1138379433 Series:South European Society and Politics Pages: 142 Publication Date:10 September 2018 Audience:
College/higher education
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General/trade
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Primary
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Susannah Verney, Assistant Professor of European Integration, University of Athens. Anna Bosco, Associate Professor of Comparative Politics, University of Trieste. Marina Costa Lobo, Researcher, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon.