Politics of Unemployment in Europe: Policy Issues and Collective Action »

"This book offers a state-of-the-art discussion of the political issues surrounding unemployment in Europe. It is unique in offering both a policy and institutional perspective and in studying the perspective of individual members of civil society who engage in collective action related to the issue of unemployment." This will be an important addition to the reading lists of students and scholars of European public and social policy, and of great interest to policy-makers themselves.

Introduction State and civil society responses to unemployment : welfare, conditionality and collective action Marco Giugni Giugni, Marco 1

1 Unemployment and social protection Bengt Furaker Furaker, Bengt 17

2 Adapting employment policies to postindustrial labour market risks Giuliano Bonoli Bonoli, Giuliano 35

3 Work and welfare : the rights and responsibilities of unemployment in the UK Peter Dwyer Dwyer, Peter Nick Ellison Ellison, Nick 53

4 The promises of labour : the practices of activating unemployment policies in Switzerland Christoph Maeder Maeder, Christoph Eva Nadai Nadai, Eva 67

5 Trade unions and the unemployed in the interwar period and the 1980s in Britain Andrew Richards Richards, Andrew 83

6 Belgian trade unions, the unemployed and the growth of unemployment Jean Faniel Faniel, Jean 101

7 Political challengers, service providers or service recipients? : participants in Irish pro-unemployed organizations Frederic Royall Royall, Frederic 117

8 Welfare states, labour markets, and the political opportunities for collective action in the field of unemployment : a theoretical framework Marco Giugni Giugni, Marco Michel Berclaz Berclaz, Michel Katharina Fuglister Fuglister, Katharina 133

9 The hidden hand of the European Union and the silent Europeanization of public debates on unemployment : the case of the European employment strategy Christian Lahusen Lahusen, Christian 151

Bibliography 173

Index 203