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.

• 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

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.

• 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

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.

• 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