Mediating Policy: Greece, Ireland, and Portugal Before the Eurozone Crisis

281 Pages·2015·2.233 MB·English

by  Kate Nicholls

Mediating Policy
Among the most serious consequences of the 2008 global financial collapse and
sovereign debt crisis were a series of unprecedented international bailouts for
Greece, Ireland, and Portugal between 2010 and 2011.
This book analyses the development policies of Greece, Ireland, and Portugal
between 1990 and 2008, before the Eurozone crisis. It identifies national- level
differences between the policy strategies and outcomes that have characterized
recent developments in the Greek, Irish, and Portuguese political economies. In
addition, it provides an explanation for these differences that takes into account
variations in political institutions and state–society relations. In doing so, it
locates an explanation for policy divergence in the presence or absence of the
policy- making institutions and processes that make up a ‘zone of mediation’.
Overall, it argues there is significant variation in the extent to which Ireland,
Portugal, and Greece have adapted their developmental goals and strategies in
order to address the labour market challenges posed by the post-i ndustrial era.
This book will be of key interest to students and scholars of European politics
and studies, comparative political economy, public policy/policy studies, and
democracy studies.
Kate Nicholls is Senior Lecturer in Social Sciences and Public Policy at AUT
University, New Zealand.
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Greece, Ireland, and Portugal
Before the Eurozone Crisis
Kate Nicholls