Southern Europe and the Financial Earthquake

Amidst the growing literature on the economic crisis, this volume offers an important perspective so far lacking: an exclusive focus on the crucial region of Southern Europe. Covering the decisive first phase of the crisis, it provides a comparative study of the initial impact of the 2008 Lehman Brothers’ collapse and varying policy responses in seven South European countries both inside and outside the eurozone._x005F_x000D_ This book was published in 2009 as a special issue of South European Society and Politics.