Greece's New Political Economy

State, Finance, and Growth from Postwar to EMU

George Pagoulatos

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2003
• ISBN:
  9780230504660
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Trade & Tariffs
• Index: Politics & International Relations

Greece's New Political Economy traces the course of Greece from a postwar developmental state to its current participation in the Euro-zone. Taking an innovative comparative approach, George Pagoulatos examines the political economy of financial interventionism and liberalization, banking politics, relations between the government and central bank, the winners and losers of financial reform, the effects of globalization and EMU and the implications of the new economic role of the state. This book will be an indispensable reference work for anyone seeking to understand the Greek political economy in the light of major contemporary debates.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of Figures and Tables
• List of Abbreviations
• Acknowledgements
• 1 Introduction: the Importance of Finance and the Origins of Developmentalism
• 2 Regime Dependencies and the Political Economy of Postwar Economic Policies
• 3 Policy Paradigms, Financial Intervention, and the Limits of Developmentalism
• 4 Crisis and Transition: Regime Change, Democratization, and the Decline of Developmentalism
• 5 Central Bank, Government, and the Politics of Financial Liberalization
• 6 Banks and Socioeconomic Interests: Winners and Losers of Financial Reform
• 7 The New Political Economy of Financial Integration,Globalization, and the EMU
• 8 State, Finance, and Growth: Beyond the New Political Economy
• Appendix 1: Governments and Prime Ministers in Greece,1950–2000
• Appendix 2: Clientelistic Policies of the Currency Committee
• Appendix 3: Financial Liberalization in Greece: Selected Measures
• Notes
• References
• Index