From a State-Led Familistic to a Liberal, Partly De-familialized Capitalism: The Difficult Transition of the Greek Model

Karamessini, Maria

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“…This policy reproduced a segmented market model of private economy and small or familistic firms, characterized by low wages, uninsured work and absence of social security contributions. 15 As elsewhere in Europe, in Greece too, the state was expanded considerably in 1945 -55. In the Greek case, expansion was due to the state's dominant role as employer and coordinator of the Marshall Plan funds, and was accompanied by delayed industrialization 16 without any significant developments in the welfare state.…”

Section: The Post-civil War Restructuring and Growthmentioning

confidence: 99%

The State and Modes of Regulation in Greece from the Post-War Period to the 2009 Financial Crisis

Markantonatou¹

2012

Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies

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Mainstream views attribute the causes of the recent crisis in Greece to endogenous factors-for example, profligacy, corruption and rent-seeking-and describe the country as a 'special case'. In contrast to such approaches, this paper discusses the alternating modes of regulation in Greece from the post-war period until the recent crisis and argues that, despite the ruptures, lags and deviations, an alignment with wider international developments emerges. Four phases are distinguished: a post-Civil War period of growth under an authoritarian rule; a short Keynesian period of stagnation; a period of growth and neo-liberalization; and the current crisis. It is also argued that the crisis provided an opportunity to deepen certain neo-liberalization processes across the European Union (EU), further denationalize economic policy and impose fiscal discipline at the expense of the social state, even through constitutionalization. These developments advocate the view that Greece is rather a 'test case' than a 'special case'.

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Section: The Post-civil War Restructuring and Growthmentioning

confidence: 99%

The State and Modes of Regulation in Greece from the Post-War Period to the 2009 Financial Crisis

Markantonatou¹

2012

Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies

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“…Zambarloukou (2006) assigns Greece to the ''State Capitalism" model, whereas Featherstone (2008) critically discusses the relevance of various ideal-types for the case of Greece, and sees the ''Mixed Market Economies" conceptualization as the most relevant one. Finally, Karamessini (2009) offers a detailed historical account of the Greek employment model, including the employment relations system, training system and welfare regime. She employs the term ''liberal de-familiarized capitalism" to characterise the current trajectory, and the changing role of the state in the economy.…”

Section: Global Crisis and Varieties Of Capitalismmentioning

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“…Although since the mid-1990s strike frequency has decreased (Karamessini, 2009), Greece still remains the country with the highest number of general strikes in the EU, attesting to the system's militant nature (Hamann et al, 2013;Lindvall, 2013). This militancy, however, is usually observed in the public sector and in particular segments of the private sector.…”

Section: The Greek Employment Relations Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Additionally, Greece's process of subtle liberalization can be traced back to the early 1990s with the privatization of public sector enterprises and the slimming of the Welfare State. As Karamessini (2009) argued, Greek capitalism was transformed from a ''State-led familistic" capitalist model to a more ''liberal and de-familised" one.…”

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The Transformation of Employment Regulation in Greece: Towards a Dysfunctional Liberal Market Economy?

Kornelakis

Voskeritsian

2014

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Tous droits réservés © Département des relations industrielles de l'Université Laval, 2014Ce document est protégé par la loi sur le droit d'auteur. L'utilisation des services d'Érudit (y compris la reproduction) est assujettie à sa politique d'utilisation que vous pouvez consulter en ligne.https://apropos.erudit.org/fr/usagers/politique-dutilisation/ Cet article est diffusé et préservé par Érudit.Érudit est un consortium interuniversitaire sans but lucratif composé de l'Université de Montréal, l'Université Laval et l'Université du Québec à Montréal. Il a pour mission la promotion et la valorisation de la recherche. Résumé de l'article Depuis l'avènement de la crise de la dette européenne, les conditions de sauvetage financier imposées à la Grèce ont graduellement déplacé leur cible d'un « resserrement » des finances publiques à l' « amélioration de la capacité concurrentielle » de l'économie. Au cours de ce processus, la négociation collective a été ciblée comme domaine de réforme prioritaire, avec pour résultat un démantèlement graduel du système. L'objet principal de cet article est d'analyser les changements survenus dans le cadre institutionnel de la régulation de l'emploi, à partir des éclairages nous provenant de la littérature sur les types de capitalisme. On y argumente que l'injection d'éléments du libre marché dans le système d'emploi de la Grèce s'avère susceptible de transformer le pays en une économie de libre marché dysfonctionnelle.Les changements apportés dans la régulation collective de l'emploi ne tiennent pas compte des spécificités et des particularités du modèle méditerranéen de capitalisme et, ce faisant, risquent de laisser le pays avec le « pire des deux mondes » : une performance économique sous-optimale et une cohésion sociale diluée. L'article est structuré de la façon suivante. D'abord, le débat sur les types de capitalisme est considéré à la lumière de la crise globale. Ensuite, les caractéristiques principales du modèle de relation d'emploi grec sont discutées. Puis, la transformation de la régulation de l'emploi dans la foulée du sauvetage financier est examinée. Enfin, l'évolution vers une économie de libre marché dysfonctionnelle est analysée. La dernière section présente notre conclusion. 344© département des relations industrielles, université laval -issn 0034-379X -ri/ir, 69-2, 2014, 344-365 The Transformation of Employment Regulation in Greece: Towards a Dysfunctional Liberal Market Economy? Andreas Kornelakis and Horen voskeritsianSince the eruption of the European sovereign debt crisis, the bailout conditions imposed on Greece have gradually shifted their emphasis from ''tidying up" public finances towards ''improving the competitiveness" of the economy. The employment relations system has been targeted as one of the priority areas for reform, which resulted in its gradual dismantling. The article analyses this transformation in employment regulation, using insights from the varieties of capitalism literature. It is argued that the ongoing injection of liberal market el...

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“…A house price boom, particularly strong in Spain, has been fuelled in part by the increased availability of credit in the wake of EU internal market reforms but credit for young people still remains restricted in some countries, for example Greece, compared for example to the UK (Mulder and Billari 2006;Karamessini 2009). At the same time deregulation of the housing market has often pushed rents above the affordability line for many young people (Karamessini, this volume; Simonazzi and Villa, this volume).…”

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Shaping the Life Course: A European Perspective

Anxo¹,

Bösch²,

Rubery³

2010

The Welfare State and Life Transitions

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This book investigates the changing patterns and levels of social welfare systems through the lens of key life stage transitions. This provides an insight into the adequacy of welfare systems' response to the changing needs for support at these critical stages of life that shape future life course prospects.The focus on key life stages has three purposes. First it provides a lens through which to analyse a range of different dimensions of social welfare systems. It is at key life stages that social welfare systems are particularly needed to provide support in addition to or instead of employment or the family. These include the key life stages of preparing for and entering work, setting up independent households, surviving interruptions to work, in prime age, whether for parenthood, sickness or unemployment, and withdrawing from work into retirement. The support systems in place at these stages have major impacts in empowering or preventing citizens from fulfilling their potential and their aspirations. These support mechanisms are critical for issues of equity and social inclusion. A focus on key life stages also facilitates an evaluation of how social welfare systems vary in the effectiveness of their support for different groups, defined, for example, by class, gender, age and generation.Second, the key life stage approach can help identify the impact of potentially conflicting pressures for change. These conflicts arise from the short-term pressures to reduce costs or to minimise open unemployment for political reasons, both of which, for different reasons, may jeopardise opportunities to engage in longer-term strategic change. This long-term change is required to keep social welfare systems in step with the major changes actually taking place in the life course, and in the associated behaviour and aspirations of European citizens. The European Employment Strategy (EES) espouses the need for long-term reform to ensure that welfare systems promote an active, and appropriately and flexibly skilled, M2322 -ANXO PRINT.indd 1 28/5/10 14:44:25

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From a State-Led Familistic to a Liberal, Partly De-familialized Capitalism: The Difficult Transition of the Greek Model

Cited by 16 publications

References 10 publications

The State and Modes of Regulation in Greece from the Post-War Period to the 2009 Financial Crisis

The State and Modes of Regulation in Greece from the Post-War Period to the 2009 Financial Crisis

The Transformation of Employment Regulation in Greece: Towards a Dysfunctional Liberal Market Economy?

Shaping the Life Course: A European Perspective

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