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In this paper the authors discuss the existence of solutions in \(W^{1,p}_0(Z)\) (\(2\leq p<+\infty\)) for the problem \[ \left\{ \begin{align*}{ -\Delta_p x &-\lambda |x|^{p-2}x \in \partial j(z,x), \quad z\in Z \cr x_{|\Gamma} =0 & \cr}\end{align*} \right. \] where \(Z\subset R^N\) is an open bounded set, \(\Gamma=\partial Z\) is a \(C^1\) boundary, \[ -\Delta_p x=-div(\| \nabla x\|^{p-2}\nabla x) \] is the \(p\)-Laplacian and \(\partial j\) is the generalized subdifferential of \(j\). Under suitable conditions, they prove that the problem admits at least one non-trivial solution in \(W^{1,p}_0(Z)\) if \(\lambda_1<\lambda<\bar\lambda _2\), where \(\lambda_1\) is the smallest eigenvalue of \((-\Delta_p,W^{1,p}_0(Z))\) and \[ \bar \lambda_2 =\inf \{ \lambda>0: \lambda \text{ eigenvalue of } (-\Delta_p,W^{1,p}_0(Z)),\, \lambda\neq \lambda_1\}. \] A more precise result is given if \(p=2\); in this case the authors prove that under suitable conditions the problem admits exactly \(k\) distinct pairs of non-trivial solutions if \(\lambda_k<\lambda<\lambda_{k+1}\), where \(0<\lambda_1<\lambda_2<\ldots\) are the distinct eigenvalues of \((-\Delta,W^{1,2}_0(Z))\). The authors consider also the eigenvalue problem \[ \left\{ \begin{align*}{ -\Delta_p x &\in \lambda \partial j(z,x), \quad z\in Z \cr x_{|\Gamma}=0 & \cr}\end{align*} \right. \] with \(2\leq p<+\infty\) and \(\lambda>0\). In this case, they prove that, under suitable conditions, there exists \(\lambda^*>0\) such that for every \(\lambda>\lambda^*\) the problem admits at least two non-trivial solutions in \(W^{1,p}_0(Z)\). The article ends with an example that shows how to use the existence of solutions in \(W^{1,p}_0(Z)\) for an eigenvalue problem with a discontinuous forcing term.