Valur Ingimundarson is Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Iceland and the Chair of the Board of the EDDA – Center of Excellence. Philippe Urfalino is Senior Researcher at the French Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and Professor at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), France. Irma Erlingsdóttir is Associate Professor of French Contemporary Literature at the University of Iceland and Director of EDDA – Center of Excellence; the United Nations University Gender Equality Studies and Training Programme (UNU-GEST); and Institute for Gender, Equality and Difference (RIKK), University of Iceland.

This volume will be useful for anyone interested in delving further into the case of the financial crisis in Iceland. Its range of contributions provide interdisciplinary depth, inviting readers from various disciplines to consider the crisis from angles that might extend beyond familiar terrain.Reviewed by Alyssa Maraj Grahame, Bowdoin Collegeeuropenowjournal

• IntroductionValur Ingimundarson, Philippe Urfalino, and Irma Erlingsdóttir Part IThe Road to Economic Disaster 1. Iceland’s Financial Crisis: An Economic Perspective Gylfi Zoega2. The Rise and Fall of a Financial Empire: Looking at the Banking Collapse from the Inside Out Gudrun Johnsen3. The Political Economy of Iceland’s Boom and BustStefán ÓlafssonPart II The Political and Societal Responses to the Crisis 4. Political Opportunity, Framing, and Mobilization in Iceland’s Post-Crash ProtestsJón Gunnar Bernburg and Anna Soffía Víkingsdóttir5. Contentious Politics, Political Expediency, and the Real Costs of the Icesave DebtHelga Kristín Hallgrímsdóttir and Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly6. Democratic Practices, Governance, and the Financial CrashVilhjálmur Árnason7. The Politics of Transition, Memory, and Justice: Assigning Blame for the CrisisValur Ingimundarson8. The Strategy of Redistribution: Iceland’s Way Out of the CrisisStefán ÓlafssonPart IIIThe Politics of Iceland’s Constitutional Reform 9. Icelandic Constitution-Making in Comparative PerspectiveJon Elster 10. Constitution on IceThorvaldur Gylfason11. Constitutional Revision: A Weak Legislative Framework Compounded by Political DisputesSalvör Nordal12. Constituent Power and Authorization: Anatomy and Failure of a Constitution-Making ProcessPasquale Pasquino13. The Constitutional Council: Objectives and Shortcomings of an Innovative ProcessBjörg Thorarensen14. The Constituent Assembly: A Study in FailureJón Ólafsson

Valur Ingimundarson is Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Iceland and the Chair of the Board of the EDDA – Center of Excellence. Philippe Urfalino is Senior Researcher at the French Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and Professor at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), France. Irma Erlingsdóttir is Associate Professor of French Contemporary Literature at the University of Iceland and Director of EDDA – Center of Excellence; the United Nations University Gender Equality Studies and Training Programme (UNU-GEST); and Institute for Gender, Equality and Difference (RIKK), University of Iceland.

This volume will be useful for anyone interested in delving further into the case of the financial crisis in Iceland. Its range of contributions provide interdisciplinary depth, inviting readers from various disciplines to consider the crisis from angles that might extend beyond familiar terrain.Reviewed by Alyssa Maraj Grahame, Bowdoin Collegeeuropenowjournal

• IntroductionValur Ingimundarson, Philippe Urfalino, and Irma Erlingsdóttir Part IThe Road to Economic Disaster 1. Iceland’s Financial Crisis: An Economic Perspective Gylfi Zoega2. The Rise and Fall of a Financial Empire: Looking at the Banking Collapse from the Inside Out Gudrun Johnsen3. The Political Economy of Iceland’s Boom and BustStefán ÓlafssonPart II The Political and Societal Responses to the Crisis 4. Political Opportunity, Framing, and Mobilization in Iceland’s Post-Crash ProtestsJón Gunnar Bernburg and Anna Soffía Víkingsdóttir5. Contentious Politics, Political Expediency, and the Real Costs of the Icesave DebtHelga Kristín Hallgrímsdóttir and Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly6. Democratic Practices, Governance, and the Financial CrashVilhjálmur Árnason7. The Politics of Transition, Memory, and Justice: Assigning Blame for the CrisisValur Ingimundarson8. The Strategy of Redistribution: Iceland’s Way Out of the CrisisStefán ÓlafssonPart IIIThe Politics of Iceland’s Constitutional Reform 9. Icelandic Constitution-Making in Comparative PerspectiveJon Elster 10. Constitution on IceThorvaldur Gylfason11. Constitutional Revision: A Weak Legislative Framework Compounded by Political DisputesSalvör Nordal12. Constituent Power and Authorization: Anatomy and Failure of a Constitution-Making ProcessPasquale Pasquino13. The Constitutional Council: Objectives and Shortcomings of an Innovative ProcessBjörg Thorarensen14. The Constituent Assembly: A Study in FailureJón Ólafsson