The Transformation of Discontent
Labor Protest in Healthcare and Education Across Europe
1st Edition
Published on 30. January 2026
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176 pages
978-1-032-20838-1 (ISBN)
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This volume considers the impact of public sector unions on the labour movement and their role in renewing labour protests in the Global North. It will be of interest to sociologists and scholars of political science with interests in social movements, public services, contentious politics and labour protests.
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Imre G. Szabó is visiting faculty at the Political Science and at the International Relations Department of Central European University, Vienna. He is the author of several peer-reviewed journal articles and co-author of Politicising Commodification: European Governance and Labour Politics from the Financial Crisis to the Covid Emergency.
Content
1. Introduction - Movements of public service professionals 2. Power resources and labor disputes in public services 3. Exit or care. The resignation campaign of junior doctors in Hungary and its impact 4. Coercive power and professional autonomy in the 2013 Danish school lockout 5. Movements for systemic reform. Striking and lobbying for safe staffing in German hospitals 6. Who gets the blame for a crisis? Protest and patience in Irish public services 2009-2019 Conclusion