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Labour economics

Hardcover. Shows how consumer society is changing due to demographic ageing, rising income inequality, political paralysis, resource scarcity, and steady jobs being replaced by freelancing. It examines how people are striving to find new ways to ensure livelihoods and the role that the role that worker-consumer cooperatives could play. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10 Figures. BIC Classification: KCB; KCF; KCN; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 147 x 226 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198768555
ISBN
9780198768555
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.71

Hardcover. This book provides the first detailed analysis of the political regulation of dismissal protection and temporary employment in Western Europe from the establishment of freedom of contract in the 19th century until the heyday of two-tier labour market reforms in the 2000s. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; JPB; KCF; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 706.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198709237
ISBN
9780198709237
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 179.14

Paperback. This book considers the previously neglected intersection between work and development and considers how protection of labour standards may be understood in development terms. Examples are given of concrete achievement in anti-discrimination, child labour, trade relations and social dialogue. Editor(s): Novitz, Tonia; Mangan, David. Series: British Academy Original Paperbacks. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KCF; KCM; KCP; LNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780197264911
ISBN
9780197264911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.92

Hardback. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSP1; JPVH; JPWH; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 148 x 27. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Hardback
Publisher
OUP India India
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199466801
ISBN
9780199466801
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 418 pages, 19 illus. BIC Classification: CJCK; KCFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 762.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
418
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195367713
ISBN
9780195367713
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 197.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages, 37 b/w halftones. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBL; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 136 x 203 x 35. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
20 Rev ed
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195157093
ISBN
9780195157093
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.02

paperback. Num Pages: 214 pages, 20 tables and 2 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Columbia University Press Germany
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9783838209623
ISBN
9783838209623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.02

Paperback. Devoid of natural resources, Hong Kong has weathered many internal and external shocks and yet emerged as one of the fastest growing economies in the world. This book reconsiders the history of the labour market, and weighs the options in the post-1997 era. Series: Hong Kong Economic Policy Studies Series. Num Pages: 172 pages, 22 tables, 21 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
City University of Hong Kong Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9789629370121
ISBN
9789629370121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.82

Hardcover. women's employment and issues related to poverty in Iran Editor(s): Bahramitash, Roksana; Esfahani, Hadi Salehi. Series: Contemporary Issues in the Middle East. Num Pages: 360 pages, 63 tables, 16 figures, notes, references, index. BIC Classification: 1FBN; JFSR2; KCFM; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 621.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815632139
ISBN
9780815632139
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.93

Hardcover. At the end of the nineteenth century, Pittsburgh was leading the nation in glass production, and glass bottle plants in particular relied heavily on adolescent (and younger) males for their manufacturing process. This title presents an examination of legislative clashes over the singular issue of the glass house boys. Num Pages: 240 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; HBJK; HBTB; JKSB1; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822943778
ISBN
9780822943778
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.26

Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 207 x 22. Weight in Grams: 926.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
World Bank Publications United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821399033
ISBN
9780821399033
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.26

Hardcover. In Georgia during the Great Depression, jobless workers united with the urban poor, sharecroppers, and tenant farmers. In a collective effort that cut across race and class boundaries, they confronted an unresponsive political and social system and helped shape government policies. This book lets us understand the movement. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 3JJG; HBTB; JPWF; KCFM; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820330457
ISBN
9780820330457
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.05

Hardcover. This text examines the struggle of bondpeople to secure and retain for themselves recognised rights as producers and consumers in the context of the brutal, formal slave economy sanctified by the law. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBTS; JPVH; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 621.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820316673
ISBN
9780820316673
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 408 pages, 13 photographs. BIC Classification: JFFA; KCF; KND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472030224
ISBN
9780472030224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.12

paperback. Analyzing the regimes of production and their segmentations in the context of global and national production networks, this title discusses Chinese and international industrial relations theory and labor sociology and explore the perspectives of collective bargaining, trade union reform, and democratic workplace representation in China. Series: Labour Studies. Num Pages: 420 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCF; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Campus Verlag Germany
Number of pages
420
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9783593398907
ISBN
9783593398907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.35

paperback. In Productivity and Prosperity, Karen Foster zeroes in on the paradox of productivity: that it is the key to economic prosperity and yet its connection to well-being and median incomes has all but disappeared. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; JHBL; KCF; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781487520571
ISBN
9781487520571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.10

hardcover. By bridging close textual readings with book and publishing history, economic and sociological analysis, and original archival research, Writing Unemployment offers new ideas on work by many of Canada's most important writers. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSBH; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442644335
ISBN
9781442644335
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.08

Paperback. "This collection challenges outdated notions of a universal worker, offering a glimpse of work organization, management, and worker militancy. It will be of value to academics and activists alike." - Pam Sugiman, Ryerson University Editor(s): Pupo, Norene; Thomas, Mark. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JHB; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 433.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442600553
ISBN
9781442600553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.74

Paperback. Editor(s): Bernhardt, Annette; Boushey, Heather; Dresser, Laura; Tilly, Chris. Series: LERA Research Volume. Num Pages: 324 pages, 19. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780913447970
ISBN
9780913447970
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.31

Paperback. Tells the story of three men - Congressman Harry Davenport, union leader Tom Quinn, and Father Charles Owen Rice - whose lives became intertwined during the anti-Communist witch hunts of the McCarthy Era. This story helps illuminate one of the most repressive periods in American history. Num Pages: 344 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822959663
ISBN
9780822959663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.87

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