Crisis, Movement, Strategy: The Greek Experience

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.

• List of Figures and TablesNotes on ContributorsIntroductionPanagiotis Sotiris1 The Greek Crisis: Causes and Alternative StrategiesStavros Mavroudeas2 Imperialist Exploitation and Crisis of the Greek Economy: A StudyGeorge Economakis, Maria Markaki, George Androulakis and Alexios Anastasiadis3 The Class Dimension of the Greek Public Debt CrisisIoannis 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 OverthrownYiorgos Vassalos5 Labour under Attack during the Period of Crisis and AusterityGiannis 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 GreeceEirini Gaitanou7 Reshaping Political Cultures: The ‘Squares Movement’ and Its ImpactAngelos Kontogiannis-Mandros8 Political Crisis, Crisis of Hegemony and the Rise of Golden DawnDespina Paraskeva-Veloudogianni9 The Crisis and the Strategy of the Greek Ruling ClassSpyros Sakellaropoulos10 From Resistance to Transitional Programme: The Strange Rise of the Radical Left in GreeceChristos Laskos and Euclid Tsakalotos11 In Search of the Modern Prince: A Critical Absence Reconfirmed through the Greek ExperienceAlexandros Chrysis12 From Resistance to Hegemony: The Struggle against Austerity and the Need for a New Historical BlocPanagiotis SotirisIndex