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Claiming Rights and Righting Wrongs in Texas: Mexican Workers and Job Politics During World War II
ISBN: 9781603440660 / Angielski / Twarda Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In "Claiming Rights and Righting Wrongs in Texas," Emilio Zamora traces the experiences of Mexican workers on the American home front during World War II as they moved from rural to urban areas and sought better-paying jobs in rapidly expanding industries. Contending that discrimination undermined job opportunities, Zamora investigates the intervention by Mexico in the treatment of workers, the U.S. State Department's response, and Texas' emergence as a key site for negotiating the application of the Good Neighbor Policy. He examines the role of women workers, the evolving political struggle,...
In "Claiming Rights and Righting Wrongs in Texas," Emilio Zamora traces the experiences of Mexican workers on the American home front during World War...
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243,39 |
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Why Unions Matter
ISBN: 9781583671917 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this new edition of Why Unions Matter, Michael D. Yates shows why unions still matter. Unions mean better pay, benefits, and working conditions for their members; they force employers to treat employees with dignity and respect; and at their best, they provide a way for workers to make society both more democratic and egalitarian. Yates uses simple language, clear data, and engaging examples to show why workers need unions, how unions are formed, how they operate, how collective bargaining works, the role of unions in politics, and what unions have done to bring workers together across the...
In this new edition of Why Unions Matter, Michael D. Yates shows why unions still matter. Unions mean better pay, benefits, and working conditions for...
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426,69 |
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Youth Employment in Sierra Leone: Sustainable Livelihood Opportunities in a Post-Conflict Setting
ISBN: 9780821378229 / Angielski / Miękka / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Creating job opportunities for its large and growing number of young people, is a key development challenge for the government of Sierra Leone. It is also crucial for maintaining peace and promoting pro-poor growth. Young people ages 15 to 35 years old are at a particular disadvantage relative to today's children or adults, as they grew up during a war, thereby potentially stunting their development and their transition into adulthood. This transition culminates with secure employment and the resources to provide for oneself and one's family. History suggests that marginalized young people...
Creating job opportunities for its large and growing number of young people, is a key development challenge for the government of Sierra Leone. It is ...
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102,18 |
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Equity in the Workplace: Gendering Workplace Policy Analysis
ISBN: 9780739129074 / Angielski / Miękka / 418 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This edited collection assembles cutting-edge comparative policy research on contemporary policies relevant to gender and workplace issues. Contributors analyze contemporary gender-related employment policies ranging from parental leave and maternity programs, sexual harassment, and work/life balance to gender mainstreaming. Gender and Work in Comparative Perspective thoroughly illustrates the richness of understanding that can be gained through the juxtaposition of a variety of research methodologies focused on a common theme. The side-by-side presentation of single case studies on countries...
This edited collection assembles cutting-edge comparative policy research on contemporary policies relevant to gender and workplace issues. Contributo...
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258,00 |
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Formation and Early Growth of Business Webs: Modular Product Systems in Network Markets
ISBN: 9783790815528 / Angielski / Miękka / 185 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Networks of firms have been in the focus of management research for several years. Recently, special attention has been paid to so-called business webs. Business webs are networks of firms which provide complements to a common product architecture. In the past, research focused on management issues of such webs but neglected the important question of how they actually came into being. The present book explicitly examines the formation and early growth of business webs. The author illustrates the early growth phases with two in-depth cases of the formation of the wireless internet ecosystem... Networks of firms have been in the focus of management research for several years. Recently, special attention has been paid to so-called business ... |
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201,24 |
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Two Centuries of Compensation for U.S. Production Workers in Manufacturing
ISBN: 9780230615663 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Production workers continue to be an important group in the economy. Two Centuries of Compensation for U.S. Production Workers in Manufacturing is the first long-run annual series of average hourly compensation for U.S. production workers in manufacturing. Officer reviews both data sources and existing literature on related historical series as well as using current official statistics. The new series provides original insights into the standard of living of these workers.
Production workers continue to be an important group in the economy. Two Centuries of Compensation for U.S. Production Workers in Manufacturing is the...
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402,53 |
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The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and United Kingdom Law
ISBN: 9780198259336 / Angielski / Twarda / 720 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights is rapidly acquiring great influence in international law, as academics and practitioners recognize the profound scope and reach of the Covenant's provisions for the promotion and protection of individual freedom, and human rights. In this highly original collection of essays by a group of leading British scholars, the impact of the Covenant on United Kingdom law is assessed, and the relative effectiveness of the Covenant as opposed to other regionally-based human rights agreements is discussed and analysed. This is the first major...
The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights is rapidly acquiring great influence in international law, as academics and practitioners rec...
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674,98 |
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The World of Child Labor: An Historical and Regional Survey
ISBN: 9780765617071 / Angielski / Twarda / 1033 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This title details both the current and historical state of child labour in each region of the world, focusing on its causes, consequences, and cures.
This title details both the current and historical state of child labour in each region of the world, focusing on its causes, consequences, and cures....
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900,54 |
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Trade unions and democracy: Strategies and Perspectives
ISBN: 9780719069789 / Angielski / Twarda / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the changing role of trade unions as products of, and agents for, democracy. Despite conventionally being portrayed as politically marginalised and in terminal decline, trade unions continue to represent a significant component of society within most industrialised countries and have demonstrated a capacity for revival and renewal in the face of difficult corcumstances.It brings together a distinguished panel of leading and emerging scholars in the field, and provides a critical assessment of the current role of trade unions in society, their capacity to impact on state...
This book explores the changing role of trade unions as products of, and agents for, democracy. Despite conventionally being portrayed as politically ...
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461,16 |
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Black Women in the Workplace: Impacts of Structural Change in the Economy
ISBN: 9780313255915 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Woody examines how structural change in the U.S. economy and the rise of new service sectors have reshaped the work content, opportunity, and wages of one labor group: black women. Evidence for the study comes from U.S. Census data on employment and interviews with black women.
Woody examines how structural change in the U.S. economy and the rise of new service sectors have reshaped the work content, opportunity, and wages of...
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379,18 |
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American Labor in the Era of World War II
ISBN: 9780313290749 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The 1940s were a pivotal decade in the history of the American labor movement. Large migrations significantly changed the composition of the industrial work force while, simultaneously, the organized labor movement sought to consolidate its base. These essays examine topics including aspects of the institutional development of the labor movement at the national level, while west coast case studies explore the conflicts generated at the workplace and in communities by the increased presence of women and minority workers. American labor historians and labor studies specialists will find this... The 1940s were a pivotal decade in the history of the American labor movement. Large migrations significantly changed the composition of the indust... |
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358,68 |
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Segmented Work, Divided Workers: The Historical Transformation of Labor in the United States
ISBN: 9780521289214 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Segmented Work, Divided Workers presents a restatement and expansion of the theory of labor segmentation by three of its founding scholars.
Segmented Work, Divided Workers presents a restatement and expansion of the theory of labor segmentation by three of its founding scholars.
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189,98 |
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Older Worker Trends
ISBN: 9781606928394 / Angielski / Twarda / 106 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As the members of the 'baby boom' generation - people born between 1946 and 1964 - approach retirement, the demographic profile of the US workforce will undergo a substantial shift: a large number of older workers will be joined by relatively few new entrants to the labour force.
As the members of the 'baby boom' generation - people born between 1946 and 1964 - approach retirement, the demographic profile of the US workforce wi...
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435,49 |
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Labor and the State in Egypt: Workers, Unions, and Economic Restructuring
ISBN: 9780231106924 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Surveys the relationships of workers and trade unions to the state in Egypt, bringing to light the often overlooked effect of workers' collective actions in shaping public policy.
Surveys the relationships of workers and trade unions to the state in Egypt, bringing to light the often overlooked effect of workers' collective acti...
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512,40 |
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NAFTA and Labor in North America
ISBN: 9780252076701 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As companies increasingly look to the global market for capital, cheaper commodities and labor, and lower production costs, the impact on Mexican and American workers and labor unions is significant. National boundaries and the laws of governments that regulate social relations between laborers and management are less relevant in the era of globalization, rendering ineffective the traditional union strategies of pressuring the state for reform. Focusing especially on the effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement and the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation (the... As companies increasingly look to the global market for capital, cheaper commodities and labor, and lower production costs, the impact on Mexican a... |
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102,18 |
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NAFTA and Labor in North America
ISBN: 9780252034923 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As companies increasingly look to the global market for capital, cheaper commodities and labor, and lower production costs, the impact on Mexican and American workers and labor unions is significant. National boundaries and the laws of governments that regulate social relations between laborers and management are less relevant in the era of globalization, rendering ineffective the traditional union strategies of pressuring the state for reform. Focusing especially on the effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement and the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation (the first...
As companies increasingly look to the global market for capital, cheaper commodities and labor, and lower production costs, the impact on Mexican and ...
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442,97 |
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Reshaping Work: The Cadbury Experience
ISBN: 9780521109741 / Angielski / Miękka / 412 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is concerned with the management of organisational change and focuses on Cadbury Ltd.
This book is concerned with the management of organisational change and focuses on Cadbury Ltd.
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212,54 |
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Parliamentary Socialism: A Study in the Politics of Labour
ISBN: 9780850361353 / Angielski / Miękka / 388 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Reflecting on the Labor government of Harold Wilson between 1964 and 1970, this concise analysischronicles the Labor Party from its early days up to the early 1960s, including a 1972 postscript. Demonstrating how empirical and flexible the Labor Party has been about certain issues, this reference also touches on how it is one of the most dogmatic political parties in regards to the parliamentary system. Commenting onwhy its leaders have always made devotion to this system their fixed point of reference, this political overview proves that this has always been the conditioning factor of their...
Reflecting on the Labor government of Harold Wilson between 1964 and 1970, this concise analysischronicles the Labor Party from its early days up to t...
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106,43 |
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Comparative Union Democracy: Organization and Opposition in British and American Unions
ISBN: 9780878556236 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A major empirical study of thirty-one British and fifty-one American national trade unions provides the background to this presentation of a new, organizationally oriented theory of union democracy. Supported by in-depth studies of the political process in the British Mineworkers' Union and the Engineers' Union, the book develops and illustrates a general theory of how, in a country with democratic norms, formal organization itself can constrain a tendency toward oligarchy by stimulating union competition among full-time officers attempting to rise in the union hierarchy. The broad...
A major empirical study of thirty-one British and fifty-one American national trade unions provides the background to this presentation of a new, orga...
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223,87 |
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The Failure of Global Capitalism: From Cape Breton to Colombia and Beyond
ISBN: 9781897009321 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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84,93 |
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