When well functioning national welfare states are put under pressure, also the tasks of civic society and citizens' mutual responsibility are being re-defined.

This book provides a Europe-wide comparative analysis of the role of civil society organizations active in the field of unemployment and precarity. It illustrat

Recently the topic of civil society has generated a wave of interest, and a wealth of new information. Until now no publication has attempted to organize and co

Current debates around participation and marginalization dominate the agenda of many European political forums. There is an increasing concern about the stabili

Since the 1990’s, a number of studies have documented a remarkable high and stable amount of popular engagement in civic organizations in Denmark, Norway and