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Control of nuclear material comprises the administrative and technical measures applied to ensure that nuclear material is not misused or removed from its assigned location without approval and/or without proper accounting. This publication, which builds...

L'objectif principal de ce manuel de référence est de réunir les connaissances opérationnelles et l'expérience internationale des pays du monde entier en termes de mise en ?uvre des programmes de protection sociale.Book InformationISBN...

This report is intended to provide conceptual and empirical learnings to help support the ongoing implementation of a continent-wide 'Digital Transformation for Africa' initiative that will span the next decade to 2030.Book InformationISBN...

This book begins with a provocative paradox: George Fitzhugh of Virginia, one of the most eloquent defenders of Southern chattel slavery, appealed to a New York abolitionist for support. How can this be? The abolitionist in question, Charles Edwards...

This title is part of the ""New Frontiers of Social Policy"" series. In most developing countries, the mixed record of state effectiveness, market imperfections, and persistent structural inequities has undermined the effectiveness of...

Friend or Flunkey? Takes a close look at the working lives and attitudes of domestic workers in modern Australia. The book examines a great diversity of experiences in the domestic services industry, mainly through interviews with many participants, both...

In 1930, almost 13,000 African Americans worked in the coal mines around Birmingham, Alabama. They made up 53 percent of the mining workforce and some 60 percent of their union's local membership. At the close of the twentieth century, only about 15...

'... the relationship between employment growth and output growth ... is greatly affected by the functioning, efficiency and institutional structure of the labor market.' - Joseph Stiglitz, Chief Economist, World Bank Despite the resumption of economic...

What are people's life experiences in present-day Japan? This timely volume addresses fundamental questions vital to under- standing Japan in the first decade of the twenty-first century. Its chapters collectively reveal a questioning of middle-class...

Sewing Success? Employment, Wages, and Poverty following the End of the Multi-Fibre Arrangement (MFA) analyzes the impact of the 2004 MFA phaseout on key social indicators in major apparel-exporting developing countries. This study provides important...

This title analyzes the roles of labor markets, employment, productivity, and labor income in promoting poverty reduction and shared growth in Nicaragua.Poor people derive most of their income from work; however, there is insufficient understanding of...

There is one asset that poor people have in abundance: labor. Thus, what distinguishes the poor from the non-poor in low income countries is, simply, their ability to sell labor at a good price. It should be of little surprise, then, that enhancing the...

Large regional disparities in labor market indicators exist in Central Europe and the Baltic region. Such disparities appear to be persistent over time indicating, in part, a lack of flexibility in the prevailing adjustment mechanisms. Internal labor...

This title analyzes the roles of labor markets, employment, productivity, and labor income in promoting poverty reduction and shared growth in Bangladesh.Poor people derive most of their income from work; however, there is insufficient understanding of...

In Africa, only few wage and salary jobs open up each year. Hence, most new entrants in the labor market end up supporting themselves in casual labor, self-employment, or small family businesses-activities with low productivity and highly vulnerable...

What are people's life experiences in present-day Japan? This timely volume addresses fundamental questions vital to under- standing Japan in the first decade of the twenty-first century. Its chapters collectively reveal a questioning of middle-class...

After a sustained economic growth period at the end of the last century and the beginning of this one, Latin America still faces high inequality and lower well-being indicators among women, afro-descendants, and indigenous peoples. This is a period in...

Devoid of natural resources, Hong Kong has weathered many internal and external shocks and yet emerged as one of the fastest growing economies in the world. This success is attributed to the resilience and adaptability of the labour force of Hong Kong...

Longshoremen stand at the nexus of the global economy, handling nearly every cargo container that enters or leaves any country. Even in the face of cargo "containerization" in the 70s and 80s, a development that decimated longshore unions, they...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781874097181Author David WillettsFormat PaperbackPage Count 83Imprint The Social Market FoundationPublisher The Social Market Foundation

Keynesian economists have continually highlighted the crucial role of effective demand and capital investment in determining the level of unemployment. However, this vital insight has been conspicuous by its absence in recent mainstream debates on the...

In this book, the authors present topical research in the study of labour market policies, challenges and its role in globalisation. Topics discussed include work values and educational socio-demographics from a sample of young people in vocational...

This comprehensive book presents an original reconstruction of the different interpretations of the Phillips curve. The authors demonstrate through an in-depth analysis how it is possible to find non-neoclassical foundations in the trade-off between...

This issue brings together important research from Europe, Australia, North America, Latin America and Asia and considers - How can the global knowledge economy be conceptualised to enable us to understand the current transformations of work taking place...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781642934359Author Jeff WaldFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Post Hill PressPublisher Post Hill PressWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 157mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853156451Author Bernard DixFormat HardbackPage Count 238Imprint Lawrence & Wishart LtdPublisher Lawrence and Wishart Ltd

Globalization, Uncertainty and Women's Careers assesses the effects of globalization on the life courses of women in thirteen countries across Europe and America in the second half of the 20th century. The book represents the first-ever longitudinal...

Globalization, argue the contributors to this book, has remarkably accelerated social and economic change in modern societies. One such change is manifested in the world of work and careers. This book explores whether the forces of globalization affect...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780851241258Author Ken CoatesFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Spokesman BooksPublisher Spokesman BooksWeight(grams) 140g

It is often suggested in policy debates that the employment of highly educated workers in jobs traditionally held by lower skilled workers leads to skill wastage and a worsening labour market position for the less educated. This process is generally...

Using charts, graphs, and cartoons, Michael Yates describes how unemployment, or the fear of it, is part of the life of every American worker. He outlines the changes in the structure of the labor market that have undermined the living standards of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780851246208Author Michael Barratt BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 111Imprint Spokesman BooksPublisher Spokesman Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780851241241Author Ken CoatesFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Spokesman BooksPublisher Spokesman BooksWeight(grams) 140g

Since the mid 1990s, the focus of European employment and social policy has shifted from protection to promotion. This book provides a timely analysis of this new form of governance, and the new forms of policy delivery and audit which accompany it. The...

This meticulous book examines how gender inequalities in contemporary societies are changing and how further changes towards greater gender equality might be achieved. The focus of the book is on inequalities in production and reproductive activities, as...

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Increasing international competition has put improvements in vocational training at the top of many nations' political agendas. This important book explores the economic analysis of training and relates it to the differing systems found in Western Europe...

This timely study of the recent migration tides explores the political and economic factors that have influenced the rise of immigration in postwar Europe and the United States. It seeks to explain immigration in terms of the globalization of labor...

As the world entered the twenty-first century, global skill shortages in many occupations were evident throughout the world. While these were mitigated by a global recession, there is no generally agreed upon method for measuring these shortages. This...

Preventing Unemployment in Europe is an interdisciplinary volume offering an effective and authoritative contribution to the ongoing debate concerning the utility of preventive labour market policies. Positive labour market performance is discussed from...