Examining sustainable politics and the Eurozone's financial crisis – new book

Jan. 16, 2012 - PRLog -- United Kingdom, January 2012 - In the final months of a turbulent 2011, violent clashes on the streets of Athens and tough new austerity measures being announced in Dublin dominated the headlines, as people continued to protest against the measures being enforced in this tough economic climate.   In a new volume of Advances in Ecopolitics, published by Emerald Group Publishing Limited, environmentalists examine the issues of governance and politics within Greece and Ireland, and ask, what is the future of sustainable politics in these two European states?

Containing specific chapters devoted to each of the two countries, Sustainable Politics and the Crisis of the Peripheries: Ireland and Greece, edited by Liam Leonard and Iosif Botetzagias, focuses on the issues of governance, sustainable politics and environmental policies, within the context of accelerated growth and the subsequent economic downturn.  Offering policy implications that can usefully expand discussions of the future for sustainable politics in the peripheral states of Europe, this book aims to facilitate the debate on environmentalism, and is essential reading for both practitioners and researchers in the field.

Editor of the Book Series, and co-editor of Crisis of the Peripheries, Liam Leonard explains, “The fiscal crisis facing the Eurozone has its roots in a variety of policies and cultural mores which have shaped the politics of the peripheral member states of the European Union. The events of 2011 have further hampered hopes of a recovery in the Eurozone, as successive interventions from the core have failed to stem the contagion effect”.

With chapters from both Irish and Greek writers including editors Liam Leonard and Iosif Botetzagias, and contributions from noted commentators such as Constantin Gurdgiev, Peadar Kirby, Kieran Allen and Charlampos Koutalakis, Crisis of the Peripheries explores relevant issues such as the policy frameworks, economic histories, social impacts and the sustainability of politics in the peripheries. Essentially, the book examines the background to and subsequent impacts of the economic crash, contagion and the sovereign debt crisis that has overshadowed the Eurozone since 2008.

As these two ancient cultures come to terms with the 'crisis of the peripheries' in their own separate ways, this book provides the reader with an insight into these pivotal political events and social impacts from the perspective of writers from both nations. As such, Sustainable Politics and the Crisis of the Peripheries: Ireland & Greece makes a significant contribution to understanding these contemporary events.

Sustainable Politics and the Crisis of the Peripheries: Ireland and Greece is published as Volume 8 of the Advances in Ecopolitics book series.  The series provides insights into real alternatives to the current economic malaise, with an examination of key themes such as transition towns, sustainable utopias, co-operative farming, sustainability and activism, green protectionism, politics and green economics.  It is available from all usual online book retailers, as well as the Emerald Bookstore: http://books.emeraldinsight.com/

ISBN: 9780857247612; ISSN: 2041-806X; Format: Hardback, 237pp; Publication date: 22 November 2011; Price: £62.95/ €89.95/ $114.95

For more information, interviews or review copies, contact Sarah Baxter, Development Editor at Emerald Group Publishing, sbaxter@emeraldinsight.com, or the editor, Dr. Liam Leonard, IT Sligo, Ireland, liam_leonard@yahoo.com.

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