Syriza Wave
surging and crashing with the greek left
$60.10
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
4 January 2017
Summary
Utterly corrupt corporate and government elites bankrupted Greece twice over. First, by profligate deficit spending benefitting only themselves; second, by agreeing to an IMF bailout of the Greek economy, devastating ordinary Greek citizens who were already enduring government-induced poverty, unemployment, and hunger. Finally, in response to dire austerity measures, the people of Greece stood up, forming, from their own historic roots of resistance, Syriza the Coalition of the Radical Left. …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781583676257 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1583676252 |
| Author: | Helena Sheehan |
| Publisher: | Monthly Review Press,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Monthly Review Press,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 4 January 2017 |
| Weight: | 272g |
| Dimensions: | 208mm x 137mm x 15mm |
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Critics Review
Deeply grounded in philosophy and Marxist theory, Sheehan shows in plain language that the leadership of SYRIZA proved vacuous in theory and opportunist in practice. Her intellectual and political honesty will be a benchmark in the debate in the coming years. -Costas Lapavitsas, Professor of Economics at University of London, Syriza MP from January to August 2015”
About The Author
Helena Sheehan
Helena Sheehan is professor emerita at Dublin City University, where she taught history of ideas and media studies. She is also the author of several books, including Marxism and the Philosophy of Science: A Critical History and Irish Television Drama: A Society and Its Stories, as well as magazine articles on politics, culture, and philosophy.
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