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  • Talking about Machines

    An Ethnography of a Modern Job

    by Julian E. Orr ...
    Series series Collection on Technology and Work
    This is a story of how work gets done. It is also a study of how field service technicians talk about their work and how that talk is instrumental in their success. In his innovative ethnography, Julian E. Orr studies the people who repair photocopiers and shares vignettes from their daily lives. He characterizes their work as a continuous highly skilled improvisation within a triangular ... Read more

    $22.79 USD

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  • Inclusive States: Social Policy And Structural Inequalities

    by Dani Anis A.; de Haan Arjan ...
    The heterogeneity of social structures and cultural identities in many developing countries, together with traditional hierarchies, rivalries, and deep-seated biases, has perpetuated inequities. Inclusive States: Social Policy and Structural Inequalities examines the role of the state and society in addressing structural inequalities and identifies a set of policy recommendations to redress them. ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Codes of Finance

    Engineering Derivatives in a Global Bank

    by Vincent Antonin Lépinay ...
    A behind-the-scenes account of the derivatives business at a major investment bankThe financial industry's invention of complex products such as credit default swaps and other derivatives has been widely blamed for triggering the global financial crisis of 2008. In Codes of Finance, Vincent Antonin Lépinay, a former employee of one of the world’s leading investment banks, takes readers behind the ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Strike Back

    Using the Militant Tactics of Labor's Past to Reignite Public Sector Unionism Today

    by Joe Burns ...
    During the 1960s and 1970s, teachers, sanitation workers and many other public employees rose up to demand collective bargaining rights in one of the greatest upsurges in labor history. These workers were able to transform the nature of public employment, winning union recognition for millions and ultimately forcing reluctant politicians to pass laws allowing for collective bargaining and even the ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Annual Report on Urban Development of China 2013

    Edited by Houkai Wei, Jiahua Pan ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book focuses on China’s urban development. In China, the process of allowing more rural migrants to become registered city residents in urban areas remains stagnant despite its importance to the Chinese government and the existence of a national consensus about it. Cities can compulsorily purchase land from farmers at low or even no costs, and most farmers, whose families have relied on the ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Financial Inclusion of the Marginalised

    Street Vendors in the Urban Economy

    by Sharit K. Bhowmik, Debdulal Saha ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book is the product of a study conducted by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Ministry of Urban Housing and Poverty Alleviation (MoHUPA). Its objective is to highlight some of the problems faced by street vendors in conducting their daily business and to examine how financial institutions, especially those in ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Workplace Flexibility

    Realigning 20th-Century Jobs for a 21st-Century Workforce

    Edited by Kathleen Christensen, Barbara Schneider ...
    Although today's family has changed, the workplace has not—and the resulting one-size-fits-all workplace has become profoundly mismatched to the needs of an increasingly diverse and varied workforce. As changes in the composition of the workforce exert new demands on employers, considerable attention is being paid to how workplaces can be structured more flexibly to achieve the goals of employers ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • The Employee

    A Political History

    by Jean-Christian Vinel ...
    Series series Politics and Culture in Modern America
    A political, legal, intellectual, and social history of employment in AmericaIn the present age of temp work, telecommuting, and outsourcing, millions of workers in the United States find themselves excluded from the category of "employee"—a crucial distinction that would otherwise permit unionization and collective bargaining. Tracing the history of the term since its entry into the public ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • The Governance of Active Welfare States in Europe

    Edited by T. Sirovátka ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    During the last decade, many European countries introduced extensive reforms to the way that income protection and activation programmes for the unemployed are implemented and delivered. This book analyzes and compares these reforms in nine European countries, focusing on the reforms programmes themselves, as well as on their effects. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Toward Gender Equality in East Asia and the Pacific: A Companion to the World Development Report

    by World Bank ...
    Toward Gender Equality in East Asia and the Pacific examines the relationship between gender equality and development and outlines an agenda for public action to promote more effective and inclusive development in East Asian and Pacific countries. Written as a companion to the World Development Report 2012 on gender equality and development, the report finds that promoting gender equality ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Emerging Conceptions of Work, Management and the Labor Market

    Edited by Steven P. Vallas ...
    Series Book 30 - Research in the Sociology of Work
    Economic institutions are undergoing radical transformations, and with these has come a reconfiguration of labor market institutions, managerial conceptions of work, and the nature of authority and control over employees as well. Yet many of these changes remain poorly understood. This volume provides a sampling of state-of-the art theory and research in the field, and addresses a wide array of ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Emerging Dimensions of Technology Management

    Edited by K B Akhilesh ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    Technology is the key driver of business. May it be airport, ICT , smart governance, manufacturing or plantations. Technology management opens up opportunities for the business and help achieve leadership positions. This collection of papers provides a glimpse of issues faced in different sectors. These papers also should inspire more researchers to expand the scope of the subject itself. ... Read more

    $89.09 USD