European states are using the example of Greece to justifyunpopular domestic reforms.
Knight, D. M.
(2013).
European states are using the example of Greece to justifyunpopular domestic reforms.
In the second of two articles on the Greek crisis as a ‘trope’, Daniel M. Knight writes that the Greek crisis has become a metaphor which many commentators use as a ‘shock tactic’ to press agendas of reform or austerity across Europe. This rhetoric simplifies the effects and intricacies of the crisis on the ground in Greece and ignores its relationship with past crises in Greek history. The Greek crisis has come
| Item Type | Online resource |
|---|---|
| Copyright holders | © 2013 The Author |
| Departments |
LSE > Academic Departments > European Institute LSE > Research Centres > Hellenic Observatory |
| Date Deposited | 21 Mar 2013 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/49301 |
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