Mannheim social scientists: Greece lacks many things - above all trust

The deeper reasons for Greece’s decline are social and political, rather than economic or financial. This is the conclusion reached by social scientists Prof. Dr. Jan W. van Deth and Dr. Yannis Theocharis of the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES) at the University of Mannheim. According to the two researchers, the long-term cross-national “European Social Survey” (ESS) confirms that Greece is suffering from a lack of social and political trust that is unique in Europe. In many respects, they conclude, this is fatal for any society.
(press release March 11, 2015; see PDF for full text)