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Paperback. 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 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804754149
- ISBN
- 9780804754149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.60
€ 29.99
€ 27.60
Hardcover. Offering a comparative perspective, this book examines working poverty - those in work who are still classified as 'poor'. It argues that the growth in numbers of working poor in Europe is due to the transition from a Keynesian Welfare State to a 'post-fordist' model of production. Editor(s): Fraser, Neil; Gutierrez, Rodolfo; Pena-Casas, Ramon. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 362 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFA; JHBL; JKS; JPB; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 28. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230290105
- ISBN
- 9780230290105
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.88
€ 68.88
Paperback. Since the 1980s, arguments for a multicultural Japan have gained considerable currency against an entrenched myth of national homogeneity. This book enters this conversation with an ethnography of Japan's Buraku" people. Series: Asia Pacific Modern. Num Pages: 304 pages, 15 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFSC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520283299
- ISBN
- 9780520283299
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.73
€ 33.99
€ 24.73
Paperback. An ethnographic study of transnational migration, racialization, labor subordination, and citizenship in Chicago's Mexican migrant community Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 1KLCM; GTB; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 223 x 23. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822336150
- ISBN
- 9780822336150
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.90
€ 41.99
€ 29.90
paperback. Editor(s): Hearn, Mark Chung; Patmore, Greg. Num Pages: 300 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; HBJM; HBLL; HBLW; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The Merlin Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780850365061
- ISBN
- 9780850365061
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.67
€ 21.99
€ 20.67
Paperback. Explores how beliefs about what constitutes 'women's work' are evolving in response to globalization. This book uncovers how call center employment affects their lives, mainly as it relates to the anxiety that Indian families and Indian society have towards women going out at night, earning a good salary, and being exposed to western culture. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 table, 2 figures, 4 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JHBL; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 166 x 16. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804769143
- ISBN
- 9780804769143
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.05
€ 26.99
€ 25.05
Hardback. This book uncovers how working the night shift at India's transnational call centers affects the lives of women workers. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 table, 2 figures, 4 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JHBL; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804769136
- ISBN
- 9780804769136
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.64
€ 107.64
Paperback. A Marxist investigation into the forms of resistance occurring in the UK call centre today Series: Wildcat. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JHBL; KJS; KNTT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 136 x 215 x 18. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745399065
- ISBN
- 9780745399065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.50
€ 21.99
€ 16.50
Paperback. Containing lively portraits of flight attendants, both current and retired, this book shows the intimate, illuminating, funny, and sometimes dangerous behind-the-scenes stories of daily life for the flight attendant. Num Pages: 291 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBL; KNGV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814794081
- ISBN
- 9780814794081
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.53
€ 33.99
€ 30.53
Hardback. We are living in the age of imagination and communication. This book, about the new ways time is experienced and organised in post-industrial workplaces, argues that the key feature of working time within knowledge, and other workplaces, is unpredictability, creating a culture that seeks to insert acceptance of unpredictability as a new 'standard'. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL; KNTX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 191
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230282971
- ISBN
- 9780230282971
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.12
€ 117.12
paperback. We are living in the age of imagination and communication. This book, about the new ways time is experienced and organised in post-industrial workplaces, argues that the key feature of working time within knowledge, and other workplaces, is unpredictability, creating a culture that seeks to insert acceptance of unpredictability as a new 'standard'. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JHBL; JPQB; KJWB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 191
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349328741
- ISBN
- 9781349328741
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 116.19
€ 116.19
paperback. This book examines the contribution of the NHS to the multi-agency and inter-professional child protection process. It examines the roles played by health professionals within child protection and investigates the nature and operation of the central policy community and local provider networks. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2figs.5tabs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JHBC; JKSB1; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 301.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861342447
- ISBN
- 9781861342447
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 37.37
€ 37.99
€ 37.37
Paperback. Advances in the social sciences have emerged through a variety of research methods: field-based research, laboratory and field experiments, and agent-based models. This title examines how different methods have promoted various theoretical developments related to collective action and the commons. Num Pages: 376 pages, 21 line illus. 8 tables. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 49951st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691146041
- ISBN
- 9780691146041
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.59€ 51.90
€ 52.59
€ 51.90
Paperback. Targeting working with children and their families in the context of their daily lives, this edition has been expanded and revised to address cross-cultural issues in greater depth, family mentoring and specific teenage issues. Num Pages: 360 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK; JKSB1; JKSN; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854333308
- ISBN
- 9781854333308
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.66
€ 45.66
Hardback. Series: Epistemologies of Healing. Num Pages: 8 ills. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JHM; MB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454760
- ISBN
- 9781845454760
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.59
€ 164.59
Paperback. Working with Spoken Discourse provides a comprehensive account of the expanding multidisciplinary field of discourse analysis. It discusses current approaches, concepts and debates in the field of spoken discourse and provides a grounding in the practical techniques of discourse analysis and how to apply them to real data. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; GTC; JH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 170 x 13. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761957737
- ISBN
- 9780761957737
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.44
€ 56.44
Paperback. The very word 'statisticsa is enough to induce panic or cynicism in most peoplea s hearts. The necessity of studying statistics is often regarded by students as a test of endurance rather than an educational opportunity. Working With Statistics is aimed to show such an audience that studying statistics can be both involving and even pleasurable. Num Pages: 208 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745600482
- ISBN
- 9780745600482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.18
€ 23.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBL; JPA; JPQB; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349421510
- ISBN
- 9781349421510
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Condition: New
€ 127.97
€ 127.97
Hardcover. This text concentrates on exploring the changing relationship between the state and working women in Taiwan by incorporating social, economic, political and ideological factors into a historical analysis. It also analyzes the Taiwanese welfare regime in a gender-critical way. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; JFSJ1; JHBL; JP; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 557.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333802090
- ISBN
- 9780333802090
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.47
€ 128.47
Paperback. Analyses the interrelationships between Cordoba's immigrant entrepreneurs, workforce, labour movement, gender relations, and culture on the one hand, and social revolution, modernization, and the Atlantic community on the other between the 1890s and the 1960s. Series: The Mexican Experience. Num Pages: 440 pages, 13 photographs, 2 maps, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- 0th edition
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803243712
- ISBN
- 9780803243712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 45.89
€ 50.99
€ 45.89
Paperback. This book is an original study of women who identify themselves as working-class and lesbian, examining the significance of class and sexuality in their biographies, everyday lives and identities. Series: Women's Studies at York Series. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349284252
- ISBN
- 9781349284252
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.55
€ 67.55
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719065903
- ISBN
- 9780719065903
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.35€ 63.34
€ 99.35
€ 63.34
Paperback. This text proposes different ways of thinking about work. It explores many of the ways in which human beings have thought about the place of work in life - its meanings, its limits, and its relation to other obligations, to the life cycle, to play and to rest. Editor(s): Meilaender, Gilbert C. Series: Ethics of Everyday Life S. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268019624
- ISBN
- 9780268019624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.67
€ 20.99
€ 20.67
Hardcover. Based on qualitative work in car plants in Argentina, this book offers new insights for an understanding of workers' collective struggles in a radical perspective. Criticizing the use of injustice as the basis of mobilization, it argues that workers' collective resistance should be seen as a function of the development of solidarity. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL; KCF; KJMV2; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230584648
- ISBN
- 9780230584648
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.85
€ 66.85