Mediating policy: Greece, Ireland, and Portugal before the Eurozone crisis

1. A tale of three crises : same symptoms, different underpinnings -- 2. Labour market challenges for Greece, Ireland, and Portugal -- 3. Explaining policy divergence -- 4. Ireland -- 5. Greece -- 6. Portugal -- 7. Conclusions and further reflections.

Amongst 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. This 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 i