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Labour economics
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
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Condition: New
€ 67.69
€ 67.69
From Malthus' Stagnation to Sustained Growth: Social, Demographic and ...
Chiarini, Bruno, Malanima, Paolo
Hardcover. A detailed exploration of the influence and utility of Thomas Malthus' model of population growth and economic changes in Europe since the nineteenth century. This important contribution to current discussions on theories of economic growth includes discussion of issues ranging from mortality and fertility to natural resources and the poverty trap. Editor(s): Piga, Gustavo. Series: Central Issues in Contemporary Economic Theory and Policy. Num Pages: 189 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBD; KCF; KCG; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230392489
- ISBN
- 9780230392489
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Condition: New
€ 67.69
€ 67.69
Hardcover. Presents the outcomes of a major 14-country project aimed at empowering girls and young women. Provides a discussion of their choices in life, comparing factors such as family background, health, education, employment opportunities and the use of and access to the internet. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFG; JFSJ1; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230369351
- ISBN
- 9780230369351
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Condition: New
€ 67.12
€ 67.12
Hardcover. In 2001 Germany and Austria became the last EU states to lift transnational controls restricting access to their labour markets for citizens of ex-communist countries. This book challenges anti-immigration discourses to show that given the high percentage of skilled immigrants, it is the sending rather than the receiving countries who lose out. Series: Studies in Economic Transition. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFN; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230355255
- ISBN
- 9780230355255
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Condition: New
€ 129.20
€ 129.20
Hardcover. A theoretical discussion and internal critique of mainstream law and economics scholarship, especially as it approaches the issue of paternalism. Cserne discusses how, and to what extent, economic analysis can explain and/or justify the limitations on freedom of contract, with special emphasis on paternalism. Series: Perspectives from Social Economics. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCFM; LNHU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340299
- ISBN
- 9780230340299
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Condition: New
€ 128.48
€ 128.48
Expats and the Labor Force: The Story of the Gulf Cooperation Council ...
Naufal, George, Genc, Ismail
Hardcover. An investigation into the labor force in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries primarily focusing on labor migration and remittances. The GCC countries have the highest share of foreign labor in the world. The authors examine the multidimensional aspects of such a large foreign population. Series: The Economics of the Middle East. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCF; KCG; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230337329
- ISBN
- 9780230337329
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Condition: New
€ 128.41
€ 128.41
Women on Corporate Boards and in Top Management: European Trends and P...
Fagan, Colette, Gonz?Lez Men?Ndez, Maria, G?M...
Hardcover. This book examines the international trends and associated developments in gender equality policy including corporate governance such as gender quotas. International comparative analysis is combined with detailed analysis of eight European countries with different policy regimes and trajectories. Editor(s): Gonzalez Menendez, Maria; Gomez Anson, Silvia. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 307 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFJ; JFSJ1; KCF; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 221 x 23. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230293441
- ISBN
- 9780230293441
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Condition: New
€ 67.88
€ 67.88
Paperback. This book presents the authentic Adam Smith and explores his underlying approach and radical thinking, aiming to re-establish his original intentions. The book provides a crucial reminder of how relevant Adam Smith was in his own time, and how relevant he remains as we experience the worldwide spread of opulence today. Series: Great Thinkers in Economics. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; KCF; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 301
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230277007
- ISBN
- 9780230277007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.51
€ 67.51
Paperback. This sweeping survey of the history of work, from hunter-gatherers to dotcom telecommuters, deftly compresses thousands of years of human evolution into an incisive volume It is a book about work, about the organization and management of work, but it is also a book about people. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KCF; KCZ; KJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230238930
- ISBN
- 9780230238930
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Condition: New
€ 102.19
€ 102.19
Hardcover. Expansion of non-standard employment under globalization is widely observed in all of the newly industrializing countries. This book explores the deregulation of labour markets, social protection for nonstandard workers, and social security reforms in accordance with the transformation of employment. Editor(s): Usami, Koichi. Series: IDE-JETRO series. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCF; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230238480
- ISBN
- 9780230238480
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.27
€ 129.27
Hardcover. Exploring the changes in Japanese workplaces such as restructuring, incentive principles and the increasing use of contingent workers from the perspective of employees, this title provides new insights into the mindsets of the workers by contrasting survey and theoretical sources with excerpts from blogs published by Japanese people. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230229389
- ISBN
- 9780230229389
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.48
€ 127.48
Hardcover. This book aims to systematically assess laws and practices, close gaps that currently prevent a full profiling of financial participation, provide a description of individual countries against the background of comparable scores for the EU 27 and to promote a common platform for financial participation within the European Union. Series: Studies in Economic Transition. Num Pages: 353 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230224124
- ISBN
- 9780230224124
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.72
€ 129.72
Hardcover. This book systematically evaluates the impacts of deregulatory reforms on employment relations in Japan especially focusing on the core white collar workers. Concentrating on changes in three aspects of employment relations; contracts, employee mobility and worker effort, it examines the process of social negotiation and its results. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; KCF; KJMV2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230209084
- ISBN
- 9780230209084
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.45
€ 67.45
Hardcover. Basic income is one the most innovative, powerful and controversial proposals for addressing poverty and growing inequalities. This book examines the arguments for and against basic income from the point of view of economic and social justice. Series: Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCF; KCR; KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230114067
- ISBN
- 9780230114067
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.22
€ 151.22
Hardcover. Through a wide-ranging study of labour in the cultural industries, this book critically evaluates how various sociological traditions - including critical theory, governmentality and liberal-democratic approaches - have sought to theorize the creative cultural worker, in art, music, media and design-based occupations. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBA; KCF; KCP; KNT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230019218
- ISBN
- 9780230019218
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.92
€ 139.92
The Socio-Economic Transformation: Getting Closer to What?
Nahorski, Zbigniew, Owsinski, Jan W., Szapiro...
Hardcover. Transition economies offer a test case for concepts and theories, for broader ideas and for the methods of scientific enquiry, but also for the multiplicity of ideological interpretations. This volume addresses the major issues of transformation, institutional design, the redistribution paradigm and the macroeconomic decisions to be made. Num Pages: 163 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KCB; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 164 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230007949
- ISBN
- 9780230007949
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.46
€ 127.46
Labor Markets in Asia: Issues and Perspectives (Asian Development Bank...
Felipe, Jesus, Hasan, Rana
Hardcover. This volume argues that while labour market reforms may be necessary in some specific cases, by no means are labour market policies the main explanation for the widespread increase in unemployment and underemployment across Asia and country specific studies undermine the case for across-the-board labour market reforms. Num Pages: 730 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; KCFM; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 158 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1238.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 736
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230007918
- ISBN
- 9780230007918
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.57
€ 133.57
Hardback. This social history of China during the first half of the 20th century focuses on the Shanghai labour movement. It draws on abundant sources and studies which have appeared in the People's Republic of China since the early 1980s and which have not been systematically used in Western historiography. Num Pages: 344 pages, 15 half-tones 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; KCF; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 25. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804720632
- ISBN
- 9780804720632
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.17
€ 149.17
hardcover. This text provides an analysis of rural employment dynamics in European Union member states and is the result of the RUREMPLO (Agriculture and employment in the rural regions of the EU") project, supported by an EU research programme. Num Pages: 253 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; JFSF; JHBL; KCF; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851994994
- ISBN
- 9780851994994
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.55
€ 116.55
paperback. This text provides an overview of types of home-based work, arguing that homeworking replicates wider divisions in the labour force. It outlines the advantages and disadvantages, the pay and conditions, and the family situations for women homeworkers. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 9. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803988743
- ISBN
- 9780803988743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.79
€ 75.79