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Labour economics

Paperback. A book distinguishing between the situation in the labour market and the utilization of the employed labour force in the Soviet Union. The author attempts to show that since the abolition of open registered unemployment in 1930 the economy has suffered from chronic and general overmanning. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JHBL; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
265
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349109326
ISBN
9781349109326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.38

Hardback. Covers developments in Dutch society in labour markets, labour relations, quality of work, human resources management, work organisation and gender/diversity, as they reflect in social science research. This book focuses on change in theories and paradigms, on shifting governance networks, and on changing policy-agendas. Editor(s): Evers, Gerard; Hees, G. B. vans; Schippers, J. J. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDN; KCF; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 509.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
231
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792354895
ISBN
9780792354895
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.33

Hardcover. Examining the debate on quality of jobs in Europe, this book focuses on the work-life balance-a central element of the EU agenda. It addresses tensions between work and private life, examining job quality, job security, working conditions and time-use patterns of individuals and households as well as institutional contexts. Editor(s): Drobnic, Sonja; Guillen, Ana M.; Guillen Rodriguez, Ana. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFF; JHBL; JPB; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 215 x 24. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230289499
ISBN
9780230289499
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.40

Hardback. No question is more pertinent to worker welfare than explaining changes in overall income inequality. The papers presented in this volume explore this important issue and evaluate government programmes and their impact upon welfare. Editor(s): Polachek, S.W. Series: Research in Labor Economics. Num Pages: 524 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBL; JPQB; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 36. Weight in Grams: 953.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United States
Number of pages
524
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762310265
ISBN
9780762310265
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 173.42

Paperback. An introduction to work and society for undergraduate and postgraduate students. This new text brings together international experts on work and employment from a range of disciplines to debate key themes and issues related to work in a globalised economy. Editor(s): Atzeni, Maurizio. Series: Management, Work and Organisations. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 15. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230303171
ISBN
9780230303171
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.21

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 380 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJ; KCF; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691640099
ISBN
9780691640099
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 165.67
€ 127.54

Hardback. Editor(s): Appel, David; Borba, Philip S. Series: Huebner International Series on Risk, Insurance and Economic Security. Num Pages: 182 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
182
Condition
New
SKU
V9780898382686
ISBN
9780898382686
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.45

Paperback. Editor(s): Sanford, Emmanuel. Num Pages: 71 pages. BIC Classification: KCFM; KFFN. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 7. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781631176517
ISBN
9781631176517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 81.70
€ 58.22

Hardback. Seeking to historicize today's "Great Recession," this volume includes essays that uses examples from North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia to situate the current economic crisis and its impact on workers in the context of previous abrupt shifts in the modern-day capitalist marketplace. Editor(s): Fink, Leon; McCartin, Joseph A.; Sangster, Joan. Series: Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 17 charts, 3 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 166 x 29. Weight in Grams: 668.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252038174
ISBN
9780252038174
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.13

Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFS; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 32. Weight in Grams: 720.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231148009
ISBN
9780231148009
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.68

Hardback. Editor(s): Kameron, Antonette. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: KCFM. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 14. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781631176012
ISBN
9781631176012
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 186.75
€ 128.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBD; JPQB; KCD; KCF; KJMV2; KN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
239
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349524907
ISBN
9781349524907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 128.81

Hardback. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JHBD; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
239
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403947963
ISBN
9781403947963
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.75

Hardback. Through a series of case studies of low-status interactive and embodied servicing work, Working Bodies examines the theoretical and empirical nature of the shift to embodied work in service-dominated economies. Series: Studies in Urban and Social Change. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405159777
ISBN
9781405159777
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.69

Paperback. Through a series of case studies of low-status interactive and embodied servicing work, Working Bodies examines the theoretical and empirical nature of the shift to embodied work in service-dominated economies. Series: Studies in Urban and Social Change. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures, black & white plates. BIC Classification: JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405159784
ISBN
9781405159784
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.32

hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691638164
ISBN
9780691638164
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 190.13

Paperback. This volume takes a look inside the households of working-class Americans to consider how they are coping with large-scale structural changes in the economy, specifically how the downgrading of jobs has affected survival strategies, gender dynamics and political attitudes. Num Pages: 289 pages, 10 charts, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHBL; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 63. Fine copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
289
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KST0009650
ISBN
9780520215757
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Hardcover. In the UK in 2002 the celebrity chef Jamie Oliver set out to transform a group of unemployed young Londoners into enterprising, passionate workers. Their struggles, and those that train and manage them, to develop a passionate orientation to work highlights many of the challenges we all face in the globalized labour markets of the 21st century. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JH; KCF; KJM; KJVX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514. Salvation, Passion and Young Workers. 288 pages, 1 black & white tables. In the UK in 2002 the celebrity chef Jamie Oliver set out to transform a group of unemployed young Londoners into enterprising, passionate workers. Their struggles, and those that train and manage them, to develop a passionate orientation to work highlights many of the challenges we all face in the globalized labour markets of the 21st century. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JH; KCF; KJM; KJVX. Dimension: 219 x 145 x 23. Weight: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230515543
ISBN
9780230515543
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.69

Paperback. Continued economic restructuring has brought service work to center stage in labor and management studies, as well as in the sociology of work, gender, race, and inequality. This work features essays that explore questions of power and control, resistance and empowerment, and innovation and organizing in the lives of front-line service workers. Editor(s): Macdonald, Cameron Lynne; Sirianni, Carmen. Series: Labor & Social Change. Num Pages: 376 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSJ; JHBL; KCF; KNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566394802
ISBN
9781566394802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.63

Hardcover. Offering a comparative perspective, this book examines working poverty - those in work who are still classified as 'poor'. It argues that the growth in numbers of working poor in Europe is due to the transition from a Keynesian Welfare State to a 'post-fordist' model of production. Editor(s): Fraser, Neil; Gutierrez, Rodolfo; Pena-Casas, Ramon. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 362 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFA; JHBL; JKS; JPB; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 28. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230290105
ISBN
9780230290105
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.88

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: KCF; KCM; KCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 168 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199363810
ISBN
9780199363810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.02

Hardcover. This text concentrates on exploring the changing relationship between the state and working women in Taiwan by incorporating social, economic, political and ideological factors into a historical analysis. It also analyzes the Taiwanese welfare regime in a gender-critical way. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; JFSJ1; JHBL; JP; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 557.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333802090
ISBN
9780333802090
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.47

Hardcover. Editor(s): Godfrey, Myles. Num Pages: 217 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Nova Science Pub Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634637893
ISBN
9781634637893
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 305.81
€ 228.68

Hardcover. Based on qualitative work in car plants in Argentina, this book offers new insights for an understanding of workers' collective struggles in a radical perspective. Criticizing the use of injustice as the basis of mobilization, it argues that workers' collective resistance should be seen as a function of the development of solidarity. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL; KCF; KJMV2; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230584648
ISBN
9780230584648
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.85

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