Civil Society Organizations, Unemployment, and Precarity in Europe

Between Service and Policy
2014. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-0-230-39142-0
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 247 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 4336 g

Reihe: Work and Welfare in Europe

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Baglioni, Simone

Giugni, M.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Kommunal-, Regional-, und Landespolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wirtschaftssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie, Organisationssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; Simone Baglioni and Marco Giugni PART I: RESOURCES AND ACTIVITIES 1. The Political Role of Civil Society in the Policy Field of Youth Unemployment and Precarious Working Conditions; Simone Baglioni, Jasmine Lorenzini, and Lorenzo Mosca 2. Addressing Unemployment in Different Welfare Regimes: Civil Society Organizations and Their Strategies; Jennifer Hobbins, Birgitta Erkisson, and Ewa Bacia 3. Between Passion and Money: Human and Financial Resources and Patterns of Professionalization of Civil Society Organisations; Luis Mota and Vitória Mourão 4. The Impact of Political Opportunity Structures on the Politicization of Civil Society Organizations in the Field of Unemployment and Precarity; Manlio Cinalli and Marco Giugni PART II: NETWORKS 5. Networks within the Multi-Organizational Field of Unemployment: A Tale of Seven Cities in Europe; Matteo Bassoli and Manlio Cinalli 6. Local Civil Societies in the Field of Labor Market Issues: Cliques, Cleavages, and Conflicts in the Organizational Networks of Cologne and Turin; Christian Lahusen and Bettina Grimmer 7. Who Are the Powerful Actors? An Analysis of Brokerage in the Networks of Organizations Dealing with Unemployment and Precarity; Matteo Bassoli, Manlio Cinalli, and Marco Giugni 8. Inheriting Divisions? The Role of Catholic and Leftist Affiliation in Local Cooperation Network: The Case of Italy and Poland; Matteo Bassoli and Maria Theiss 9. Mind the Gap: Local Civil Society Organizations and the European Union; Christian Lahusen Conclusion; Simone Baglioni and Marco Giugni

Über Autor(innen)

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