Unemployment in Southern Europe: Coping with the Consequences: Coping with the Consequences

Unemployment is one of southern Europe's most serious political problems. Though much has been written about unemployment's causes and cures, systematic attention to its consequences is lacking. This collection of original essays deals with the effects of unemployment on regimes, parties, immigrants, economies and families, highlighting the differences and the similarities among southern European states and offering lessons about the profound human consequences of unemployment in general.