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Labour economics

Paperback. Among the subjects covered in this account of the Japanese economy are: modern Japanese economic history; the essence of postwar macroeconomic issues and policy; the nature of the Japanese corporation; and labour relations and technological innovations. Num Pages: 379 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; KCB; KCF; KCZ; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 489.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
379
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333675663
ISBN
9780333675663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.05

Paperback. This work employs statistical, sociological and psychological analysis, and new developments in "brain science", to show how the creation of an open society with increased equality of opportunity risks creating an unnecessarily excessive meritocracy. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JHBC; JHBL; KCA; KCFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333669501
ISBN
9780333669501
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.03

Hardcover. This work sets out to explain how trade-related temporary movements of persons can be a partial substitute for longer-term migration, serving the interests of both developed and developing countries in a more efficient global economy. Num Pages: 182 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL; KCF; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 385.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333665237
ISBN
9780333665237
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.45

Paperback. Men and women's distinctive roles in productive activity affect their economic independence. This study uses basic economic principles to analyze the differences between men and women who are in employment, are unemployed or are non-participant in labour markets. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFSJ; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 271.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333657799
ISBN
9780333657799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.00

Hardback. Discussing two polemical issues in labour studies, the notions and determinants of labour productivity and flexibility, this text attempts to develop the notion of labour input flexibility or the capacity of workers to adapt to changes in the environment and its relation with labour productivity. Editor(s): Amadeo, Edward J.; Horton, Susan. Num Pages: 315 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 551.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
315
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333643990
ISBN
9780333643990
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.72

Hardback. Considering patterns of women's employment from 1700 to 1850, this text focuses on Essex to examine contemporary debates such as the sexual division of labour, continuity or change in women's employment, "separate spheres", "domestic ideology", and the effects of capitalism on women's employment. Series: Studies in Gender History. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAS; 3JF; JFSJ1; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 455.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
237
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333633915
ISBN
9780333633915
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 195.50

Hardback. Covering the enterprise reform in China, this book focuses on the Contract Management Responsibility System (CMRS). The CMRS is an institutional arrangement set up to deal with the relation between the government and the state-owned enterprise which has been at the centre of the enterprise reform. Series: Studies on the Chinese Economy. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KCF; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 455.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
237
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333613856
ISBN
9780333613856
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 195.50

Hardback. In this work, the author asserts that no modern economy can escape open unemployment as long as free labour and a free labour market exist. He argues that in any modern economy there remains a tension between economic individualism and economic collectivism, but market forces cannot be denied. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPF; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
249
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333612187
ISBN
9780333612187
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.88

Hardback. This text analyzes the management of human resources covering the period from 1949 to the present, particularly focusing on the period of economic reforms in the 1980s and early 1990s. The study examines these developments in the north-eastern cities, China's industrial heartland. Series: Studies on the Chinese Economy. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; JHBL; KCF; KCL; KJMV2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333605240
ISBN
9780333605240
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.16

Hardcover. This text examines how growth patterns have changed since the 1970s, to which capital and the labour market have failed to adapt. The book shows how the presence of high unemployment is at odds with the development of the growth theory, which relies on an equilibrium full employment framework. Series: International Economic Association. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCB; KCF; KCL; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333601273
ISBN
9780333601273
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 196.36

Hardback. This text examines the effect of labour markets on economic performance from an international perspective. It provides explanations of the differences in the performance of labour markets in Europe, Japan and the USA, and includes theoretical and empirical studies of various countries. Num Pages: 396 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FPJ; 1KBB; KCF; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 36. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333599051
ISBN
9780333599051
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 197.17

Paperback. Discusses the role of the European Community, in particular the Single European Market, and shows how it is having an important impact on women's working lives. As well as documenting women's employment throughout Europe, the book addresses issues of key importance for women in Europe. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JFFK; JHBL; JPSN2; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333598351
ISBN
9780333598351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 128.68

Hardcover. An era of economic globalization and inward investment has seen much interest in Japanese labour management techniques. This is the first English edition of a 1964 Japanese economics text, which sets Japan's economics in historical context, from the Meiji restoration to World War II. Series: Classics in the History and Development of Economics. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333575314
ISBN
9780333575314
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.12

Hardback. Discusses the role of the European Community, in particular the Single European Market, and shows how it is having an important impact on women's working lives. As well as documenting women's employment throughout Europe, the book addresses issues of key importance for women in Europe. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JFFK; JHBL; JPSN2; KCF; LNZL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333563359
ISBN
9780333563359
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.59

Paperback. BIC Classification: KCF. Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 419.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333525456
ISBN
9780333525456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.34

Hardback. This volume contains the proceedings of a conference held to assess the current state of the analysis of the labour market and of industrial relations and their relationship to economic performance. Editor(s): Brunetta, Renato; Dell'Aringa, Carlo. Series: International Economic Association. Num Pages: 482 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCF; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 31. Weight in Grams: 670.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
482
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333524404
ISBN
9780333524404
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.15

Paperback. Looks at the issue of equal pay for equal value with regards the race, class and gender of employees. Chapters examine such topics as comparable worth and its impact on black women, gender and class in comparable worth, equal worth in British banking and comparable worth in US nursing. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JFSJ; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 389.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333475072
ISBN
9780333475072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 128.45

Paperback. This volume contains a series of essays which examine microeconomic or structural issues and attempt to explain why alternative prescriptions to monetarism could have avoided the massive rise in unemployment in the 1980s. Policies are suggested which could reduce and stabilize unemployment levels. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFA; KCFM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333471333
ISBN
9780333471333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.33

Hardback. A study containing a combination of theory, ethnography and history, focusing upon critical issues of economic organization and change. Labour organization, land tenure and the division of labour by age and sex are treated in the context of both practical and theoretical problems. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 455.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333452363
ISBN
9780333452363
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.83

Hardback. A combination of qualitative and quantitative data, collected at both a national and a local level, examining the impact of the recession on the structure of youth labour markets, and contributing to the development of labour market segmentation theory. Series: Cambridge Studies in Sociology. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; KCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
241
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333451700
ISBN
9780333451700
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.20

Hardback. A review of the contribution of labour process theory to the study of work organization, by authorities in this field. The volume explores the theoretical foundations of labour process analysis and suggests new directions for its development. Editor(s): Knights, David; Willmott, Hugh. Series: Studies in the labour process. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 184 x 25. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333440384
ISBN
9780333440384
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 206.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333436080
ISBN
9780333436080
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.36

Hardback. In the mid-1980s the world's industrialised economies entered their second decade of stagnant growth and mass unemployment paralleled only by the Great Slump. The stigma of failure to deal with unemployment has touched governments of all political extractions. This book provides perspectives on the unemployment problem. Editor(s): Kregel, J. A.; Matzner, Egon; Roncaglia, Alessandro. Num Pages: 370 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 621.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
370
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333429143
ISBN
9780333429143
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 196.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
215
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333418284
ISBN
9780333418284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.80

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