The Politics of Crime and the Financial Crisis in Greece

Sappho Xenakis (1) , L.K. Cheliotis (2)

1 CESDIP - Centre de recherches sociologiques sur le droit et les institutions pénales
2 Centre for Criminal Justice at Queen Mary

The exasperation of the domestic public has placed significant pressure on Greek politicians to put a halt to treating elite corruption with impunity. Unfortunately this has been pressure which they have proved overwhelmingly able to resist, notwithstanding the indictment of a former Minister of Defence in 2012. As a result the blame has fallen elsewhere.

Domaines: Sociologie

Sappho Xenakis, L.K. Cheliotis. The Politics of Crime and the Financial Crisis in Greece. OpenDemocracy, 2012, 2, http://www.opendemocracy.net/sappho-xenakis-leonidas-kcheliotis/politics-of-crime-and-financial-cris. ⟨hal-00744602⟩