Stalled Europeanization in Post-Sovereignty EU? Greek Politics in Hard Times

Abstract

This paper focuses on stalled Europeanization as a field of practices, institutions and discourse connected with a process of ambivalent reform. The absence of a consensual national strategy of adaptation to a particularly challenging environment, i.e., participation in the eurozone, produced dramatic consequences when confronted with the financial crisis after 2009. It is argued that the country’s sluggish Europeanization reached a critical turning point in 2009 when the urgency of the crisis brought to the fore a number of issues and vulnerabilities.

Keywords

Ambivalent Reform, Stalled Europeanization, Policy Resistant Context

Citation

Lavdas, Kostas A., “Stalled Europeanization in Post-Sovereignty EU? Greek Politics in Hard Times”, Uluslararasi İliskiler, Vol. 15, No. 58, 2018, pp. 35-46, DOI: 10.33458/uidergisi.518195

Affiliations

• Kostas A. LAVDAS, Professor, Department of International, European and Regional Studies, Panteion University, Athens, Greece