1st Edition

Southern Europe and the Financial Earthquake Coping with the First Phase of the International Crisis

Edited By Susannah Verney, Anna Bosco, Marina Costa Lobo Copyright 2014
142 Pages
by Routledge

142 Pages
by Routledge

142 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more

1. Flaky Fringe? Southern Europe Facing the Financial Crisis  Susannah Verney

2. The Response to the Global Financial Turmoil in Italy: ‘A Financial System that Does Not Speak English’  Lucia Quaglia

3. After the Fiesta: The Spanish Economy Meets the Global Financial Crisis  Sebastián Royo

4. The Return of the Greek Patient: Greece and the 2008 Global Financial Crisis  George Pagoulatos and Christos Triantopoulos

5. Back to External Pressure: Policy Responses to the Financial Crisis in Portugal  Francisco Torres

6. Wobbling but Still on its Feet: The Turkish Economy in the Global Financial Crisis  Caner Bakir

7. Cyprus in the Global Financial Crisis: How Lack of Banking Sophistication Proved an Advantage  Mustafa Besim and Fiona Mullen

8. Malta’s Open Economy: Weathering the Recessional Storm?  Rose Marie Azzopardi

Biography

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.