Kategoria BISAC: Political Science >> General

Professor Rideout reviews the laws concerning trade unionism by presenting case surveys and comparing British, American and Commonwealth laws. He is particularly concerned with the right of admission to membership and the regulation of disciplinary proceedings, and speculates on future developments in trade union law.

This book contains the James S. Carpentier Lectures delivered at Columbia University Law School in 1955. Subjects discussed include the development of pleading, the functions of judge and jury, judicial notice, and the history, theory, and application of the hearsay rule.

From case studies of eleven highway systems in underdeveloped countries, the authors suggest a theory of transport investment and development.

Through its provocative examination of feminist and Marxist approaches to women's art and female representations, this book challenges the widespread belief that Marxism has nothing valuable to contribute to women's studies. The author argues that, from the French Revolution through to the present, gender and class have shaped visual imagery. She shows how Marxist theory can function to question some of the premises of feminist art histories and to provide a more accurate understanding of the meaning(s) of visual imagery.

By turns beautiful, poignant, frightening, and funny, "Eyewitness" is a personal pictorial record of life in Northern Ireland over nearly forty years. Murphy's photographs are accompanied by detailed and candid captions revealing the events, people, and atmosphere in the region.This book is distributed for O'Brien Press, Dublin and is for sale only in the United States, it's territories and dependencies, Canada, and the Philippines."

What kinds of work will be available in the 1980s? For whom? When should a person retire? Should a retiree find a part-time job? The authors answer such questions by examining a multitude of factors that will affect work decisions in the coming decade. Their findings will alert decision-makers in both private organizations and the government to the employment issues that dominate the 1980s.

The profession of social work has, since its inception, stressed the importance of the family system in practice and policy development. Even though the family has always been central to effective social work practice, the framing of the family system from a holistic health perspective is new to the field. This collection develops a family health perspective that will facilitate effective social work practice and policy development.

Family health is an emerging practice orientation within the field of social work. A family health orientation practice utilizes a holistic approach that...