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The economic crisis has brought about a watershed in institutional,
political, and social relations, reshaping the labour market and
the class structure in southern Europe. This book provides a
critical comparative assessment of the dynamics of change in the
employment field, focusing on Spain, Greece, and Cyprus. The book
assesses how the liberalization and deregulation processes and the
promotion of market-enhancing reforms progressed in three different
national settings, identifying the forces, agents, contexts, and
mechanisms shaping the employment and industrial relations systems.
The comparative perspective used deciphers the interplay of
external and internal dynamics in the restructuring of the labour
field in Southern Europe, examining austerity and its contestation
in connection with prevailing societal ideologies and class shifts.
The first part of the book sets the theoretical and historical
context, the second is comprised of three empirical national case
studies, and the third discusses comparatively the handling of the
crisis, its impact, and its legacy from the standpoint of a decade
later. The book presents differences in industrial relations
systems, trade union forms, and class composition dynamics,
accounting for the development of the crisis and the reshaping of
the employment field after one decade of crisis. It will be of
value to researchers, academics, professionals, and students
working on issues of employment and industrial relations, labour
market and labour law, political economy and class structure, as
well as those interested in the contemporary society and economy of
southern Europe in general, and Spain, Greece, and Cyprus in
particular.
The economic crisis has brought about a watershed in institutional,
political, and social relations, reshaping the labour market and
the class structure in southern Europe. This book provides a
critical comparative assessment of the dynamics of change in the
employment field, focusing on Spain, Greece, and Cyprus. The book
assesses how the liberalization and deregulation processes and the
promotion of market-enhancing reforms progressed in three different
national settings, identifying the forces, agents, contexts, and
mechanisms shaping the employment and industrial relations systems.
The comparative perspective used deciphers the interplay of
external and internal dynamics in the restructuring of the labour
field in Southern Europe, examining austerity and its contestation
in connection with prevailing societal ideologies and class shifts.
The first part of the book sets the theoretical and historical
context, the second is comprised of three empirical national case
studies, and the third discusses comparatively the handling of the
crisis, its impact, and its legacy from the standpoint of a decade
later. The book presents differences in industrial relations
systems, trade union forms, and class composition dynamics,
accounting for the development of the crisis and the reshaping of
the employment field after one decade of crisis. It will be of
value to researchers, academics, professionals, and students
working on issues of employment and industrial relations, labour
market and labour law, political economy and class structure, as
well as those interested in the contemporary society and economy of
southern Europe in general, and Spain, Greece, and Cyprus in
particular.
This book explores the basic dynamics that shaped the Cyprus
problem, with a focus on recent decades. The author deals with the
periods, nodal points and fields that produced the conditions for
the normalisation of partition and also presents the Cyprus problem
as viewed from the outside. The chapters approach Cyprus' division
in light of power relations in society, the interaction between the
political elite and society, and discuss the political and
ideological dynamics as manifested in the public sphere. While
analysing primarily the Greek Cypriot community, the book also
refers to parallel developments in the Turkish Cypriot and
international communities, arguing that the normalisation of
Cyprus' partition is rooted in the political economy and political
culture of Greek Cypriots. At the same time, from the perspective
of the peace and reunification movement, this is an inherently
contradictory and potentially unstable process that can be
overturned. ' remarkably thorough study focusing on nationalist
narratives, political and media discourses and socio-economic
structures in Cyprus and their impact on the formation and
transformation of political identities since the 1950s. Unlike many
other books on the issue, Ioannou analyses social and political
developments in both the Greek-Cypriot and the Turkish-Cypriot
communities. This approach sheds light on the internal reasons of
the perpetuation of the island's division, which the geopolitical
and international relations approaches alone miss to grasp.
Combining the analytical skills of a political scientist and his
personal experience as an engaged citizen in favour of unification,
Ioannou offers significant insight on a complex and traumatic
conflict that remains one of Europe's black spots.' -Athena
Skoulariki, Assistant Professor in Sociology of Communication,
Discourse Analysis and Social Representations, University of Crete,
Greece 'The basic argument of the book is that the consolidation of
partition was neither automatic nor happened behind the backs of
Greek Cypriots. The very interesting and demythologising work of
Gregoris Ioannou brings to light a hidden, but common secret of the
Greek Cypriots.' -Alexis Heraklides, Emeritus Professor of
International Relations, Panteion University, Greece 'Ioannou
projects a multi-focal spotlight on the Cyprus problem, so as, at
least for the careful reader, this becomes not only an interesting
topic in itself, but, also a cognitive springboard from which to
understand broader pathogenies of our common social and political
life.' -Seraphim Seferiades, Associate Professor in Political
Science, Panteion University, Greece
While there has been much focus in recent times on the rise of
right-wing populism in Europe, there has been surprisingly little
material on the phenomenon of left-wing populism. This edited
collection seeks to fill that gap with an investigation of the
relationship between the radical left and populism. Featuring a
broad range of historical and contemporary case studies from across
Europe, this is a much-needed empirical account of this phenomenon.
This book will be of considerable interest to researchers, scholars
and students of left radicalism, European politics and the politics
of social movements. It will also appeal to appeal to non-academic
audiences, especially party and social movement activists because
of its politically salient topic and its historical and comparative
focus.
While there has been much focus in recent times on the rise of
right-wing populism in Europe, there has been surprisingly little
material on the phenomenon of left-wing populism. This edited
collection seeks to fill that gap with an investigation of the
relationship between the radical left and populism. Featuring a
broad range of historical and contemporary case studies from across
Europe, this is a much-needed empirical account of this phenomenon.
This book will be of considerable interest to researchers, scholars
and students of left radicalism, European politics and the politics
of social movements. It will also appeal to appeal to non-academic
audiences, especially party and social movement activists because
of its politically salient topic and its historical and comparative
focus.
This book explores the basic dynamics that shaped the Cyprus
problem, with a focus on recent decades. The author deals with the
periods, nodal points and fields that produced the conditions for
the normalisation of partition and also presents the Cyprus problem
as viewed from the outside. The chapters approach Cyprus' division
in light of power relations in society, the interaction between the
political elite and society, and discuss the political and
ideological dynamics as manifested in the public sphere. While
analysing primarily the Greek Cypriot community, the book also
refers to parallel developments in the Turkish Cypriot and
international communities, arguing that the normalisation of
Cyprus' partition is rooted in the political economy and political
culture of Greek Cypriots. At the same time, from the perspective
of the peace and reunification movement, this is an inherently
contradictory and potentially unstable process that can be
overturned. ' remarkably thorough study focusing on nationalist
narratives, political and media discourses and socio-economic
structures in Cyprus and their impact on the formation and
transformation of political identities since the 1950s. Unlike many
other books on the issue, Ioannou analyses social and political
developments in both the Greek-Cypriot and the Turkish-Cypriot
communities. This approach sheds light on the internal reasons of
the perpetuation of the island's division, which the geopolitical
and international relations approaches alone miss to grasp.
Combining the analytical skills of a political scientist and his
personal experience as an engaged citizen in favour of unification,
Ioannou offers significant insight on a complex and traumatic
conflict that remains one of Europe's black spots.' -Athena
Skoulariki, Assistant Professor in Sociology of Communication,
Discourse Analysis and Social Representations, University of Crete,
Greece 'The basic argument of the book is that the consolidation of
partition was neither automatic nor happened behind the backs of
Greek Cypriots. The very interesting and demythologising work of
Gregoris Ioannou brings to light a hidden, but common secret of the
Greek Cypriots.' -Alexis Heraklides, Emeritus Professor of
International Relations, Panteion University, Greece 'Ioannou
projects a multi-focal spotlight on the Cyprus problem, so as, at
least for the careful reader, this becomes not only an interesting
topic in itself, but, also a cognitive springboard from which to
understand broader pathogenies of our common social and political
life.' -Seraphim Seferiades, Associate Professor in Political
Science, Panteion University, Greece
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