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Collective Remembrance and Private Choice: German–Greek Conflict and Behavior in Times of Crisis / Fouka, Vasiliki; Voth, Hans-Joachim

FOUKA, VASILIKI	Journal Article
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When does collective memory influence behavior? We highlight two conditions under which the memory of past events comes to matter for the present: the associative nature of memory and institutionalized acts of commemoration by the state. During World War II, German troops occupying Greece perpetrated numerous massacres. Memories of those events resurfaced during the 2009 Greek debt crisis, leading to a drop in German car sales in Greece, especially in areas affected by German reprisals. Differential economic performance did not drive this divergence. Multiple pieces of evidence suggest that current events reactivated past memories, creating a backlash against Germany. This backlash also manifested in political behavior, with vote shares of anti-German parties increasing in reprisal areas after the start of the debt crisis. Using quasi-random variation in public recognition of victim status, we show that institutionalized collective memory amplifies the effects of political conflict on economic and political behavior.

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Times of Crisis ; German–Greek Conflict and Behavior

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Integrating minorities in times of crisis: issues of displacement in the estonian and latvian integration programs / Cianetti, Licia

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Since the early 2000s, Estonia and Latvia have adopted Integration Programs aimed at dealing with issues concerning their large Russian-speaking minorities. In both cases, the meaning of “integration”—originally meant to primarily indicate the Russian speakers' route to becoming part of the Estonian and Latvian societies—was redefined to include a socioeconomic dimension. This article explores the intersection between the socioeconomic and ethnic dimensions of integration policies through the analysis of the Integration Programs and related documents and process tracing of the decision making behind them. Intertwined issues of maldistribution and misrecognition are analyzed through the two competing hypotheses of response and displacement. The analysis shows the central role of mechanisms of displacement in furthering the states' (and majority elites') ethnocentric and neoliberal agendas.

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Integration Policies ; Ethnic Dimensions ; Times of Crisis ; Integrating Minorities ; Estonian and Latvian ; Integration Programs ;
Russian - Speaking Minorities ; Estonian and Latvian Societies ; Socioeconomic Dimension ; Maldistribution and Misrecognition ; Ethnocentric and Neoliberal Agendas

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Times of crisis and seeds of new intimacies on a North Aegean I: activism, alternative exchange networks, and re-imagined communities / Margomenou, Despina; Papavasiliou, Faidra

Margomenou, Despina	Journal Article
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2013.

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Activism ; Times of Crisis ; North Aegean Island ; Alternative Exchange Networks

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