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The Mobilization of the Unemployed in Europe

From Acquiescence to Protest?

Palgrave Macmillan

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. The Mobilization of the Unemployed in Germany (1998–2004)

    • Britta Baumgarten, Christian Lahusen
    Pages 57-88
  3. The Movement of the Unemployed in Finland

    • Eeva Luhtakallio, Martti Siisiäinen
    Pages 109-129
  4. Organizing the Unemployed in Ireland

    • Frédéric Royall
    Pages 195-219
  5. Political Opportunities and the Mobilization of the Unemployed in Switzerland

    • Michel Berclaz, Katharina Füglister, Marco Giugni
    Pages 221-246
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 277-285

About this book

In the face of high unemployment in Europe for the past thirty years, the unemployed have organized themselves and mobilized at levels ranging from the local to the transnational. This work explores why, when, and how the unemployed move from acquiescence to protest.

Reviews

"This compilation of country-specific studies provides a wealth of information to help us make sense of the protest movements erupting across Europe. The book is timely indeed!" Frances Fox Piven, distinguished professor of political science and sociology, The Graduate Center, City University of New York

"This is an outstanding collection of essays on the relatively neglected topic of political mobilization around unemployment. It takes the standards of scholarship in this area to a new level of empirical detail and theoretical sophistication. Especially innovative and important is the comparative analysis of unemployed mobilizations across a range of diverse developed nations. The editors are to be congratulated on an excellent volume. The publication is timely during a period of renewed economic crisis that social scientists are only just beginning to analyze. Chabanet and Faniel's text will be a key reference in understanding the political consequences of economic recession and unemployment for many years to come." Paul Bagguley, reader in Sociology, University of Leeds

Editors and Affiliations

  • European University Institute, France

    Didier Chabanet

  • Ecole normale supérieure de Lyon Lettres & Sciences humaines, Lyon, France

    Didier Chabanet

  • Centre de recherche et d’information socio-politiques (CRISP), Brussels, Belgium

    Jean Faniel

About the editors

DIDIER CHABANET Marie Curie Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, and Senior Research Fellow at the Triangle Research Centre of the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France.
JEAN FANIEL Researcher at the Centre de Recherche et d'Information Socio-Politiques (CRISP) in Brussels, Belgium.

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