The Eurotower Strikes Back: Crises, Adjustments, and Europe’s Austerity Protests

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 939-967

  Genovese, Federica ^a   Schneider, Gerald ^b   Wassmann, Pia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

economic policy; EU politics; European Central Bank; financial crisis; political economy; social movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 84965139030     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414015626444     Document Type: Article

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