The contentious politics of unemployment in Europe : welfare states and political opportunities / edited by Marco Giugni.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Giugni, Marco.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Europe--Social policy.

Europe.

Social policy.

Welfare state--Europe.

Welfare state.

Unemployment--Europe.

Unemployment.

Physical Description:

xiv, 283 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

Contents:

Context and opportunities

Welfare states, political opportunities, and the claim-making in the field of unemployment politics / Manlio Cinalli and Marco Giugni

The protest on unemployment : forms and opportunities / Donatella della Porta

Networks and political contention over unemployment : a comparison of Britain, Germany and Switzerland / Manlio Cinalli and Katharina Füglister

Actors and dynamics

A precarious balance of interests : unions and the unemployed in Europe / Annulla Linders and Marina Kalander

The role of civil society actors in the contentious politics of unemployment / Simone Baglioni

Transcending marginalization : the mobilization of the unemployed in France, Germany, and Italy in a comparative perspective / Simone Baglioni, Britta Baumgarten, Didier Chabanet, and Christian Lahusen

Unemployment politics and the European Union

Globalization and the contentious politics of unemployment : an empirical assessment of the denationalization and convergence theses / Christian Lahusen, Marco Giugni, and Michel Berclaz

Europeanization and the eu supranational multi-organizational field over unemployment : elite-dominance or new opportunities? / Paul Statham and Manlio Cinalli

When the unemployed challenge the European Union : the European marches as a mode of externalization of protest / Didier Chabanet

The contentious politics of unemployment : some conclusions / Marco Giugni.

ISBN:

9780230236165

0230236162

OCLC:

645889704