Confronting Crisis and Precariousness
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Confronting Crisis and Precariousness

Organised Labour and Social Unrest in the European Union

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Confronting Crisis and Precariousness

Organised Labour and Social Unrest in the European Union

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The 2008 global financial crisis and the subsequent Eurozone crisis triggered dramatic changes in European labour relations. Unemployment and precariousness increased considerably. This was further exacerbated by austerity measures, leading to declining minimum wages and layoffs in the public sector. These structural changes varied considerably by country but collectively pose challenges to organized labour as they confront neoliberal restructuring. Concurrently, recent social struggles continue to develop with unemployed and precarious workers playing a major role as protest actors. Focusing on the triangular relationship of precariousness, trade unions and social movements, this book draws on a range of exciting cases, both comparative and country case studies, in order to understand how the shadow of the crisis still haunts organized labour in Europe. The chapters in this collection each offer a unique perspective on how the results of the crisis, in Western, Southern and Eastern Europe, are leading to a variety of new social movements as a consequence of increased precariousness and also how trade unions are attempting to respond.

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Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield International
Year
2019
ISBN
9781786610485
Edition
1
Topic
Politics & International Relations
Subtopic
Labour & Industrial Relations
Index
Politics & International Relations

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. List of Tables
  3. List of Figures
  4. Acronyms
  5. Ch01. Confronting Crisis and Precariousness in the European Union
  6. Ch02. Precariousness in the Eurozone
  7. Ch03. The Competitive Architecture of European Integration
  8. Ch04. Precarious Environment
  9. Ch05. Holding Its Own
  10. Ch06. Are Trade Unions Trapped?
  11. Ch07. Enduring Austerity
  12. Ch08. Spatialities of Precarity
  13. Ch09. The End of the German Model?
  14. Ch10. Precarity and Countermovements in the European Semi-Peripheries
  15. Ch11. Labour Protests in Eastern Europe
  16. Ch12. Conclusion
  17. Index
  18. About the Contributors