Experiments with austerity and anti-poverty policies in Greece
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Speaker
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Vassilis Arapoglou
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology,University of Crete; Visiting Senior Fellow, Hellenic Observatory, LSE
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Chair
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Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis
Associate Professor in the Political Economy of South East Europe, LSE
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Date
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Tuesday, 8 March 2016
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Venue
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Cañada Blanch Room, COW 1.11, 1st floor, Cowdray House
European Institute, LSE
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Time
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18:00-19:30
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Abstract
This presentation aimed to reflect on the social consequences of austerity policies in Greece, how the issues of poverty, social exclusion and the humanitarian crisis have been treated in the recent negotiations with its lenders, and how more broadly they relate to debates and experimentations with social inclusion policies in Europe. Some evidence from recent research was used to substantiate the failure of the EU2020 poverty targets as a result of both internationally imposed economic adjustment policies and the incapacity to address long standing deficiencies of the Greek welfare system. Civil society and solidarity organizations were discussed as potential agents for social policy transformation and for the orchestration of alternatives to neoliberalization strategies.
Biography
Vassilis Arapoglou, initially trained as an economist, obtained his M.Sc. in European social policy, and PhD in human geography from the London School of Economics. He is assistant professor in social inequalities and social exclusion at the department of sociology of the University of Crete and tutor at the Greek Open University. His research concentrates on the critical analysis of urban social problems and policies, poverty, immigration, and forms of belonging. He is editor of European Urban and Regional Studies.
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