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National Fiscal Profligacy and European Institutional Adolescence: The Greek Trigger to Europe's Sovereign Debt Crisis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 October 2012

Nikolaos Zahariadis
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Abstract

This article sheds light on the Greek trigger of the eurozone's fiscal crisis. Using Ostrom's institutional theory of collective action it argues that Europe's predicament is rooted in the failings of political leadership and institutional design at both the European Union and Greek levels. The findings have implications for Ostrom's framework, Europeanization and the future of European integration.

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Government and Opposition , Volume 48 , Issue 1 , January 2013 , pp. 33 - 54
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Copyright © Government and Opposition Ltd 2012

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Nikolaos Zahariadis is Professor of Political Science at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Contact email: [email protected].

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