.... The significance of the tradition is then examined for (1) debates concerning the relationship between economic and political practice (as discussed by Hannah Arendt and J.G.A. Pocock) and (2) approaches to the history of economic policy. A concluding section summarises the organisation and content of the rest...

... economic policy. This chapter introduces the key aims of the book and the five case studies of actors engaged in making and contesting foreign economic policy in Britain. The cases are: New Labour; International Financial Services, London (IFSL); The Liberal Democrats Oxfam; and The Socialist Workers...

... on the party's foreign economic policy stance and on British political culture more generally. It is also the case that the most relevant documents were published and indeed authored by the party headquarters in Westminster. This chapter shows that the globalisation concept clearly resonated with many...

... Movement Papandreou George unemployment deficit public expenditure Greece Eurozone PASOK George Papandreou Economic policy New Democracy’s electioneering during the campaign was as selective as it was cynical. It portrayed itself as the honest party, omitting any mention of its own enormous...

... Papandreou Memorandum of Understanding Economic policy Debt restructuring In 2010 the Greek government devoted itself to extending the repayment schedule of the first loan made under the terms of the first Memorandum. The Prime Minister put the matter ‘officially on the negotiating table’ at his meeting...

... markets public sector reforms austerity crisis Eurogroup financial markets Financial Times political union stability EU European Union Greece Simitis Costas CDS credit default swaps European Commission tax evasion deficit liquidity public administration recession economic policy...

... organisations public administration nationalism populism Eurozone Greece Economic policy Memorandum IMF Austerity The second Memorandum ¹ was a resounding confirmation that the first Memorandum had failed. Before the designated period of implementation was even over, its targets had proved...

... Dawn protests public administration Samaras Antonis tax evasion Troika unemployment deficit ELA Emergency Liquidity Assistance GDP gross domestic product inequality PASOK Panhellenic Socialist Movement Eurozone Greece Election Economic policy Grexit Samaras The electoral uncertainty...

... Memoranda Portugal reforms unemployment austerity employment fiscal consolidation Greek exit ECB European Central Bank European Commission Financial Times Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung FAZ Troika IMF International Monetary Fund Greece Eurozone Memorandum Economic policy Bruegel IMF Debt...

...Chapter 4 considers economic policy under the premiership of Felipe González. The PSOE's claims to have brought about Spain's modernisation rest upon the economic transformation of the country which took place during this period. Coverage of public spending on the welfare state and infrastructure...

...Chapter 10 examines the question of economic policy under the PSOE between 2004 and 2011. In particular, it considers the degree to which the PSOE government's handling of the economic situation contributed towards the fall in public support for Rodríguez Zapatero and his government. The chapter...

...This chapter notes that New Labour provides an important case study, given that the Labour government was responsible for determining and implementing British foreign economic policy during the period in question. The Labour Party's move to ‘the right’ is one of the most important changes...

...This chapter is concerned with the 1920s, the time of the New Economic Policy (NEP). It deals with the return to private housing, the establishment of an official norm of living space, and the policies of ‘compression’ and ‘self-compression’. The ‘housing revolution’ of War Communism came to an end...

...In the USSR, concerns about security in relation to the economy were institutionalised. With the partial exception of the final years under Mikhail Gorbachev, it was accepted as normal that security considerations exerted a strong influence on economic policy and on the public presentation...

... approaches to social and economic policy formulation. Tensions within the Executive, and between it and the civil service, are examined to assess if these restricted policy formulation. The chapter also demonstrates the Executive's awareness of potential constraints on its ability to implement its programme...

...This chapter looks at economic policy in Northern Ireland in the context of severe economic difficulties experienced by the UK as a whole. It shows how the Labour government sought to shield Northern Ireland from economic realities because of the conflict, increasing public expenditure...

... of the global financial crisis. Cyprus New Democracy PASOK Panhellenic Socialist Movement Structural Funds Italy reforms tax evasion economic policy growth hand outs inequality public administration Sarkozy Nicolas convergence deficit employment investments modernisation patronage protests...

... Papandreou Economic policy In the October 2009 elections PASOK secured a resounding victory over New Democracy. ¹ The result scuppered New Democracy’s plan for an expedient return to power. The result of these elections was instrumental in the admission and revelation of the true scope...

... Union confidence of the markets Germany interest rates Lagarde Chistine loans Sarkozy Nicolas Financial Times Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung FAZ liquidity economic governance Greece Eurozone IMF European Council Debt Economic policy On 15 January 2010, the government published a new...

... that Sinn Féin's opposition to the new economic policy constituted a reactionary rejection of modernisation. Private enterprise was deemed to be preferable to state control, which would be confined to ‘essential industries’, but was subordinated to the overall interests of the state and its citizens...