Panagiotis Sotiris, received his Ph.D. from Panteion University Athens. He has taught social and political theory and philosophy at the University of Crete, Panteion University, the University of the Aegean, and the University of Athens. He has written extensively on Marxist theory and social and political developments in Greece. His book A philosophy for Communism. Rethinking Althusser is forthcoming with Brill in the Historical Materialism Book series.

“[This] collection offers some very interesting insights and, for those wishing to know more about the history of the Greek crisis and the role that left-wing politics played in it, it is a good place to start.”—Loudovikos Kotsonopoulos, Journal of Modern Greek Studies

• List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction Panagiotis Sotiris1 The Greek Crisis: Causes and Alternative Strategies Stavros Mavroudeas2 Imperialist Exploitation and Crisis of the Greek Economy: A Study George Economakis, Maria Markaki, George Androulakis and Alexios Anastasiadis3 The Class Dimension of the Greek Public Debt Crisis Ioannis Zisimopoulos and George Economakis4 Consolidation of Autocratic Rule in the EU and Opposition: The Parallel Processes of the Troika's Emergence and the Economic Governance Reforms and How They Could be Overthrown Yiorgos Vassalos5 Labour under Attack during the Period of Crisis and Austerity Giannis Kouzis6 "First Comes Indignation, Then Rebellion, Then We Shall See": Political Crisis, Popular Perception of Politics and Consciousness Transformation amid the Rebellious Cycle of 2010-11 in Greece Eirini Gaitanou7 Reshaping Political Cultures: The &'Squares Movement' and Its Impact Angelos Kontogiannis-Mandros8 Political Crisis, Crisis of Hegemony and the Rise of Golden Dawn Despina Paraskeva-Veloudogianni9 The Crisis and the Strategy of the Greek Ruling Class Spyros Sakellaropoulos10 From Resistance to Transitional Programme: The Strange Rise of the Radical Left in Greece Christos Laskos and Euclid Tsakalotos11 In Search of the Modern Prince: A Critical Absence Reconfirmed through the Greek Experience Alexandros Chrysis12 From Resistance to Hegemony: The Struggle against Austerity and the Need for a New Historical Bloc Panagiotis SotirisIndex

Panagiotis Sotiris, received his Ph.D. from Panteion University Athens. He has taught social and political theory and philosophy at the University of Crete, Panteion University, the University of the Aegean, and the University of Athens. He has written extensively on Marxist theory and social and political developments in Greece. His book A philosophy for Communism. Rethinking Althusser is forthcoming with Brill in the Historical Materialism Book series.

“[This] collection offers some very interesting insights and, for those wishing to know more about the history of the Greek crisis and the role that left-wing politics played in it, it is a good place to start.”—Loudovikos Kotsonopoulos, Journal of Modern Greek Studies

• List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction Panagiotis Sotiris1 The Greek Crisis: Causes and Alternative Strategies Stavros Mavroudeas2 Imperialist Exploitation and Crisis of the Greek Economy: A Study George Economakis, Maria Markaki, George Androulakis and Alexios Anastasiadis3 The Class Dimension of the Greek Public Debt Crisis Ioannis Zisimopoulos and George Economakis4 Consolidation of Autocratic Rule in the EU and Opposition: The Parallel Processes of the Troika's Emergence and the Economic Governance Reforms and How They Could be Overthrown Yiorgos Vassalos5 Labour under Attack during the Period of Crisis and Austerity Giannis Kouzis6 "First Comes Indignation, Then Rebellion, Then We Shall See": Political Crisis, Popular Perception of Politics and Consciousness Transformation amid the Rebellious Cycle of 2010-11 in Greece Eirini Gaitanou7 Reshaping Political Cultures: The &'Squares Movement' and Its Impact Angelos Kontogiannis-Mandros8 Political Crisis, Crisis of Hegemony and the Rise of Golden Dawn Despina Paraskeva-Veloudogianni9 The Crisis and the Strategy of the Greek Ruling Class Spyros Sakellaropoulos10 From Resistance to Transitional Programme: The Strange Rise of the Radical Left in Greece Christos Laskos and Euclid Tsakalotos11 In Search of the Modern Prince: A Critical Absence Reconfirmed through the Greek Experience Alexandros Chrysis12 From Resistance to Hegemony: The Struggle against Austerity and the Need for a New Historical Bloc Panagiotis SotirisIndex

Panagiotis Sotiris, received his Ph.D. from Panteion University Athens. He has taught social and political theory and philosophy at the University of Crete, Panteion University, the University of the Aegean, and the University of Athens. He has written extensively on Marxist theory and social and political developments in Greece. His book A philosophy for Communism. Rethinking Althusser is forthcoming with Brill in the Historical Materialism Book series.

“[This] collection offers some very interesting insights and, for those wishing to know more about the history of the Greek crisis and the role that left-wing politics played in it, it is a good place to start.”—Loudovikos Kotsonopoulos, Journal of Modern Greek Studies

• List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction Panagiotis Sotiris1 The Greek Crisis: Causes and Alternative Strategies Stavros Mavroudeas2 Imperialist Exploitation and Crisis of the Greek Economy: A Study George Economakis, Maria Markaki, George Androulakis and Alexios Anastasiadis3 The Class Dimension of the Greek Public Debt Crisis Ioannis Zisimopoulos and George Economakis4 Consolidation of Autocratic Rule in the EU and Opposition: The Parallel Processes of the Troika's Emergence and the Economic Governance Reforms and How They Could be Overthrown Yiorgos Vassalos5 Labour under Attack during the Period of Crisis and Austerity Giannis Kouzis6 "First Comes Indignation, Then Rebellion, Then We Shall See": Political Crisis, Popular Perception of Politics and Consciousness Transformation amid the Rebellious Cycle of 2010-11 in Greece Eirini Gaitanou7 Reshaping Political Cultures: The &'Squares Movement' and Its Impact Angelos Kontogiannis-Mandros8 Political Crisis, Crisis of Hegemony and the Rise of Golden Dawn Despina Paraskeva-Veloudogianni9 The Crisis and the Strategy of the Greek Ruling Class Spyros Sakellaropoulos10 From Resistance to Transitional Programme: The Strange Rise of the Radical Left in Greece Christos Laskos and Euclid Tsakalotos11 In Search of the Modern Prince: A Critical Absence Reconfirmed through the Greek Experience Alexandros Chrysis12 From Resistance to Hegemony: The Struggle against Austerity and the Need for a New Historical Bloc Panagiotis SotirisIndex