Austerity and the Third Sector in Greece

Jennifer Clarke is Visiting Research Fellow at the Department of Political Science and International Relations, at the University of the Peloponnese, and Capacity Building Programme Coordinator at the Bodossaki Foundation, Athens. Asteris Huliaras is Professor in Comparative Politics and International Relations in the Department of Political Science and International Relations of the University of the Peloponnese. Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science and Public Administration of the University of Athens.

• Chapter 1: Introduction; Part 1: Between Citizens and the State; Chapter 2: Greek Civil Society; Chapter 3: Social Capital Levels in Greece in Times of Crisis; Chapter 4: Informal Relationships and Structures in Greece and their Effects on Civil Society Formation; Chapter 5: Solidarity and Survival; Chapter 6: Urban Social Movements in Greece; Part 2: Sectoral Analyses of Greek Civil Society; Chapter 7: NGOs and Social Welfare in Greece Reassessed; Chapter 8: When Best is Not Enough; Chapter 9: Towards a Hybrid ‘Shadow State'? The Case of Migrant-/Refugee-Serving NGOs in Greece; Chapter 10: Citizens' Solidarity Initiatives in Greece during the Financial Crisis 1; Part 3: Local Case Studies of Civil Society Development; Chapter 11: NGOs, Minority Politics and Alterity in Pre-Crisis Athens. A Case Study from Gazi and Metaxourgeio 1; Chapter 12: Civil Society Development in Microcosm; Chapter 13: Conclusions

’This book is an interesting and well developed consideration of an aspect of the Greek crisis that has been little studied, civil society, the voluntary sector, and NGO development, with some valuable local case studies.’ James Pettifer, Oxford University, UK ’This is a timely, often very insightful, and highly accessible profile of civil society in Greece's prolonged crisis era. The main contours of civil society are traced, and the impact of the economic crisis on a broad range of sectors is provided. This is an indispensable tool for understanding the impact of the Eurozone crisis on a string of north Mediterranean countries reeling from its effects.’ Tom Gallagher, University of Bradford, UK