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  • The Economics of Workers' Management

    A Yugoslav Case Study

    by Jan Vanek ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Employee Ownership and Economic Democracy
    The object of this study, originally published in 1972, consists in developing, against the background of Yugoslav theory and practice, a general theory of the behaviour of economic productive units (the enterprises), managed by those who work therein (the workers or producers) whose reward for work in their share in the group’s net income. This title will be of interest to students of employee ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

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    My Decade Fighting for the Labor Movement

    by Jane Mcalevey, Bob Ostertag ...
    See how one militant union organizer fought the bosses—and national labor leaders—in this “breathtaking trip through the union-organizing scene” (Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed).“ . . . renews my faith that organizing works . . . makes a compelling case for a new vision for the American labor movement.” —Van JonesIn 1995, in the first contested election in the history of the AFL ... Read more

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  • Hard Time

    Reforming the Penitentiary in Nineteenth-Century Canada

    by Ted McCoy ...
    Prisons have always existed in a climate of crisis. The penitentiary emerged in the early decades of the nineteenth century as an enlightened alternative to brute punishment, one that would focus on rehabilitation and the inculcation of mainstream social values. Central to this goal was physical labour. The penitentiary was constructed according to a plan that would harness the energies of the ... Read more

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  • Working with the Grain

    Integrating Governance and Growth in Development Strategies

    by Brian Levy ...
    The development discourse has long been dominated by best practices prescriptions for reform, but these are not a useful way of responding to the governance ambiguities of the early 21st century. Working with the Grain draws on both innovative scholarship and Brian Levy's quarter century of experience at the World Bank to lay out an alternative-a practical, analytically grounded, "with-the-grain" ... Read more

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  • Annual Evaluation Report of China's Cultural Consumption Demand

    by Ya'nan Wang, Puning Hao, Ting Liu, Juan Zhao, Yu Fang ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    Gathering contributions by leading social development scholars, this report offers a comprehensive description of the national development of cultural consumption in China. By comparing the annual growth of cultural consumption, GDP growth, per-capita income growth and savings growth, the authors reveal the disparity between urban and rural areas in terms of cultural consumption, as well as that ... Read more

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  • Job Loss, Identity, and Mental Health

    by Dawn R. Norris ...
    Our jobs are often a big part of our identities, and when we are fired, we can feel confused, hurt, and powerless—at sea in terms of who we are. Drawing on extensive, real-life interviews, Job Loss, Identity, and Mental Health shines a light on the experiences of unemployed, middle-class professional men and women, showing how job loss can affect both identity and mental health.Sociologist Dawn R. ... Read more

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  • The international dimension of the failed Algerian transition

    Democracy betrayed?

    by Francesco Cavatorta ...
    Series series Perspectives on Democratic Practice
    The book builds an innovative theoretical framework, through which previously neglected international factors are brought into the analysis of transitions to democracy. The case of Algeria is then explored in great detail. This volume is an important contribution to the literature on democratization and provides an interesting analysis of Algerian politics during the last two decades. More ... Read more

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  • Fair Trade and the Citizen-Consumer

    Shopping for Justice?

    by K. Wheeler ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    As sales of fair-trade goods explode across the globe, Fair Trade and the Citizen-Consumer provides a timely analysis of the organizations, institutions and grassroots networks behind this growing movement. Drawing on examples from the UK, Sweden and USA, this book moves away from models of individualized consumer choice and instead explores the collective cultures and practices that motivate and ... Read more

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  • The Dynamics of Asian Labour Markets

    Balancing Control and Flexibility

    Edited by John Benson, Ying Zhu ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
    Asia has undergone rapid economic transformation over the past two decades. Despite its constant economic growth, the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis and the resulting surge in unemployment highlighted the vulnerability of national systems that base development solely on economic growth.This book fills a major research gap by exploring the nature, dynamics and functioning of Asian labour markets in ... Read more

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  • Informal Workers and Collective Action

    A Global Perspective

    Edited by Adrienne E. Eaton, Susan J. Schurman, Martha A. Chen ...
    Informal Workers and Collective Action features nine cases of collective action to improve the status and working conditions of informal workers. Adrienne E. Eaton, Susan J. Schurman, and Martha A. Chen set the stage by defining informal work and describing the types of organizations that represent the interests of informal workers and the lessons that may be learned from the examples presented in ... Read more

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  • Theoretical and Empirical Studies on Cooperatives

    Lessons for Cooperatives in South Africa

    Edited by Andrew Emmanuel Okem ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The book outlines how cooperatives can be used as a tool for development and reconciliation in post-conflict contexts. This book also examines the successes and challenges for emerging and existing cooperatives in Africa, while delivering both practical lessons and insights into the theory. It presents completely new materials on the cooperative movement, against a backdrop of increasing global ... Read more

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  • Pensions: More Information, Less Ideology

    Assessing the Long-Term Sustainability of European Pension Systems: Data Requirements, Analysis and Evaluations

    Edited by Tito Boeri, Axel Börsch-Supan, Agar Brugiavini, Richard Disney, Arie Kapteyn, Franco Peracchi ...
    Europeans are living longer, and fewer now remain in the labour force as they grow older. Many European countries have responded to the ensuing financial pressure by reforming their public pension systems and health care programmes. There is considerable uncertainty as to the effects of these reforms - as they typically do not alter the unfunded nature of public welfare arrangements and this ... Read more

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