Citizens and the Crisis: Experiences, Perceptions, and Responses to the Great Recession in Europe

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This volume presents evidence-based research on citizens’ experiences and reactions to the Great Recession in Europe. How did European citizen experience and react to the crisis? How are the experiences of crisis and political responses socially differentiated? Are some social classes and more deprived groups particularly hard hit? How did the crisis impact on political choices? What types of political action did citizens engage in and why? What were the drivers of populist attitudes and protest participation? This country-based book explores these important dynamics as expressed in diverse national contexts, namely France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and UK. Each chapter focuses on one of these countries and employs data from the same survey fielded in 2015. This volume is of particular relevance for scholars, students, and practitioners interested in political sociology, comparative politics and European politics. Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii Citizens and the Crisis: Perceptions, Experiences, and Responses to the Great Recession in Nine Democracies (Marco Giugni, Maria T. Grasso)....Pages 1-25 Front Matter ....Pages 27-27 Austerity, Politics, and Partisanship in the UK (Luke Temple, Maria T. Grasso)....Pages 29-60 Economic Crisis, Populist Attitudes, and the Birth of Podemos in Spain (Eva Anduiza, Marc Guinjoan, Guillem Rico)....Pages 61-81 Unfinished Transformation or Neoliberal Economy? Exploring the Legitimisation Divide in Poland (Maria Theiss, Anna Kurowska)....Pages 83-112 Front Matter ....Pages 113-113 A Post-contentious Turning Point for the Contentious French? Crisis Without Protest in France (Didier Chabanet, Manlio Cinalli, Anne Muxel, Steven M. Van Hauwaert, Thierry Vedel)....Pages 115-139 Political Consumerism and Participation in Times of Crisis in Italy (Lorenzo Zamponi, Lorenzo Bosi)....Pages 141-163 Experiences of the Economic Crisis: Volunteering in Social Solidarity Networks During the Recession in Greece (Stefania Kalogeraki)....Pages 165-186 Front Matter ....Pages 187-187 An Island of Bliss—For Everyone? Perceptions and Experiences of the Crisis Across Social Classes in Germany (Johannes Kiess, Christian Lahusen)....Pages 189-214 The Silent Crisis: Perceptions and Experiences of the Economic Crisis in Switzerland (Marco Giugni, Maria M. Mexi)....Pages 215-238 Critical Men? Perceptions of Crisis Without Crisis in Sweden (Katrin Uba)....Pages 239-260 Citizens and the Crisis: The Great Recession as Constraint and Opportunity (Marco Giugni, Maria T. Grasso)....Pages 261-278 Back Matter ....Pages 279-304