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Labour economics

Hardcover. Presents model programs used to redesign jobs, create opportunities for part-time work, and keep workers age fifty and over productively on the job. Provides a career planning model for assessing the interests and skills of older employees and facilitating successful career changes.E Num Pages: 175 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP31; KCFM; KJMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 459.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
175
Condition
New
SKU
V9781555422844
ISBN
9781555422844
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.42

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 4, 4 charts. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFFK; KCF; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501703058
ISBN
9781501703058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.26

Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 13, 12 black & white tables, 1 charts. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFFJ; JFSJ1; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501702488
ISBN
9781501702488
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.31

Paperback. An in-depth look at urban youth in the Republic of Georgia offering new perspectives on how time and marginality are interlinked" Series: Global Youth. Num Pages: 214 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUG; JFSJ2; JFSP2; JHBL; KCFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S.
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439909195
ISBN
9781439909195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

Paperback. The contributors consider a wide range of issues, from an examination of the male/female wage gap that starts when girls are teenagers, to policewomen in Persian Gulf countries, to Latinas' politics, to Aboriginal health care workers, to secretarial work, and to feminist activism in Cuban hip hop. Editor(s): Morrow, Colette; Fredrick, Terri Ann. Series: A Feminist Formations Reader. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1, 1 graphs. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ1; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421406350
ISBN
9781421406350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.10

Hardback. Roof's shrewd exploration of unions, Congress, and the political process challenges conventional explanations for organized labor's political failings. Num Pages: 296 pages, 7, 7 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPH; JPQB; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421400860
ISBN
9781421400860
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.72
€ 60.24

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

€ 28.46

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

€ 79.10

Paperback. * This book provides the first intensive study focusing on building cleaners and their global experiences. * Brings together an international group of scholars and experts to investigate different national contexts and examples. * Draws out important commonalities and highlights significant differences in these experiences. Editor(s): Aguiar, Dr. Luis L. M.; Herod, Andrew. Series: Antipode Book Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KCF; KNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405156363
ISBN
9781405156363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.46

Hardback. Sex Discrimination in the Workplace is an interdisciplinary volume that examines the various approaches to the study of sex discrimination and explores solutions and interventions. Editor(s): Crosby, Faye J.; Stockdale, Margaret S.; Ropp, S. Ann. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFA; KCF; LNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 189 x 27. Weight in Grams: 866.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405134491
ISBN
9781405134491
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.19

Paperback. * Presents new empirical research by a network of garment workers' support organizations in ten different locations in Asia, Europe and Mexico. * Creates a blueprint for conducting worker-orientated action research in order to better understand and resist the negative impact of globalization on labour. Series: Antipode Book Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: GTF; KCF; KND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405126380
ISBN
9781405126380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.46

Hardcover. Threads of Labour presents new empirical research by a network of garment workers' support organizations and makes sense of global supply chains from the bottom up. * Presents new empirical research by a network of garment workers' support organizations in ten different locations in Asia, Europe and Mexico. Series: Antipode Book Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16. BIC Classification: GTF; KCF; KND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405126373
ISBN
9781405126373
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.10

Paperback. * Analyzes the economic implications and history of international labor standards. * Productively furthers the debate about intervening with international labor standards * Stems from a seminar organized through the Expert Group on Development Issues (EGDI), sponsored by the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. . Editor(s): Basu, Kaushik; Horn, Henrik; Roman, Lisa; Shapiro, Judith. Num Pages: 360 pages, 9. BIC Classification: KCF; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405105569
ISBN
9781405105569
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.38

Hardcover. This work addresses the controversial call for international labour standards, seeking to productively further this debate by considering the economic implications and history of these standards. Editor(s): Basu, Kaushik; Horn, Henrik; Roman, Lisa; Shapiro, Judith. Num Pages: 360 pages, 9. BIC Classification: KCF; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 31. Weight in Grams: 652.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405105552
ISBN
9781405105552
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.19

Paperback. Bringing together researchers from the fields of social policy, economics, sociology and clinical psychology, this book offers new evidence on the inter-related problems faced by disability claimants, and identifies important lessons for policy. Series: Broadening Perspectives in Social Policy. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JFFG; JKSB; JPQB; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 11. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781119145516
ISBN
9781119145516
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.42

Paperback. Explores the dysfunctional state of US high-skilled immigration laws. This title recommends a coherent set of immediate reforms, which should aim to facilitate continuously high and increasingly economically necessary levels of high-skilled immigration to the United States. Series: Policy Analyses in International Economics. Num Pages: 132 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 159 x 9. Weight in Grams: 231.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The Peterson Institute for International Economics
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780881324136
ISBN
9780881324136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.06

Paperback. An investigation of the dramatic decline in the proportion of workers represented by a labour union in the USA between 1977 and 1997. It relates this decline to changes in domestic spending, imports, exports, and the intensity in which labour is used for both union and non-union workers. Series: Globalization Balance Sheet S. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCF; KCLT; KCZ; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 6. Weight in Grams: 168.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The Peterson Institute for International Economics
Edition
y First printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780881323412
ISBN
9780881323412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.94

Paperback. In this study, the authors move beyond the debate on the relative merits and risks of a social clause in trade agreements and focus on practical approaches for improving labour standards in a more intergrated global economy. Num Pages: 150 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCF; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The Peterson Institute for International Economics
Edition
y First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780881323320
ISBN
9780881323320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.63

Paperback. This study draws on data and surveys to examine the measurable and the perceived effects of globalization on American workers. It explores whether large relative losses will continue to limit US international economic initiatives and then looks at perceptions of globalization's effects. Num Pages: 150 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFS; KCF; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Peterson Institute
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780881322958
ISBN
9780881322958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.56

Paperback. This study analyzes the relationships among trade, employment and wages, and income distribution in America. It explores the options available to policy-makers, including slowing the pace of trade liberalization and providing adjustment assistance to trade-impacted workers. Num Pages: 305 pages, tables, figures, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCB; KCF; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Institute for International Economics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780881322163
ISBN
9780881322163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTP; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 12. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816626939
ISBN
9780816626939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Hardback. Focuses on women and households as significant productive units of global production systems and brings gender and social reproduction into the theoretical center of global commodity and value chain analysis. Editor(s): Dunaway, Wilma A. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804787949
ISBN
9780804787949
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.99

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
325
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804722162
ISBN
9780804722162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.39

Paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in Industrial & Labor Relations. Num Pages: 336 pages, 29. BIC Classification: JHBL; KCFM; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cornell University Press New York
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801488115
ISBN
9780801488115
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.94

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