Includes bibliographical references.

Ireland. `The Myth of the Celtic Tiger': The Political Economy of Irish Development Since the 1990s / Peadar Kirby -- Power, Corruption and Lies: Irish Political, Economic and Social Policy: 1900-2011 / Liam Keonard and Paula Kenny -- Sustainability and Community: `The Un-Sustainability of the Social Model of Neo-Liberal Globalisation and the Speechlessness of the Community at the Periphery' / Kieran Keohane and Carmen Kuhling -- Social Partnership and the Fiscal Crisis in Ireland: Acceptance or Acquiescence? / Kieran Allen -- An Issue History and Event Analysis of the Green Party and Sustainable Politics in Ireland / Liam Leonard -- Greece and the eurozone. Euro's Crisis: From The Sovereigns to the Banks and Back to the Sovereigns / Constantin Gurdgiev -- Greece and The EU: Promoting The Idea of Sustainable Development. Easy To Plan, Hard to Achieve / Grogoris Tsaltas and Gerasimos Rodotheatos -- Green Politics in Greece at The Time of Fiscal Crisis / Iosif Botetzagias -- Environmental Policy in Greece Reloaded: Plurality, Participation and The Sirens of Neo-Centralism / Charalampos Koutalakis -- Social Capital and Environmental Policies in Greece / Nikoleta Jones -- Conclusion : Peripheral P.I.G.S. in the last chance saloon / Liam Leonard and Isofis Botetzagias.