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  • Self-Management and Efficiency

    Large Corporations in Yugoslavia

    by Stephen R. Sacks ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Employee Ownership and Economic Democracy
    The book, first published in 1983, examined whether the Yugoslavs’ extensive implementation of their principle of self-management by small work units was costly in terms of economic efficiency. Were they atomizing their firms into inefficiently small fragments? Was the system of worker self-management appropriate only for small firms? Can a modern industrial enterprise of efficient scale, indeed ... Read more

    Was $51.99 USD Now $45.99 USD

  • Catching Stories

    A Practical Guide to Oral History

    by Donna M. DeBlasio, Charles F. Ganzert, David H. Mould, Stephen H. Paschen, Howard L. Sacks ...
    In neighborhoods, schools, community centers, and workplaces, people are using oral history to capture and collect the kinds of stories that the history books and the media tend to overlook: stories of personal struggle and hope, of war and peace, of family and friends, of beliefs, traditions, and values—the stories of our lives.Catching Stories: A Practical Guide to Oral History is a clear and ... Read more

    $18.09 USD

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  • Survivor Café

    The Legacy of Trauma and the Labyrinth of Memory

    by Elizabeth Rosner ...
    A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the YearAn “impressive, highly readable” exploration of “atrocity, trauma, and memory” that examines the legacies of the Holocaust, Hiroshima, and other mass trauma events—“a powerful book” (Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Sympathizer).As firsthand survivors of many of the 20th century’s most monumental events—the Holocaust, Hiroshima, ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Employee Rights & Employer Wrongs - Canada

    How to Identify Employee Abuse and Stand Up For Yourself

    by Suzanne Kleinberg ...
    THE BOOK YOUR BOSS AND HR DEPARTMENT DON’T WANT YOU TO READChances are you don’t understand the majority of the terminology in your employment contract. So how would you know when your boss is overstepping their rights – or what to do about it?With 49% of North American employees affected by workplace bullying, Employee Rights and Employer Wrongs, the preeminent new book from renowned career coach ... Read more

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  • Offshoring of American Jobs

    What Response from U.S. Economic Policy?

    by Jagdish N. Bhagwati, Alan S. Blinder ...
    Series series Alvin Hansen Symposium on Public Policy at Harvard University
    Two leading economists discuss a range of issues relating to the “offshoring” of American jobs, from free trade to unemployment levels.It is no surprise that many fearful American workers see the call center operator in Bangalore or the factory worker in Guangzhou as a threat to their jobs. The emergence of China and India (along with other, smaller developing countries) as economic powers has ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Economics of Rising Inequalities

    Edited by Daniel Cohen, Thomas Piketty, Gilles Saint-Paul ...
    This book is an in-depth discussion of rising inequalities in the western world. It explores the extent to which rising inequalities are the mechanical consequence of changes in economic fundamentals (such as changes in technological or demographic parameters), and to what extent they are the contingent consequences of country-specific and time-specific changes in institutions. Both the ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • The Sociology of Knowledge in a Time of Crisis

    Challenging the Phantom of Liberty

    by Onofrio Romano ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought
    The speed of social dynamics has overtaken the speed of thought. Adopting a dialectical perspective towards reality, social theory has always detected faults in the dominant social pattern, foreseeing crises and outlining in advance the features of new social models. Thought has always moved faster than reality and its ruling models, ensuring a dynamic equilibrium during modernity. Despite any ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Struggle in a Time of Crisis

    Edited by Nicolas Pons-Vignon, Mbuso Nkosi ...
    This is a collection of essays by an array of contributors from the Global Labour Column, which highlights and examines class struggle as the core of resistance against capitalism today.It provides insights into the dynamics of neoliberalism and its persistence and stimulates debates about the continued impact of the economic crisis, focusing on labour as both a victim and a crucial social force ... Read more

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  • Research Design

    Creating Robust Approaches for the Social Sciences

    by Stephen Gorard ...
    Research design is of critical importance in social research, despite its relative neglect in many methods resources. Early consideration of design in relation to research questions leads to the elimination or diminution of threats to eventual research claims, by encouraging internal validity and substantially reducing the number of alternative explanations for any finite number of research ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • The Costs and Benefits of Animal Experiments

    by Andrew Knight ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    A comprehensive review of recent scientific evidence examining the contributions of animal experimentation to human healthcare. The book also explores toxicity prediction, animal use during life and health sciences education, impacts on student attitudes toward animals, and the extent to which animals suffer in laboratories. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Work and Idleness

    The Political Economy of Full Employment

    Edited by Jane Wheelock, John Vail ...
    Series Book 66 - Recent Economic Thought
    Work and Idleness develops the view that redistributing employment is a `feasible capitalist' solution, not just to the unemployment which particular groups suffer, but also to the work that others have to contend with, including many women. Putting the redistribution of employment on the policy agenda opens up debate on how to ensure a more equitable and fulfilling relationship between the ways ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Rural Social Work Practice

    Edited by Nancy Lohmann, Roger Lohmann ...
    Featuring contributions from practitioners, researchers, and academics, this volume synthesizes and analyzes current trends in rural social work practice and considers the most effective ways to serve rural communities. Contributors consider the history and development of rural social work from its beginnings to the present day, addressing the value of the Internet and other new information ... Read more

    $33.29 USD