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Organizing the Unemployed in Ireland

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The Mobilization of the Unemployed in Europe

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The object of this chapter is to assess issues concerning—and examples of—the mobilization of unemployed people in the Republic of Ireland from the mid-1980s to the mid-2000s.1 In fulfillment of this aim, the first part gives an overview of labor market developments and discusses briefly the particular social and political contexts in which Irish employment and unemployment policies were formulated during that period. Next, the mobilization of unemployed people is assessed via their main organizational forum, the Irish National Organization of the Unemployed (INOU). This section focuses on two areas: mobilizing factors and forms of action. The final part of the chapter discusses some issues and challenges with respect to the mobilization of the unemployed in the prevailing very difficult economic climate.

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  1. European University Institute, France

    Didier Chabanet (political scientist, Marie Curie Fellow and associate research fellow) (political scientist, Marie Curie Fellow and associate research fellow)

  2. Ecole normale supérieure de Lyon Lettres & Sciences humaines, Lyon, France

    Didier Chabanet (political scientist, Marie Curie Fellow and associate research fellow) (political scientist, Marie Curie Fellow and associate research fellow)

  3. Centre de recherche et d’information socio-politiques (CRISP), Brussels, Belgium

    Jean Faniel (political scientist, researcher) (political scientist, researcher)

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Royall, F. (2012). Organizing the Unemployed in Ireland. In: Chabanet, D., Faniel, J. (eds) The Mobilization of the Unemployed in Europe. Europe in Transition: The NYU European Studies Series. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137011862_9

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