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![The Formation of a Labour Market in Russia]()
The Formation of a Labour Market in Russia
Simon Clarke
The Russian labour market has been hailed by some economists as being ‘perfectly flexible’ because Russia has achieved enormous employment restructuring with minimal unemployment, and by others as plagued by rigidities since pay structur... -
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Education Policy
Edited by James Marshall, Michael Peters
There have been dramatic changes in education policy throughout the world in the final quarter of the 20th Century. This important volume presents an invaluable collection of previously published and specially commissioned articles whic... -
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The Sociology of Knowledge
Edited by Volker Meja, Nico Stehr
This authoritative two volume collection presents both the classic articles and the most important recent literature which are essential for an understanding of the sociology of knowledge. -
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![Migration, Diasporas and Transnationalism]()
Migration, Diasporas and Transnationalism
Edited by Steven Vertovec, Robin Cohen
This authoritative collection brings together the most significant papers by leading scholars in an increasingly important area of study. Social scientists and political analysts are becoming more and more aware of the importance of lon... -
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Globalization and Labour Relations
Edited by Peter Leisink
This important book presents an in-depth analysis of the neo-liberal viewpoint on globalization and its impact on labour relations. The policies of states and multinational corporations as well as their effects are analysed from the pers... -
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Migration and Social Cohesion
Edited by Steven Vertovec
There is a common assumption that immigrants contribute significantly to the breakdown of social cohesion. However, researchers and policymakers find that, on the contrary, immigrants contribute much to their adopted societies economica... -
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Job Creation
Edited by Jordi Gual
Insufficient job creation and the decreasing quality of jobs are fundamental social problems throughout the industrialized world. This impressive book uses a multidisciplinary approach to provide an accessible and wide-ranging assessmen... -
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Women in the labor market
Edited by Marianne A. Ferber
The rapid influx of women into the labour market has come to be recognised as one of the most important economic and social developments of the latter half of the 20th century. Women in the Labor Market is an authoritative collection of... -
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Pensions and Population Ageing
John Creedy
The analysis of pensions presents many complex problems. A major aim of this book is to demonstrate how reasonably simple economic models can be designed and used to shed some light on the issues involved in population growth and pension... -
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Unemployment in Theory and Practice
Edited by Thomas Lange
Unemployment in Theory and Practice examines the effectiveness of current policies in the battle against unemployment. It uses a variety of country case studies to analyse the range of potential causes of and cures for unemployment and ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Structural Adjustment without Mass Unemployment?
Edited by Simon Clarke
Mass unemployment has usually been seen as a necessary accompaniment to major structural adjustment, yet in Russia, amid economic collapse, enormous structural changes have taken place with remarkably low levels of unemployment. Some ha... -
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The SOciology of Politics
Edited by William Outhwaite, Luke Martell
This scholarly collection presents some of the most important classical and contemporary texts of relevance to political sociology. Volume I offers an overview of the sociological approach to the concepts of power and the state; it exami...
