Calliope Spanou is Professor of Administrative Science and Public Administration at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. From 2011-2015 she was the Greek Ombudsman and she served as Deputy Ombudsman in 2003-2011. She has extensive experience in administrative reform in Greece and in other countries. She holds a PhD (Doctorat d’Etat) in Political Science and Public Administration from the University of Picardie, France. She has been guest researcher or professor in various academic institutions in Europe, including the Fondation de la Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, Paris France, and the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence, Italy.

• FiguresTablesThe Editor and ContributorsIntroductionCalliope Spanou Part I Looking Back: Shattered Certainties and Resilience1 The Adventure of Globalization and the Greek State in the late 20th and early 21st Centuries Kostas Kostis 2 Anni Horribili: The Years that Changed GreeceGeorge Papaconstantinou 3 The Years that Changed the EU: The Greek Crisis and Euro Area ReformGeorge Papaconstantinou 4 From ‘Black Sheep of the Eurozone’ to ‘European Shield’: Ten Years of Crisis Politics in GreeceLamprini Rori 5 Prime Minister and State-strategy: On the Risks and Value of Simplicity, in Response to Endemic CrisisIoannis A. Tassopoulos 6 Greece and the EU: Official Discourse and Public Opinion in the Aftermath of the CrisisCalliope Spanou Part II Looking Ahead: Opportunities and Challenges7 Public Sector Restructuring and Marketization ReformsManto Lampropoulou 8 Reversing Policy Legacies: The Significance of Administrative ReformsCalliope Spanou9 Attracting FDI in Greece: China’s Growing Footprint since 2009Jens Bastian 10 Reforming to Stay in the Single Market: Product Market Reforms for an Export-oriented EconomyMichael. Mitsopoulos 11 The Divergent Greek Labour MarketsChristos A. Ioannou12 Challenges and Opportunities in a Post-pandemic GreeceJens Bastian

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