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Hardback. This book explains why countries have adopted different policies for working parents through a comparative historical study of four nations: France, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United States. Num Pages: 264 pages, 9 tables, 19 figures. BIC Classification: 1DD; 1KBB; JFSJ1; JHBL; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804754132
- ISBN
- 9780804754132
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.11
€ 119.11
Paperback. Higher cognitive functions are reliably predicted by working memory measures from two domains: children's performance on complex span tasks, and infants' looking behavior. Despite the similar predictive power across these research areas, theories of working memory development have not connected these different task types and developmental periods. Editor(s): Bauer, Patricia. Series: Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development (Mono). Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781119331957
- ISBN
- 9781119331957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.32
€ 41.32
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
€ 41.99
€ 37.63
Hardback. How are ethnographic knowledge and anthropological theory created out of field experiences? Spanning Papua New Guinea, Taiwan, and Scotland, and Ireland, Stewart and Strathern show how fieldwork in apparently different areas can lead to unexpected comparisons and discoveries of similarities in human cross-cultural patterns of behavior. Num Pages: 107 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 107
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137430977
- ISBN
- 9781137430977
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.86
€ 65.86
Working in the Catholic Church: An Attitudinal Survey
National Association Of Church Personnel Admi...
Paperback. Num Pages: 164 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRCX1; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Sheed & Ward
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556125683
- ISBN
- 9781556125683
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.10
€ 35.10
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
€ 67.21
€ 67.21
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
€ 5.49
Paperback. What were once distinct professions for serving others and building knowledge are now communities of workers struggling against a tide of increasingly unregulated capitalism that is being fed by human greed. This book is dedicated to hopeful communities working against perpetual war, the destruction of our natural environment, and more. Editor(s): McCrary, Nancye E.; Ross, E. Wayne. Series: Social Justice Across Contexts in Education. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: JH; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 255 x 20. Weight in Grams: 526. Good clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Peter Lang Publishing Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781433129452
- ISBN
- 9781433129452
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.45
€ 10.45
paperback. This valuable study compares the welfare states of Sweden, Germany and Britain on the basis of social policy provision for disabled people of working age, particularly in the areas of income maintenance and employment policy. Num Pages: 152 pages, 53tabs. BIC Classification: JFFG; JHBL; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 8. Weight in Grams: 197.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861341860
- ISBN
- 9781861341860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.42
€ 30.99
€ 29.42
Paperback. Based on a five-year study of 28 young, unmarried women working in Hong Kong, this study describes how Chinese families direct their daughters' earnings. It also explores the impact of industrialization upon families, particularly in the light of the 1997 transition to communist Chinese rule. Series: Morningside Books. Num Pages: 317 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; JFSJ1; JHBK; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 317
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231102254
- ISBN
- 9780231102254
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.49
€ 47.49
Hardback. This book offers a fresh look at Taiwan's state workers in from the postwar period to the present day and examines the rise and fall of labor insurgency in the past two decades. Challenging the conventional image of docile working class, it unearths a series of workers resistance, hidden and public, in a high authoritarian era. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 figures, 11 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; 3JJP; 3JM; JFSC; JHBL; JPWL; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 220 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137404763
- ISBN
- 9781137404763
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.88
€ 66.88
paperback. This book offers a fresh look at Taiwan's state workers in from the postwar period to the present day and examines the rise and fall of labor insurgency in the past two decades. Challenging the conventional image of docile working class, it unearths a series of workers resistance, hidden and public, in a high authoritarian era. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; JFF; JHB; JHBL; JPA; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349487462
- ISBN
- 9781349487462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.25
€ 66.25
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
€ 28.63
€ 28.63
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
€ 79.61
€ 79.61
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
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
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
€ 127.73
€ 127.73
Paperback. Series: Adolescent Lives S. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 graphs, 22 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSP2; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674016149
- ISBN
- 9780674016149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 35.20
€ 41.99
€ 35.20
Hardback. Series: Future of Work. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403920591
- ISBN
- 9781403920591
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.82
€ 127.82
Hardcover. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBK; JKSB; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403997678
- ISBN
- 9781403997678
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.90
€ 66.90
Paperback. Using an innovative, action research approach, Vickers explores the lives of women who work full time while caring for a child with significant chronic illness or disability. She demonstrates that such women can be disconnected from those around them, unsupported and overwhelmed with responsibility at home and work. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP; JHBK; JHBL; JKS; MB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349546510
- ISBN
- 9781349546510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95