Labour Policy

Research Handbook of Comparative Employment Relations

Edited by Michael Barry, Adrian Wilkinson

The Research Handbook of Comparative Employment Relations is an essential resource for those seeking to understand contemporary developments in the world of work, and the way in which employment relations systems are evolving around the ...

Paperback (2013)

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Economy and Society in Europe

Edited by Luigi Burroni, Maarten Keune, Guglielmo Meardi

While an economy is always ‘embedded’ in society, the relationship between the two is undergoing profound changes in Europe, resulting in widespread instability which is emphasised by the current crisis. This book analyses these changes,...

Hardback (2012)

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Fighting Working Poverty in Post-industrial Economies

Eric Crettaz

This thought-provoking book provides an in-depth analysis of the working poor phenomenon and its causes across welfare regimes, and identifies the most efficient policy mixes and best practices that could be utilized to resolve this prob...

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Aging Populations, Globalization and the Labor Market

Edited by Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Sandra Buchholz, Karin Kurz

This topical and timely analysis of late career and retirement within nine European societies and the USA examines how social inequality structures have developed in an era of globalization and aging populations.

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Measuring More than Money

Rafael Muñoz de Bustillo, Enrique Fernández-Macías, José-Ignacio Antón, Fernando Esteve

Job quality is a crucial link between the economy and well-being. This original book proves that it can and should be measured, proposing a theoretically based multidimensional ‘Index of Job Quality’ that is tested in the EU member State...

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Handbook of Employment and Society

Edited by Susan McGrath-Champ, Andrew Herod, Al Rainnie

This Handbook deepens and extends the engagement between research concerned with work and employment and labour geography. It links fundamental concepts concerning the politics of place that human geographers have developed in recent yea...

Paperback (2011)

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Ethnic Diversity in European Labor Markets

Edited by Martin Kahanec, Klaus F. Zimmermann

This highly accessible book illustrates how policy makers can address and nurture the effects of growing ethnic diversity in European labor markets.

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Gender Inequalities in the 21st Century

Edited by Jacqueline Scott, Rosemary Crompton, Clare Lyonette

Both women and men strive to achieve a work and family balance, but does this imply more or less equality? Does the persistence of gender and class inequalities refute the notion that lives are becoming more individualised? Leading inter...

Paperback (2010)

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Hardback (March 2010)

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Immigration and Nation Building

Edited by Andrew Markus, Moshe Semyonov

This insightful study explores the growth of the two largest post-industrial immigrant nations since the Second World War – Australia and Israel. Almost one in four Australians were born outside the country, more than one in three Israelis.

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Globalization and Precarious Forms of Production and Employment

Edited by Carole Thornley, Steve Jefferys, Beatrice Appay

This important and cross-disciplinary book explores globalization alongside precarious forms of production and employment, and how these factors have impacted on workers and trade unions.

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Women’s Employment and Homemaking Careers

Cherlyn Skromme Granrose

Chronicling the lives and career choices of a dynamic group of women, this book provides a comprehensive and unique glimpse into the intricate balance of work and family. Women’s Employment and Homemaking Careers is based on three survey...

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