Civil Society Organizations, Unemployment, and Precarity in Europe

1. Civil Society, Unemployment and Precarity in Europe: An Introduction
Simone Baglioni, Marco Giugni

Part I. Resources and Activities

2. The Political Role of Civil Society in the Policy Field of Youth Unemployment and Precarious Working Conditions
Simone Baglioni, Jasmine Lorenzini, Lorenzo Mosca

3. Addressing Unemployment in Different Welfare Regimes: Civil Society Organizations and Their Strategies
Jennifer Hobbins, Birgitta Eriksson, Ewa Bacia

4. Between Passion and Money: Human and Financial Resources and Patterns of Professionalization of Civil Society Organizations
Luís Mota, Maria Vitória Mourão

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

Part II. Networks

6. Networks within the Multi-Organizational Field of Unemployment and Precarity: A Tale of Seven Cities in Europe
Matteo Bassoli, Manlio Cinalli

7. Cliques, Cleavages and Conflicts: Local Civil Societies in Cologne and Turin
Christian Lahusen, Bettina Grimmer

8. 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

9. Inheriting Divisions? The Role of Catholic and Leftist Affiliation in Local Cooperation Networks: The Case of Italy and Poland
Matteo Bassoli, Maria Theiss

10. Mind the Gap: Local Civil Society Organizations and the European Union
Christian Lahusen

11. Civil Society, Unemployment, and Precarity in Europe: A Conclusion
Marco Giugni, Simone Baglioni

Nyckelord: Social Sciences, Politics of the Welfare State, European Politics, Social Policy, Sociology of Work, Children, Youth and Family Policy, Social Care