Mass unemployment and the state /

'Mass Unemployment and the State' shows that domestic political arrangements have mattered greatly to the economic and labor market policies that European governments pursued in response to the problem of unemployment from the early 1970s to the present day.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Lindvall, Johannes
Corporate Author:	Oxford University Press
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Subjects:	Unemployment > Government policy > Europe. Unemployment > Government policy > Europe > History. Unemployment > Government policy Europe Electronic books. History
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

The unemployment problem in Europe. Research design ; The argument in brief ; The indirect effects of employment and unemployment ; Political arrangements ; Models of politics ; Alternative explanations ; Nots on methods
The threat of unemployment. Denmark ; The Netherlands ; Austria ; Sweden ; The difference that politics makes ; Alternative explanations ; Conclusions
New regimes. Denmark ; The Netherlands ; Austria ; Sweden ; Ordinary European states ; Alternative explanations ; Conclusions
The fact of unemployment. An overview ; Denmark ; The Netherlands ; Austria ; Sweden ; The politics of labor market reform ; Alternative explanations ; Conclusions. Mass unemployment and the state ; Coordination as a political problem ; In the great recession ; Whatever works
Appendices. Governments ; Interviews.