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This book explores how countries responded to the 2008 economic recession and explains the variations in policies of accountability. By comparing five case studies, it considers why some sought to hold those responsible accountable while others did not and whether certain methods were more effective than others.
List of contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Accountability after Economic Crisis
- Part I. Retribution
- 2: Economic Crisis and Punishment
- 3: Iceland: Dead Banks and the Quest for Accountability
- 4: Cyprus: Zombie Banks Walking
- 5: Comparative Perspectives of Post-Crisis Retributive Justice
- Part II. Truth Recovery
- 6: (Un)settling Accounts after Crisis: Truth, Learning, and Accountability
- 7: The Truth Shall Set You Free: Iceland and the United States
- 8: Shading the Truth: Paths to Failure in Greece and Cyprus
- Part III. Apologies
- 9: Who's Sorry Now?
- 10: Explaining Apologies in Post-Crisis Europe
- Part IV. Impacts
- 11: Looking Backward or Moving Forward?: Assessing the Impact of Accountability after Economic Crisis
- 12: Five Lessons for Post-Crisis Accountability
- Appendix 1: Full list of participants interviewed
- Appendix 2: Repository of Bank Executives' Prosecutions (2008-2018)
- Appendix 3: List of Apologies in Selected European Countries after the Crisis
- Appendix 4: Pre-crisis repertoires of blame managment in Ireland and Greece
- Appendix 5: Full Questions Options (Survey Iceland)
- Appendix 6: Full Multinomial Logistic Regression Model
- Appendix 7: Average Marginal Component Effects (AMCE)
- Appendix 8: Full Conjoint Dimensions
- References
- Index
About the author
Iosif Kovras is an Associate Professor in the Department of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Cyprus. His research interests include comparative politics, post-conflict transitional justice, and human rights. His work has been published in
Comparative Political Studies,
West European Politics,
Comparative Politics,
Political Psychology,
European Journal of International Relations,
Nations and Nationalism, and
Cooperation and Conflict, among others. He is the author of
Grassroots Activism and the Evolution of Transitional Justice (CUP, 2017), which received Honorable Mention in the International Studies Association book award.
Summary
This book explores how countries responded to the 2008 economic recession and explains the variations in policies of accountability. By comparing five case studies, it considers why some sought to hold those responsible accountable while others did not and whether certain methods were more effective than others.
