Overview
- Comparatively investigates citizens’ political responses to the European economic crisis
- Analyses perceptions, experiences and responses across different sectors of society
- Uses insights and research methods from both political science and sociology
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology (PSEPS)
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This volume presents evidence-based research on citizens’ experiences and reactions to the Great Recession in Europe. How did European citizen experience and react to the crisis? How are the experiences of crisis and political responses socially differentiated? Are some social classes and more deprived groups particularly hard hit? How did the crisis impact on political choices? What types of political action did citizens engage in and why? What were the drivers of populist attitudes and protest participation? This country-based book explores these important dynamics as expressed in diverse national contexts, namely France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and UK. Each chapter focuses on one of these countries and employs data from the same survey fielded in 2015. This volume is of particular relevance for scholars, students, and practitioners interested in political sociology, comparative politics and European politics.
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Keywords
- Economic recession
- Great Recession in Europe
- European political sociology
- political action in Europe
- comparative European politics
- citizen reactions to Eurocrisis
- institutional politics
- populist attitudes in Europe
- Eurocrisis reactions in France
- Eurocrisis reactions in Greece
- Eurocrisis reactions in Spain
- Eurocrisis reactions in Italy
- Eurocrisis reactions in Greece
- Eurocrisis reactions in Germany
- Eurocrisis reactions in Switzerland
- Eurocrisis reactions in Sweden
- political consumerism
- economic politics
Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Citizens, the Crisis, and Institutional Politics
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Citizens, the Crisis, and Extra-Institutional Politics
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The Social Bases of the Crisis
Reviews
“Based on an original and extensive survey carried out in nine countries in 2015, this collection of carefully crafted country studies explores the impact on the Great Recession on the livedexperience as well as political attitudes and behavior of European citizens. Relative to existing literature on this topic, the volume is distinguished by its attention to the private sphere as well as the public sphere and by its attention to different forms of political participation. It is also distinguished by its attention to the specificities of each national context. By shedding light on important changes in citizens’ perceptions, attitudes and behavior, the volume contributes to our understanding of how the Great Recession prepared the ground for recent changes in the dynamics of national politics across Europe.” (Professor Jonas Pontusson, University of Geneva, Switzerland)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Marco Giugni is Professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations and Director of the Institute of Citizenship Studies (InCite) at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. His research interests focus on social movements and protests, social exclusion and the participation of disadvantaged and discriminated groups, such as the unemployed and immigrants.
Maria T. Grasso is Professor at the Department of Politics, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom. She is the author of Generations, Political Participation and Social Change in Western Europe (2016) and co-editor of Austerity and Protest: Popular Contention in Times of Economic Crisis (with M. Giugni, 2015). Her research focuses on political sociology and political engagement.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Citizens and the Crisis
Book Subtitle: Experiences, Perceptions, and Responses to the Great Recession in Europe
Editors: Marco Giugni, Maria T. Grasso
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68960-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-68959-3Published: 01 February 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88691-6Published: 06 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-68960-9Published: 24 January 2018
Series ISSN: 2946-6016
Series E-ISSN: 2946-6024
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 304
Number of Illustrations: 29 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: European Politics, Comparative Politics, Political Sociology