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Paperback. Why do truckers accept these conditions and pay? Why can't they achieve what workers did in the past through collective action and union organization? This book looks at what has happened to blue-collar jobs since the trucking industry was deregulated. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBL; KCF; KNGR; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520278127
- ISBN
- 9780520278127
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Hardback. Trucking used to be one of the best working-class jobs in the United States. Drawing on more than 100 in-depth interviews and years of extensive observation, this book explains how this massive degradation in the quality of work has occurred, and how companies achieve a compliant and dedicated workforce despite it. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBL; KCF; KNGR; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520278110
- ISBN
- 9780520278110
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.22€ 72.38
€ 94.22
€ 72.38
Hardcover. John Perkins's sensational New York Times bestseller Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (more than 300,000 sold) revealed just the tip of the iceberg of the secret world of economic hit men and the web of global corruption. Now more economic hit men and investigators tell the whole shocking story. Num Pages: 310 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFX; KCLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 166 x 27. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berrett-Koehler United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781576753958
- ISBN
- 9781576753958
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.50
€ 27.99
€ 24.50
Paperback. Posits that the subprime mortgage crisis, as well as the global macroeconomic catastrophe it spawned, is traceable to a gross failure of law. This book ensures that economic opportunity isn't limited to a small group of elites that enjoy growth at the expense of many, particularly those in vulnerable economic situations. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; KCS; KCX; LNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479845323
- ISBN
- 9781479845323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Hardback. Series: Columbia Studies in International and Global History. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 tables. BIC Classification: HBG; KCBM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231152525
- ISBN
- 9780231152525
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.08€ 62.60
€ 80.08
€ 62.60
Paperback. Offering a fresh look at trade during the second industrial revolution, "Global Markets Transformed" describes a world of commodities on the move--wheat and rice, coffee and tobacco, oil and rubber, all traveling around the planet through commodity chains of producers, processors, transporters, and buyers, often invisible to one another. Num Pages: 306 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; KCL; KCZ; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Belknap Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674281349
- ISBN
- 9780674281349
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.06
€ 35.99
€ 31.06
Paperback. A guide to the world of the Freak. It features blogs, conversations, wisecracks and advice from the last decade to reveal the outlandish truth about everything from lying to bank robbing, fast food to sex taxes. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; KCY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141980980
- ISBN
- 9780141980980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.61
€ 14.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. BIC Classification: KCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 180 x 27. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141030081
- ISBN
- 9780141030081
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 8.24
€ 8.99
€ 8.24
Paperback. What do estate agents and the Ku Klux Klan have in common? Why do drug dealers live with their mothers? What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? How can your name affect how well you do in life? This book answers these questions. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: KCY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Penguin London
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141019017
- ISBN
- 9780141019017
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.93
€ 14.99
€ 11.93
Hardback. Consumption takes place in settings or environments which have both direct and indirect effects on its dynamic path. This title examines microprocessing in consumer activities for status as it interacts with structure in the environments of these activities. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1080.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 197
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402070013
- ISBN
- 9781402070013
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.10
€ 71.10
Hardback. Contrasts knowledge-yielding and conventional goods and services as factors in the construction of activities that consumers engage in when they are not in the workplace. This book sees consumers as deciding on non-work activities and the inputs to these activities according to their objectives, and the values and accumulated skills they hold. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792386896
- ISBN
- 9780792386896
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.70
€ 132.70
The Fiscal Crisis of the States. Lessons for the Future.
Steven D.; Suny Central Sponsored Programs Of...
Paperback. Describes and analyzes how state governments in the 1990s have coped with fiscal stress through changes in tax and spending policies, as well as through attempts to "reinvent government" by abandoning long-established policies. This book is suitable for academics, policymakers, and public administrators, as well as the general readers. Editor(s): Gold, Steven D.; SUNY Central Sponsored Programs Office. Num Pages: 406 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 406
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878405756
- ISBN
- 9780878405756
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.15
€ 76.15
Paperback. In the tradition of Freakonomics, the author of The Armchair Economist presents a series of stunning arguments that turn everyday life on its head. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847395269
- ISBN
- 9781847395269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.71
€ 13.99
€ 10.71
Paperback. The extensively revised and updated edition of Steven Landsburg's hugely popular book, The Armchair Economist Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471101311
- ISBN
- 9781471101311
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
paperback. The author chronicles LA's emergence as the nation's leading trade centre and gateway to the Pacific Rim in the 20th century, exploring recent epic battles over port development, expanding LAX, creating a new international airport in Orange County, building the Alameda Corridor rail link and more. Num Pages: 336 pages, 23 tables, 5 figures, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFFS; KCM; RP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804746816
- ISBN
- 9780804746816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Hardcover. A guide on how Predictive Analytics is applied and widely used by organizations such as banks, insurance providers, supermarkets and governments to drive the decisions they make about their customers, demonstrating who to target with a promotional offer, who to give a credit card to and the premium someone should pay for home insurance. Num Pages: 314 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCK; KFFL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Second Edition, Revised
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230347762
- ISBN
- 9780230347762
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.35
€ 150.35
Hardcover. Every year, financial services organizations make billions of dollars worth of decisions using automated systems. For example, who to give a credit card to and the premium someone should pay for their home insurance. This book explains how the forecasting models, that lie at the heart of these systems, are developed and deployed. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCJ; KFFL; KFFN; KNST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476. A Practical Guide to Forecasting Consumer Behaviour. 296 pages, 31 black & white tables, 32 figures. Every year, financial services organizations make billions of dollars worth of decisions using automated systems. For example, who to give a credit card to and the premium someone should pay for their home insurance. This book explains how the forecasting models, that lie at the heart of these systems, are developed and deployed. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: KCJ; KFFL; KFFN; KNST. Dimension: 219 x 145 x 23. Weight: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230577046
- ISBN
- 9780230577046
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.56
€ 128.56
Paperback. Adam Smith turned economic theory on its head in 1776 when he declared that the pursuit of self-interest mediated by the market itself - not by government - led, via an invisible hand, to the greatest possible welfare for society as a whole. This title examines how subsequent economic thinkers have challenged or reaffirmed Smith's doctrine. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: JFCX; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691150000
- ISBN
- 9780691150000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJCR; HBTK; JFSG; KCFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801474019
- ISBN
- 9780801474019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.97
€ 24.99
€ 22.97
Hardback. Hayek's Modern Family offers a classical liberal theory of the family, taking Hayekian social theory as the main analytical framework. Num Pages: 313 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBK; JPFK; KCA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 313
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137448224
- ISBN
- 9781137448224
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.22
€ 151.22
Paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in Political Economy. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 tables, 4 line drawings, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801473715
- ISBN
- 9780801473715
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Hardback. In this volume, strategy scholars, business historians, and economic historians are brought together to develop a volume that explores the complementarities of approaches. Editor(s): Kahl, Steven; Cusumano, Michael; Silverman, Brian S. Series Editor(s): Silverman, Brian. Series: Advances in Strategic Management. Num Pages: 350 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KCZ; KJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 234 x 35. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 350
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781900246
- ISBN
- 9781781900246
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.48
€ 157.48
Paperback. Examines one of the controversial concepts in the history of economics - the true meaning of the Law of Markets. This book discusses the change in the understanding of the nature of the business cycle wrought by the General Theory whose major innovation in overturning Say's Law was to introduce demand deficiency into mainstream economic thought. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: KCA; KCB; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 28. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848448261
- ISBN
- 9781848448261
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 48.82
€ 53.99
€ 48.82
Hardback. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJ; KCBM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403920713
- ISBN
- 9781403920713
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.45
€ 127.45