Citizens and the Crisis

1. Citizens and the Crisis: Perceptions, Experiences, and Responses to the Great Recession in Nine Democracies
Marco Giugni, Maria T. Grasso

Part I. Citizens, the Crisis, and Institutional Politics

2. Austerity, Politics, and Partisanship in the UK
Luke Temple, Maria T. Grasso

3. Economic Crisis, Populist Attitudes, and the Birth of Podemos in Spain
Eva Anduiza, Marc Guinjoan, Guillem Rico

4. Unfinished Transformation or Neoliberal Economy? Exploring the Legitimisation Divide in Poland
Maria Theiss, Anna Kurowska

Part II. Citizens, the Crisis, and Extra-Institutional Politics

5. A Post-contentious Turning Point for the Contentious French? Crisis Without Protest in France
Didier Chabanet, Manlio Cinalli, Anne Muxel, Steven M. Hauwaert, Thierry Vedel

6. Political Consumerism and Participation in Times of Crisis in Italy
Lorenzo Zamponi, Lorenzo Bosi

7. Experiences of the Economic Crisis: Volunteering in Social Solidarity Networks During the Recession in Greece
Stefania Kalogeraki

Part III. The Social Bases of the Crisis

8. An Island of Bliss—For Everyone? Perceptions and Experiences of the Crisis Across Social Classes in Germany
Johannes Kiess, Christian Lahusen

9. The Silent Crisis: Perceptions and Experiences of the Economic Crisis in Switzerland
Marco Giugni, Maria M. Mexi

10. Critical Men? Perceptions of Crisis Without Crisis in Sweden
Katrin Uba

11. Citizens and the Crisis: The Great Recession as Constraint and Opportunity
Marco Giugni, Maria T. Grasso

Keywords: Political Science and International Relations, European Politics, Comparative Politics, Political Sociology