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Hardback. Offers research on the character and implications of workplace participation. This book examines various outcomes, causes, and consequences related to participation programs and worker democracy. It also considers issues surrounding the distribution of and struggle over work hours and how these vary across a number of factors. Editor(s): Smith, Vicki. Series: Research in the Sociology of Work. Num Pages: 432 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 779.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762312023
- ISBN
- 9780762312023
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 173.47
€ 173.47
Hardback. No question is more pertinent to worker welfare than explaining changes in overall income inequality. The papers presented in this volume explore this important issue and evaluate government programmes and their impact upon welfare. Editor(s): Polachek, S.W. Series: Research in Labor Economics. Num Pages: 524 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBL; JPQB; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 36. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 524
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762310265
- ISBN
- 9780762310265
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 174.56
€ 174.56
Hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691654782
- ISBN
- 9780691654782
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.64€ 85.15
€ 112.64
€ 85.15
Hardback. This volume contributes to our understanding of the complexities which shape attitudes and behaviour at work. Series: Cambridge Papers in Sociology. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Weight in Grams: 383. "Bibliography: p. 171-173. Commissioning organisation: by Dorothy Wedderburn and Rosemary Crompton. 176 p. 23 cm. Associated Names: Crompton, Rosemary,. Paperback. Good clean copy with tight binding, suggestion of dust dulling to edges of cover, clean and crisp pages." Keywords: "Subjects - Society, Politics & Philosophy - Social Sciences - Sociology - General,Education Resources - Books - Social Sciences - Sociology - General"
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KEX0137389
- ISBN
- 9780521074322
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Quaid delves into the definition and history of workfare, and then continues with a critical and comparative analysis of workfare programs in six jurisdictions: California, Wisconsin, New York, Alberta, Ontario, and New Brunswick. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; JHBL; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780802081018
- ISBN
- 9780802081018
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.64
€ 44.99
€ 39.64
paperback. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: HBTD; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 136 x 41. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The New Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781565843424
- ISBN
- 9781565843424
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.99€ 19.43
€ 22.99
€ 19.43
Paperback. 0-8133-1027-X the Soviet Nationality Reader: the Disintegration in Context Num Pages: 222 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK; VFXC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 365.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Da Capo Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780201632712
- ISBN
- 9780201632712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.62
€ 23.99
€ 16.62
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€ 34.74
€ 41.99
€ 34.74
Paperback. Presents a social and industrial study of the conditions faced by the many thousands of working men and women and their families whose lives were controlled by the Great Western Railway from 1930-1960, the beginning of the modern period for the railway with mechanical accounting, up to the decline of the railway from 1957. Num Pages: 160 pages, 100. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBTB; JHBL; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 171 x 10. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752444031
- ISBN
- 9780752444031
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.65
€ 23.99
€ 20.65
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
€ 78.49
€ 78.49
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
€ 28.26
€ 28.26
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
€ 65.06
€ 65.06
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
€ 45.42
€ 45.42
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€ 29.04
€ 30.99
€ 29.04
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 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
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
€ 33.24
€ 33.24
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
€ 43.06
€ 43.06
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
€ 40.99€ 40.87
€ 40.99
€ 40.87
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
€ 117.40
€ 117.40