Civil Society Organizations, Unemployment, and Precarity in Europe

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Civil Society, Unemployment and Precarity in Europe: An Introduction

   1. Civil Society, Unemployment and Precarity in Europe: An Introduction

      • Simone Baglioni, Marco Giugni

      Pages 1-10

3. Resources and Activities

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11

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   2. The Political Role of Civil Society in the Policy Field of Youth Unemployment and Precarious Working Conditions

      • Simone Baglioni, Jasmine Lorenzini, Lorenzo Mosca

      Pages 13-31

   3. Addressing Unemployment in Different Welfare Regimes: Civil Society Organizations and Their Strategies

      • Jennifer Hobbins, Birgitta Eriksson, Ewa Bacia

      Pages 32-55

   4. Between Passion and Money: Human and Financial Resources and Patterns of Professionalization of Civil Society Organizations

      • Luís Mota, Maria Vitória Mourão

      Pages 56-84

   5. The Impact of Political Opportunity Structures on the Politicization of Civil Society Organizations in the Field of Unemployment and Precarity

      • Manlio Cinalli, Marco Giugni

      Pages 85-106

4. Networks

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 107-107

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   2. Networks within the Multi-Organizational Field of Unemployment and Precarity: A Tale of Seven Cities in Europe

      • Matteo Bassoli, Manlio Cinalli

      Pages 109-135

   3. Cliques, Cleavages and Conflicts: Local Civil Societies in Cologne and Turin

      • Christian Lahusen, Bettina Grimmer

      Pages 136-156

   4. Who Are the Powerful Actors? An Analysis of Brokerage in the Networks of Organizations Dealing with Unemployment and Precarity

      • Matteo Bassoli, Manlio Cinalli, Marco Giugni

      Pages 157-174

   5. Inheriting Divisions? The Role of Catholic and Leftist Affiliation in Local Cooperation Networks: The Case of Italy and Poland

      • Matteo Bassoli, Maria Theiss

      Pages 175-203

   6. Mind the Gap: Local Civil Society Organizations and the European Union

      • Christian Lahusen

      Pages 204-228

5. Civil Society, Unemployment, and Precarity in Europe: A Conclusion

   1. Civil Society, Unemployment, and Precarity in Europe: A Conclusion

      • Marco Giugni, Simone Baglioni

      Pages 229-239

6. Back Matter

   Pages 240-247

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This book provides a Europe-wide comparative analysis of the role of civil society organizations active in the field of unemployment and precarity. It illustrates how crucial civil society organizations are for the inclusion of the young unemployed, mainly in two ways: by delivering services and by advocating policy.

• employment
• European Union
• European Union (EU)
• labor market
• organization
• organizations
• service
• unemployment

• Glasgow Caledonian University, UK

  Simone Baglioni

• University of Geneva, Switzerland

  Marco Giugni

Ewa Bacia, University of Warsaw, Poland Matteo Bassoli, Bocconi University, Italy Manlio Cinalli, Sciences Po (CEVIPOF), France Birgitta Eriksson, Karlstad University, Sweden Bettina Grimmer, Siegen University, Germany Jennifer Hobbins, Swedish National Defense College Christian Lahusen, Siegen University, Germany Jasmine Lorenzini, University of Geneva, Switzerland Lorenzo Mosca, University of Roma Tre, Italy Luís Mota, University of Lisbon, Portugal Maria Vitória Mourão, University of Lisbon, Portugal Maria Theiss, Warsaw University, Poland

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