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Gender Divisions and Working Time in the New Economy
Edited by Diane Perrons, Colette Fagan, Linda McDowell, Kath Ray, Kevin Ward
Contemporary societies are characterised by new and more flexible working patterns, new family structures and widening social divisions. This book explores how these macro-level changes affect the micro organisation of daily life, with r...eBook:Find out more$59.96
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Industrial Relations in the New Europe
Edited by Peter Leisink, Bram Steijn, Ulke Veersma
This book presents an evidence-based assessment of the impact of EU enlargement on industrial relations and social standards in old and new EU Member States. It combines chapters which give an overview of the process of enlargement/integ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Evaluation of Active Labour Market Policies
Edited by Jaap de Koning
This book argues that active labour market policies are necessary to improve the position of the unemployed but have so far performed relatively poorly. The contributing authors seek ways to improve active labour market policy and consid...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Workforce Development Networks in Rural Areas
Gary Paul Green
Rural areas face numerous challenges in building a high-wage, high-skilled workforce. In response to these obstacles, many regions have established workforce development networks that provide stronger linkages between employers, schools,...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Redesigning the Welfare State
Hans-Werner Sinn, Christian Holzner, Wolfgang Meister, Wolfgang Ochel, Martin Werding
Redesigning the Welfare State argues that the current high level of unemployment in Germany not only creates a major challenge for the German welfare state, but is to a good extent caused by the way the country''s welfare system is desig... -
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Explaining the Economic Success of Singapore
Johnny Sung
Explaining the Economic Success of Singapore explores the transformation of Singapore in the last three decades, going beyond the conventional explanations. The book argues that there was more to the transformation than a simple ‘right p...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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International Handbook of Trade Unions
Edited by John T. Addison, Claus Schnabel
This Handbook is an authoritative and invaluable reference tool, uniquely analysing the forces governing unionism, union behaviour and union impact from a variety of perspectives, both theoretical and empirical. The 14 chapters are writt... -
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The European Social Model
Nick Adnett, Stephen Hardy
This timely book explores the development of the European Social Model and questions whether the relatively high level of social protection provided, both in terms of social welfare provision and in the creation of workers’ rights and em...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Work, Family and Childcare
Joris Ghysels
Work, Family and Childcare studies the joint decisions made by parents regarding the time they allocate to paid employment and childcare. Extensive cross-national data is analysed from three countries that represent the diversity of Euro...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Welfare for the Unemployed in Britain and Germany
Frances McGinnity
In recent decades, the problem of unemployment has generated fierce political and academic discussion on how national governments should address this issue. This book sheds light on a key debate in unemployment policy – that of whether u...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Institutions and Wage Formation in the New Europe
Edited by Gabriel Fagan, Francesco Paolo Mongelli, Julian Morgan
Institutions and Wage Formation in the New Europe addresses the role played by institutions in European wage formation with a focus on EMU and institutional change in labour markets.eBook:Find out more$40.00
