The Mobilization of the Unemployed in Europe From Acquiescence to Protest [Hardcover]

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.The Mobilization of the Unemployed in a Comparative Perspective; D. Chabanet & J. Faniel The Long History of a New Cause: The Mobilization of the Unemployed in France; D. Chabanet The Mobilization of the Unemployed in Germany (1998-2004); B. Baumgarten & C. Lahusen Inside or Outside Trade Unions? The Mobilization of the Unemployed in Belgium; J. Faniel The Movement of the Unemployed in Finland; E. Luhtakallio  & M. Siisi?inen The Mobilization of the Unemployed in Italy: The Case of Naples - S. Baglioni The Organization of the Unemployed in Spain: Local and Fragmented Dynamics - S. B?roud Contention over Unemployment in Britain: Unemployment Politics vs. the Politics of the Unemployed; M. Cinalli Organizing the Unemployed in Ireland; F. Royall Political Opportunities and the Mobilization of the Unemployed in Switzerland; M. Berclaz, K. F?glister &   M. Giugni The Mobilization That Was Not: Explaining the Weak Politicization of the Issue of Unemployment in Poland; C. Spieser & K. Sztandar-Sztanderska

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 rangl³,