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