Mass unemployment and the state / Johannes Lindvall.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-210) and index.

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 ; Conlusions -- Conclusions. Mass unemployment and the state ; Coordination as a political problem ; In the great recession ; Whatever works -- Appendix. Governments ; Interviews.