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  • Underpaid and Unrecognized

    State-Induced Unfree Labour

    Series series Oxford Labour Law
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  • Global Labor Migration

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    Series series Studies of World Migrations
    Around the world, hundreds of millions of labor migrants endure exploitation, lack of basic rights, and institutionalized discrimination and marginalization. What dynamics and drivers have created a world in which such a huge--and rapidly growing--group toils as marginalized men and women, existing as a lower caste institutionally and juridically? In what ways did labor migrants shape their living ... Leer más

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  • Pandemic Legalities

    Legal Responses to COVID-19 – Justice and Social Responsibility

    Series series Law, Society, Policy
    The effects of COVID-19 are visited disproportionately on the already disadvantaged.This important text maps out ways in which those already disadvantaged have been affected by legal responses to COVID-19. Contributors tackle issues including virtual trials, adult social care, racism, tax and spending, education and more. They reflect on the implications of COVID-19 and express concerns with ... Leer más

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    Designing Institutions for Citizen Participation

    de Graham Smith ...
    Series series Theories of Institutional Design
    Can we design institutions that increase and deepen citizen participation in the political decision making process? At a time when there is growing disillusionment with the institutions of advanced industrial democracies, there is also increasing interest in new ways of involving citizens in the political decisions that affect their lives. This book draws together evidence from a variety of ... Leer más

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  • Equality and Discrimination Law in Australia: An Introduction

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  • International Migration: A Very Short Introduction

    de Khalid Koser ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Why has international migration become an issue of such intense public and political concern? How closely linked are migrants with terrorist organizations? What factors lie behind the dramatic increase in the number of women migrating? This Very Short Introduction looks at the phenomenon of international human migration -- both legal and illegal -- to reveal that migration actually presents ... Leer más

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  • A Family Matter

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    de Megan Gaucher ...
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  • Neoliberalism

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    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Anchored in the principles of free-market economics, neoliberalism emerged in the 1990s as the world's most dominant economic paradigm. It has been associated with various political leaders from Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, and Bill Clinton, to Tony Blair, Barack Obama, and Manmohan Singh. Neoliberalism even penetrated deeply into ... Leer más

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  • Class

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  • How Good We Can Be

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  • The World Trade Organization

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    The World Trade Organization (WTO) is scarcely ten years old, but even in these early years of its existence it has generated debate, controversy and even outrage. Rulings on beef hormones and tuna-dolphin cases provide graphic examples of how the organization regulates and intrudes into areas of individual consumer choice, ethical preferences, and cultural habits. This deep and far-ranging impact ... Leer más

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