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Presented here are the views of experts and intellectuals from
South-East Europe regarding the need for regional reconstruction
and development in order to foster regional stability. The cardinal
issue addressed by each of the contributors is how the region can
avoid political isolation and enhance its chances of attaining
economic stability and social cohesion. If achieved, this could
pave the way for gradual political and economic integration with
the European Union in the future.
Presented here are the views of experts and intellectuals from
South-East Europe regarding the need for regional reconstruction
and development in order to foster regional stability. The cardinal
issue addressed by each of the contributors is how the region can
avoid political isolation and enhance its chances of attaining
economic stability and social cohesion. If achieved, this could
pave the way for gradual political and economic integration with
the European Union in the future.
This volume uses new empirical evidence and analytical ideas to
study phenomena of fragmentation and exclusion threatening
stability and cohesion in Greek society in the aftermath of the
crisis. The contributors argue that processes of fragmentation and
exclusion provoked by the crisis can be observed on both a material
and an ideational level. On a material level, rising levels of
unemployment, poverty and inequality have produced new social
security "outsiders", while on an ideational level, a
discursive-cultural shift is documented, which has led to new
understandings and categorizations of new (and old) insiders and
outsiders. Moreover, the volume attests to the aspirations, but
also the limitations, of spontaneous civil society mobilization to
address the social crisis. Finally, the volume offers a discussion
of the political management of social fragmentation and exclusion
in Greece both before and after the onset of the crisis. The book
will be of interest to scholars and students of social policy and
phenomena of poverty, social exclusion and economic inequality,
civil society studies, and comparative political economy and
politics.
This book argues that the backsliding or stagnation of democracy
should be interpreted in a wider perspective on irregular movements
towards and away from contemporary liberal democracy. This a
perspective couched by a metaphor, namely the 'pendulum of
democracy', which the author has constructed to suggest that
democratic regimes may swing between a democratic end (fully
developed liberal democracy) and a semi-authoritarian end
(competitive authoritarianism). The pendulum does not have a
predictable frequency. Democratization may lead to irregular
movements back and forth. It is easier to analyze such movements of
the pendulum when democracy is not consolidated yet (for instance,
in the three post-Yugoslav political regimes mentioned above), as
democratic institutions and processes are not yet stable. For this
reason, this book analyses the swing of unconsolidated democracy
away from the democratic end in the cases of today’s Serbia and
Montenegro and the swing back towards liberal democracy in the case
of North Macedonia which - until 2017 - had been developing into a
competitive authoritarian regime, but then embarked on the road to
democratic recovery.
The book explores how the European Union and its members have been
renegotiating Europeanisation and renationalisation in response to
the multiple crises they faced in recent years. The authors
highlight varying understandings of ´crises´ in different
national and supranational policy and institutional contexts. They
show how in some cases these have challenged the legitimacy of
European Union norms and institutions and even triggered
disintegration, while in other cases these crises have served as
sources of inspiration for European social innovation and political
development.
How can we understand social democracy today? This ambitious book
offers a global perspective on the nature of capitalism; its past
and future possibilities of survival; the differentiation between
neoliberal, authoritarian and social democratic systems,
exemplified by the United States, EU and China; and the conflict
relationships between them. Reflecting on urgent global risks, such
as climate change, pandemics and nuclear confrontation - Mouzelis
& Sotiropoulos explore why these risks can only be dealt with
by the cooperation of these three major players in the global
arena. They explore how the model of social democracy, which in the
previous century tamed unfettered capitalism in some national
contexts, can help contain the excesses of global capitalism now.
In clear, compelling and coherent terms, the authors demonstrate
how unchecked antagonism among these three major players has the
potential to spill-over into inertia or reluctance to manage the
these urgent risks, to the detriment of humanity as a whole.
This volume analyzes the evolution of selected public policies and
the changing roles and structure of the state in Greece, Italy,
Portugal, and Spain since the 1960s. It makes a major contribution
to work on recent democratic regime transition in southern Europe,
demonstrating how the state has responded and adapted to the
challenges and pressures associated with the overarching processes
of democratization, socio-economic development, and
Europeanization.
This volume analyzes the evolution of selected public policies and
the changing roles and structure of the state in Greece, Italy,
Portugal, and Spain since the 1960s. It makes a major contribution
to work on recent democratic regime transition in southern Europe,
demonstrating how the state has responded and adapted to the
challenges and pressures associated with the overarching processes
of democratization, socio-economic development, and
Europeanization.
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