{"product_id":"mediating-policy-kate-nicholls-9781138794047","title":"Mediating Policy: Greece, Ireland, and Portugal Before the Eurozone Crisis","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmongst the most serious consequences of the 2008 global financial collapse and sovereign debt crisis were a series of unprecedented international bailouts for Greece, Ireland, and Portugal between 2010 and 2011. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book analyses the development policies of Greece, Ireland, and Portugal between 1990 and 2008, before the Eurozone crisis. It identifies national-level differences between the policy strategies and outcomes that have characterized recent developments in the Greek, Irish, and Portuguese political economies. In addition, it provides an explanation for these differences that takes into account variations in political institutions and state-society relations. In doing so, it locates an explanation for policy divergence in the presence or absence of the policy-making institutions and processes that make up a 'zone of mediation'. Overall, it argues there is significant variation in the extent to which Ireland, Portugal and Greece have adapted their developmental goals and strategies in order to address the labour market challenges posed by the post-industrial era. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will be of key interest to students and scholars of European politics and studies, comparative political economy, public policy\/policy studies, and democracy studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kate Nicholls\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 113879404X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138794047\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/06\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.80d","brand":"Kate Nicholls","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065367933183,"sku":"9781138794047","price":220.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f01f0c54-99a6-4eaa-8bae-049e717acaa0.jpg?v=1768674737","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mediating-policy-kate-nicholls-9781138794047","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}