...Constantine P. Danopoulos; Boris Znidaric Constantine P. Danopoulos is professor of political science at San Jose State University. Boris Znidaric is lecturer on security and insurance at the University of Maribov, Slovenia. Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2007 Informal Economy, Tax...

.... Choupis: The Crisis in the Greek Economy and Its National Implications  77 The Crisis in the Greek Economy and Its National Implications Michail Choupis As Greek crises go, the current one in the economy is neither new nor uncom- mon. However...

...Mohamed El-Khawas Gregory White: A Comparative Political Economy of Tunisia and Morocco: On the Outside of Europe Looking In . New York: State University of New York Press, 2001. 252 pages. ISBN 0-7914-5028-7. $20.95. Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2002 Mohamed El-Khawas is professor...

...Hayat Alvi Ali Carkoglu, Mine Eder, and Kemal Kirisci: The Political Economy of Regional Cooperation in the Middle East. New York: Routledge, 1998. 232 pages. ISBN 0-415-19445-8. $100. Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2000 Hayat Alvi is a doctoral candidate in political science...

... Political Science Association, San Francisco, April 2010. Copyright 2012 by Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2012 Determinants of Political Confidence in a Time of Political Realignment: Religion, Economy, and Politics in Turkey...

... increased internationalization of their economies? Liberal economic theory suggests that pressures caused by the internationalization of an economy widely affect preferences, institutions, and policies. This essay examines whether smallholder coffee farmers have wanted or been able to benefit from free...

...George C. Georgiou This essay analyzes Cyprus's financial crisis and its potential threat to the eurozone. The focus is on the economic consequences of the terms of the bailout agreement dictated by the Troika or Eurogroup for the Cyprus economy as well as its significance for any future bailouts...

...Sebastián Royo Is globalization forcing economies that are not coordinated market economies, such as Spain's, to converge on a British-American model? This essay seeks to build on the hypotheses generated by the literature on varieties of capitalism to analyze the challenges of developing...

... on US financial excesses and felt that their economies would remain immune from the contagion. However, this proved to be a false comfort. The subprime-induced contagion spread to Europe with unprecedented ferocity, rapidly engulfing the entire continent. This essay explains why Russia, deemed...

... of the international community triggered the rise of radical Islamic actors. This result was not simply a product of diplomatic incompetence but an indirect result of the foreign community’s different perspectives and aims during the crisis. This essay attempts to draw conclusions from the political economy...

...Konstantinos S. Skandalis Entrepreneurship represents a very important element in the sustainable development of a country’s economy and becomes more complex when viewed from the angle of migration, which affects nearly all countries whether they are a place of origin, transit, destination...

... Abidine Ben Ali’s regime, new political parties were established and free and fair multiparty elections were held, a giant step forward in the march toward democracy. The economy continues to be a deep source of discontent, however. Youth blame the government’s inaction for continued unemployment...

..., such as the shift of global power to the Pacific, the revival of the US economy, and security challenges such as energy security and cyber defense. Magnus Nordenman is managing editor of the Mediterranean Quarterly and deputy director of the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security at the Atlantic...

...Richard L. Jackson Conflicting narratives of Greece in 2015 portrayed it as victim of German greed and its export-driven economy and as villain for borrowing $273 billion it could never hope to repay. Both have truth, but the confrontation in Brussels between debtor and creditors was long in coming...

...Philip Giurlando The adoption of the euro was a significant event for Italy. There were expectations that the currency would transform the country's political economy, but this did not transpire. This, coupled with the belief that the euro “doubled” prices across the country, led to a widespread...

... be significant for the Cypriot economy, amounting to approximately 2 percent of its gross domestic product, but these direct benefits will materialize gradually over a period of fifteen years and will not be available in time to influence the ongoing talks for the resolution of the Cyprus question. Gas...

.... It has been struggling to deal with an ailing economy and deteriorating security. Although the goal is to transfer power to a democratically elected government, building an infrastructure for sustainable democratic institutions has been slow, messy, and difficult. Youth are disappointed in the outcome...

... to emerging threats to financial stability, and warns that no economy is too small to have huge implications for broader economic stability. The author offers concrete recommendations for a new, transparent, and global financial architecture. Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2010 George A. Papandreou...

... of the major emerging national economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) and Greece since the end of the Cold War. It focuses on Greece’s relations with Russia and China and the reasons behind Greece’s foreign policy change toward establishing deeper relations with them and the role...

... Before the Horse? Kevin K. Frank Extricating countries from poverty and lifting them into the international economy is an obvious goal of the international community. Nations that are self-sustaining and a functioning part of the international system do not drain...