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Book SynopsisAn exploration of a new division of labor between machines and humans, in which people provide value to the economy with little or no compensation.The computerization of the economy—and everyday life—has transformed the division of labor between humans and machines, shifting many people into work that is hidden, poorly compensated, or accepted as part of being a “user” of digital technology. Through our clicks and swipes, logins and profiles, emails and posts, we are, more or less willingly, participating in digital activities that yield economic value to others but little or no return to us. Hamid Ekbia and Bonnie Nardi call this kind of participation—the extraction of economic value from low-cost or free labor in computer-mediated networks—“heteromation.” In this book, they explore the social and technological processes through which economic value is extracted from digitally mediated work, the nature of the value created

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Book SynopsisThe new edition of a widely used, comprehensive graduate-level text and professional reference covering all aspects of labor economics, with substantial new material.This landmark graduate-level text combines depth and breadth of coverage with recent, cutting-edge work in all the major areas of modern labor economics. Its command of the literature and its coverage of the latest theoretical, methodological, and empirical developments make it also a valuable resource for practicing labor economists. This second edition has been substantially updated and augmented. It incorporates examples drawn from many countries, and it presents empirical methods using contributions that have proved to be milestones in labor economics. The data and codes of these research publications, as well as numerous tables and figures describing the functioning of labor markets, are all available on a dedicated website (www.labor-economics.org), along with slides that can be used as course aids a

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Book SynopsisAnalyzes labor markets from the real-world perspective: employers have significant market (or monopsony) power over their workers. Arguing that this power derives from frictions in the labor market that make it time-consuming and costly for workers to change jobs, this book re-examines much of labor economics based on this assumption.Trade Review"Given the breadth and depth of the issues Manning covers--clearly, a staggering amount of work went into this book--even skeptical readers will not be able to dismiss his theory lightly... The book is so well written that even the most complicated material in it is readable. The presentation is also commendably well balanced... [It] deserves a place on our bookshelves alongside the other seminal works in labor economics."--Michael Rizzo, Industrial and Labor Relations Review "The manner of Manning's exposition of his arguments advocating the monopsonist view is impressive... [I]t will be hard for even the utmost skeptic and expert not to come away having learnt something more about labor economics."--Eric A. Strobl, Journal of Economic Behavior and OrganizationTable of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Preface, pg. xi*1. Introduction, pg. 3*2. Simple Models of Monopsony and Oligopsony, pg. 29*3. Efficiency in Oligopsonistic Labor Markets, pg. 56*4. The Elasticity of the Labor Supply Curve to an Individual Firm, pg. 80*5. The Wage Policies of Employers, pg. 117*6. Earnings and the Life Cycle, pg. 141*7. Gender Discrimination in Labor Markets, pg. 193*8. Employers and Wages, pg. 217*9. Unemployment, Inactivity, and Labor Supply, pg. 239*10. Vacancies and the Demand for Labor, pg. 269*11. Human Capital and Training, pg. 301*12. The Minimum Wage and Trade Unions, pg. 325*13. Monopsony and the Big Picture, pg. 360*Data Sets Appendix, pg. 369*Bibliography, pg. 379*Index, pg. 397

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Book SynopsisThe assumption of American foreign policy is that China's post-1978 policy of 'reform and openness' will lead to political liberalization. This book challenges that assumption and the relationship between economic liberalization and democratization. It analyzes the effect of foreign direct investment liberalization on Chinese labor politics.Trade Review"[A] rich and insightful study that contributes significantly to the research on the relationship between political and economic reform."--Doug Guthrie, China Quarterly "Gallagher's book opens numerous questions for discussion. It is a useful corrective to overly facile assumptions about the connection between economic liberalization and political democracy."--Peter R. Moody, Jr., Political Science Quarterly "The text makes a particularly important contribution to our understanding of China as a model of economic growth and development."--Satya J. Gabriel, Journal of Politics "Readers wanting a thorough understanding of the labor issues related to urban China will certainly appreciate this book."--Jean-Louis Rocca, China Perspectives "Contagious Capitalism offers valuable information and insightful theoretical interpretations on the changing economic and political relations in contemporary China."--Wei Xu, Environment and Planning A "This is an essential read for anyone interested in any aspect of the political economy of modern China because the book expertly draws together many strands of analysis and evidence to provide a detailed and powerful argument on the relation between economic development and political stability. [A] must-read for anyone interested in either China's reform or labor studies at graduate and scholarly levels."--Bill Taylor, China JournalTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi List of Abbreviations xv Chapter One: Introduction 1 Chapter Two: Contagious Capitalism 9 FDI as Competitive Pressure 11 FDI and Laboratories for Change 14 FDI and Ideological Change 18 "Opening Up" in Comparative Perspective 19 Conclusion 28 Chapter Three: Blurring Boundaries 30 Chapter Overview 33 FDI in China 33 The Evolution of Foreign Ownership 37 "Letting Go The Small: " FDI and the Sale of SOEs: 1992-45 Competitive Liberalization and Its Effects 56 Conclusion 60 Chapter Four: The Unmitigated Market 62 Policy Liberalization and Labor Flexibility 65 Chinese Firms under Socialism, Pre-1978 66 The Era of Partial Reform, 1978-1992 70 Contagious Capitalism, 1992-76 Contracts and Employment Insecurity 76 Management Domination over or Suppression of Worker Organizations 82 Conclusion 96 Chapter Five: "Use the Law as Your Weapon!" 98 China's Turn to the Rule of Law 101 Labor and Legal Institutionalization 103 The Labor Contract System 105 The National Labor Law 110 Rising Conflict: Labor Disputes in the 1990s 114 Labor Disputes in Comparative Perspective 116 Trends in PRC Labor Disputes 121 Labor Conflict and Foreign Investment 130 Conclusion 131 Chapter Six: From State-owned to National Industry 133 Giving Up on Socialism 136 Developmentalism in Practice: From the Center to the Firm 139 Conclusion 153 Conclusion: The Contradiction of "Reform and Openness" 154 Appendix: Firms and Interviews 159 Notes 163 Bibliography 215 Index 235

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Book SynopsisExamines how trade unionism has waxed and waned in the nation's political and moral imagination, among both devoted partisans and intransigent foes. This book takes us all the way to the organizing fever of Los Angeles, where the labor movement stands at the center of the effort to transform millions of new immigrants into alert citizen unionists.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2003 Philip Taft Labor History Award, Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2002 "A remarkable accomplishment... Lichtenstein provides an authoritative account of labor's decline, an agenda for its renewal and an argument for the necessity of its revitalization if American democracy is to thrive in coming years. The result is a brilliant historical introduction to today's labor movement and the perils and possibilities that confront it... If American labor's fortunes do improve, no recent book will have made a greater contribution to its revival."--Joseph A. McCartin, The Washington Post "Obituaries of the labor movement, or at least predictions of its impending demise, are familiar to readers of the popular and business presses and various academic tomes. However one comes down on the issues of the prospects for labor's revival or the desirablity of democratizing the workplace, the country's recent economic crisis has made the labor question again worth debating vigorously. State of the Union is an excellent start."--Eric Arnesen, Chicago Tribune "Absorbing... Lichtenstein's voice--and book--deserves a hearing in the marketplace of ideas."--Karen R. Long, Plain Dealer "Thought-provoking... State of the Union is a history written with a purpose--to encourage and energize a struggling labor movement, and to remind its leaders, and the reader, of the power of big ideas."--Michael Wald, Monthly Labor Review "This is an important, timely book whose focus on ideas and ideology offers a fresh perspective that is sure to generate useful debate over labor's historical choices and current status... Lichtenstein has performed a most valuable service in his astute delineation of the specific historical circumstances that have both advanced and eroded the union idea during the twentieth century."--Robert Bussel, Industrial and Labor Relations Review "A century ago labor issues were at the heart of American politics... How could the rights of citizens be protected as the power of capital grew and workers toiled under undemocratic conditions for large private corporations? Historian Nelson Lichtenstein's State of the Union superbly surveys and analyzes how these dilemmas were temporarily resolved in an unsatisfactory way in the middle of the 20th Century. Labor struggles didn't disappear entirely, but largely disappeared from public debate--and have once again become as relevant as during the Progressive Era."--David Moberg, In These Times "A fascinating survey of twentieth-century American labor. Unlike many such works, Nelson Lichtenstein's synthesis is a pleasure to read; passionate, shrewd in its judgments, and comprehensive."--Lawrence B. Glickman, Journal of American History "A book to be greatly admired and recommended. Lichtenstein has talked in forthright and keen ways fractious debates among scholars as well as historical and ongoing fractures of American society... The power of his book lies not in prescription, but rather in [Lichtenstein's] acute, erudite and provocative historical analysis."--Walter Licht, EH.NET "A richly documented and well-written book."--Stanley Arnowitz, Los Angeles Times Book Review "Lichtenstein has written a thought-provoking book that seeks to put the American labor movement's fate into a broad context... His wide reading, fresh insights, and coherent narrative make this volume one of this year's most important works of labor history."--Choice "As an inquiry into 'labor' as a 20th-century idea and ideal, Lichtenstein's book is a thoughtful attempt to link labor's record with the capricious history of identity politics and ideological change. An unabashed partisan on the matter, Lichtenstein maintains that an energetic and forceful labor movement is essential to the economic system and, indeed, to American democracy itself."--Jennifer Szalai, New Statesman "Lichtenstein provides a knowledgeable overview of the signal events since the Wagner Act of 1935... An informed analytical history."--Booklist "While labor's nascent grassroots internationalism remains overshadowed by flag waving displays of 'national unity,' trade unionists have yet to be rewarded for their patriotism, even with a modest boost in unemployment benefits... Into this bleak landscape arrives State of the Union, Nelson Lichtenstein's intellectual history of labor's past 100 years... The author's views are informed by both scholarship and activism"--Steve Early, The NationTable of ContentsPreface to the 2013 Edition ix Preface and Acknowledgments xxxi Introduction 1 Chapter 1: Reconstructing the 1930s 20 Chapter 2: Citizenship at Work 54 Chapter 3: A Labor-Management Accord? 98 Chapter 4: Erosion of the Union Idea 141 Chapter 5: Rights Consciousness in the Workplace 178 Chapter 6: A Time of Troubles 212 Chapter 7: Reorganizing the House of Labor 246 Chapter 7: Obama's America: Liberalism without Unions? 246 Notes 297 Index 345

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Book SynopsisPresents a social history of long-haul trucking that explores the contentious politics of free-market capitalism in post-World War II America. This book challenges the popular notion of "red state" conservatism as a devil's bargain between culturally conservative rural workers and economically conservative demagogues in the Republican Party.Trade Review"This detailed, closely argued book chronicles the U.S. trucking industry's history, particularly its role in rolling back New Deal policies and regulations. Hamilton is a knowledgeable guide to everything from beef trusts to the National Farmers Organization to the 1979 strike that opens the book, in which 75,000 truckers tried to shut down the nation's highway system. Economy and market buffs looking for a different perspective on America's 20th century economic evolution will find this intriguing and informative."--Publishers Weekly "With the US again engaged in a debate over the merits of regulation versus the free market, the book's academic research touches on some timely historical issues. It is also a fascinating account of the political battles over the diesel engine and the refrigerated truck, which had emerged as the new technology of the 1920s and 1930s and a threat to the dominance of the railroad distribution system for beef and milk by a few large meat packing companies and local dairies."--Jonathan Birchall, Financial Times "Trucking Country offers a finely crafted mix of cultural identity, regional tradition, economic history, legislative politics, political argument and policy transformation. Shane Hamilton uses the history and contemporary development of the trucking industry in the U.S. to reveal the social, economic and political dynamics that were instrumental in shifting the industry away from the heavy regulation of the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) towards deregulation, fragmentation, and free-market competition."--Michael Foley, Times Higher Education "Independent trucking is for Hamilton what Kansas was for Frank--the locus that shows a part of what has gone wrong with American politics."--David Kusnet, Bookforum "Trucking Country intervenes in [the] crowded debate over the demise of New Deal liberalism from a genuinely original vantage point: the political culture of independent long-haul truckers and the political economy shaped by the agribusiness corporations that they served."--Matthew Lassiter, Democracy "If you want to know what really drives the US economy, then this thoroughly researched and well-written book is for you--and that's a big 10-4, Rubber Duck."--Joe Cushnan, The Tribune (UK) "[B]y drawing together structural, institutional, economic, and cultural analyses, Hamilton has offered a dense, textured, and complex account of his subject. Trucking Country is essential to any understanding of the decline of the New Deal and the rise of economic conservatism at the end of the twentieth century."--Joseph E. Lowndes, Perspectives on Politics "A brilliant read."--Fleet Transportation Magazine "[U]ndeniably a major achievement. Shane Hamilton has written a brilliant book that will be required reading for anyone interested ill understanding the conservative groundswell of the postwar era."--Jordan Kleiman, Technology and Culture "This is a convincing and useful book."--Peter J. Hugill, Journal of American History "[A] fascinating study of the hauling business... From the 1930s through the end of the Carter administration, Hamilton's history is thoughtful, detailed, and informative."--Jesse Walker, Reason "Trucking Country is imaginative, thought-provoking, and persuasive... [N]o scholarly work is more essential for understanding the transformation of Northwest Arkansas."--Michael Pierce, Arkansas Historical QuarterlyTable of ContentsList of Illustrations and Tables ix Acknowledgments xi INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER ONE: Food and Power in the New Deal, 1933-43 13 CHAPTER TWO: Chaos, Control, and Country Trucking, 1933-42 43 CHAPTER THREE: Food Fights in War and Peace, 1942-52 69 CHAPTER FOUR: Trucking Culture and Politics in the Agribusiness Era, 1953-61 99 CHAPTER FIVE: Beef Trusts and Asphalt Cowboys 155 CHAPTER SIX: The Milkman and the Milk Hauler 187 CHAPTER SEVEN: Agrarian Trucking Culture and Deregulatory Capitalism, 1960-80 187 CONCLUSION 233 Appendix A 239 Appendix B 243 Notes 251 Index 293

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Book SynopsisOnce America's "arsenal of democracy," Detroit is now the symbol of the American urban crisis. In this reappraisal of America's racial and economic inequalities, the author asks why Detroit and other industrial cities have become the sites of persistent racialized poverty.Trade ReviewWinner of the 1998 Bancroft Prize in American History Winner of the 1997 Philip Taft Prize in Labor History Winner of the 1996 President's Book Award, Social Science History Association Winner of the 1997 Best Book in North American Urban History Award, Urban History Association One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1997 Praise for Princeton's previous edition:"[Sugrue's] disciplined historical engagement with a complex, often inglorious, past offers a compelling model for understanding how race and the Rust Belt converged to create the current impasse."--America Praise for Princeton's previous edition: "A splendid book that does no less than transform our understanding of United States history after 1940."--Labor History Praise for Princeton's previous edition: "[A] first-rate account ... With insight and elegance, Sugrue describes the street-by-street warfare to maintain housing values against the perceived encroachment of blacks trying desperately to escape the underbuilt and overcrowded slums."--Choice Praise for Princeton's previous edition: "Perhaps by offering a clearer picture of how the urban crisis began, Sugrue brings us a bit closer to finding a way to end it."--In These Times Praise for Princeton's previous edition: "[T]he most interesting, informative, and provocative book on modern Detroit."--Detroit Free Press Praise for Princeton's previous edition: "Superbly researched and engagingly written."--Reviews in American History Praise for Princeton's previous edition: "[A] devastating critique of the currently fashionable 'culture of poverty' thesis. Must reading for anyone concerned about the current urban crisis."--Jacqueline Jones, Lingua FrancaTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix List of Tables xiii Preface to the Princeton Classics Edition xv Preface to the 2005 Paperback Edition xxxii Acknowledgments li Introduction 3 PART ONE: ARSENAL 15 1. "Arsenal of Democracy" 17 2. "Detroit's Time Bomb": Race and Housing in the 1940s 33 3. "The Coffin of Peace": The Containment of Public Housing 57 PART TWO: RUST 89 4. "The Meanest and the Dirtiest Jobs": The Structures of Employment Discrimination 91 5. "The Damning Mark of False Prosperities": The Deindustrialization of Detroit 125 6. "Forget about Your Inalienable Right to Work": Responses to Industrial Decline and Discrimination 153 PART THREE: FIRE 179 7. Class, Status, and Residence: The Changing Geography of Black Detroit 181 8. "Homeowners' Rights": White Resistance and the Rise of Antiliberalism 209 9. "United Communities Are Impregnable": Violence and the Color Line 231 Conclusion. Crisis: Detroit and the Fate of Postindustrial America 259 Appendixes A. Index of Dissimilarity, Blacks and Whites in Major American Cities, 1940-1990 273 B. African American Occupational Structure in Detroit, 1940-1970 275 List of Abbreviations in the Notes 279 Notes 281 Index 365

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“Anderson explores a striking American contradiction. On the one hand, we are a freedom-obsessed society, wary of government intrusion into our private lives; on the other, we allow ourselves to be tyrannized by our bosses.”—Joshua Rothman, NewYorker.com“Private Government is a welcome and important call to bring workplace governance back into political theory and discourse, and should be taken seriously if we are to promote greater democracy in the workplace.”—David Cowan, Times Literary Supplement“Highlight[s] the dramatic and alarming changes that work has undergone over the past century—insisting that, in often unseen ways, the changing nature of work threatens the fundamental ideals of democracy.”—Miya Tokumitsu, New Republic“The extent of the arbitrary authority of owners and managers over employees is surprisingly neglected by political thinkers, given how much time we spend at work and how little in the polling booth. Elizabeth Anderson provides a much-needed, important, and compelling account of this overlooked subject. Private Government deserves to be widely read and discussed.”—Alan Ryan, professor emeritus, University of Oxford

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Stein Rokkan Prize, International Science Council""Winner of the Best Book Award, Political Sociology section of the American Sociological Association""Honorable Mention for the Allan Sharlin Memorial Award, Social Science History Association""An impressive must-read."---Jaclyn N. Schultz, Journal of Modern History

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Book SynopsisA common Sinhala proverb states, "A woman's understanding reaches only the length of the kitchen spoon's handle." In this beautifully written book on the effects of female migration from Sri Lanka, Michele Ruth Gamburd shows that the length of that...Trade ReviewMichele Ruth Gamburd's ethnography is a richly detailed and carefully argued examination of power relations in Naeaegama, a southern Sri Lankan village... The book is an excellent analysis of the social relations underlying concepts such as identity, power, caste, and class. -- Caitrin Lynch, Johns Hopkins University * The Journal of Asian Studies *One of the strengths of this book is the juxtaposing of multiple views on the process of women's emigration. This ethnographically rich project is based on more than 18 months of fieldwork and extensive interviews with returning migrant women and other central actors in the emigration process... The retention of gender inequality is one of the most striking narratives presented in The Kitchen Spoon's Handle. -- Rhacel Salazar Parrenas, University of Wisconsin-Madison * Contemporary Sociology *The Kitchen Spoon's Handle thus illustrates how the global implementation of Western bourgeois hegemony will not proceed without a few ructions; ructions that will excite the scholar and entice the developer to facilitate the implementations with an appropriate ideology of care. The book is a useful contribution for the enhancement of such an ideology... Her book should appeal to academics and especially undergraduate students in anthropology and other disciplines such as labour studies, women studies and developmental studies. -- Rohan Bastin, James Cook University of North Queensland * The Australian Journal of Anthropology *This book's title draws on a traditional Sinhala proverd on women's domesticity, namely that a woman's mind is no longer than a kitchen spoon's handle. But Gamburd carefully outlines the process whereby, with transnational migration to work as domestic workings in the Middle East, the handle has come to reach several thousand miles rather than a mere twelve inches. -- Darshini Anna De Zoysa, University of Sussex * International Migration Review *

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a comprehensive commentary on the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Arbitration. Combining both theory and practice, it is written by leading academics and practitioners from Europe, Asia and the Americas to ensure the book has a balanced international coverage. The book not only provides an article-by-article critical analysis, but also incorporates information on the reality of legal practice in UNCITRAL jurisdictions, ensuring it is more than a recitation of case law and variations in legal text. This is not a handbook for practitioners needing a supportive citation, but rather a guide for practitioners, legislators and academics to the reasons the Model Law was structured as it was, and the reasons variations have been adopted.Trade Review'A truly international treatise where theory meets actual practice. Not only does this book provide a useful and interesting background to the UNCITRAL Model Law, but more critically an instructive and in-depth analysis of each article, describing its purpose and application across numerous jurisdictions. Clearly a useful and practical addition to the existing body of law.' Alexis Mourre, President of the ICC International Court of Arbitration'We now have the pleasure of a commentary that does justice to the significant achievements of the UNCITRAL Model Law. A diverse group of authors thoroughly analyse each of its 36 articles, comparing each one's application in various jurisdictions, without ever losing sight of the Model Law's initial raison d'être. An enlightening and accessible treatise that is fundamental to a proper understanding of this increasingly widespread legal text.' Emmanuel Gaillard, Professor of Law, Head of Shearman and Sterling's International Arbitration practice and Global Head of its Disputes Unit'The Model Law is one of the main pillars upon which modern international arbitration has been built and prospered; it has gone a long way to achieve the aim of harmonisation, which makes doing business in different jurisdictions more certain. This Commentary by experienced practitioners and academics is timely, as the Model Law has been adopted in many jurisdictions. The book is essential for international business as well as teaching.' Neil Kaplan, Arbitrator, Arbitration Chambers, Hong Kong'A starting point for anyone investigating the UNCITRAL Model Law, or any of the 111 jurisdictions it has been adopted in. The book provides a clear, easily accessible and insightful comparative legal analysis of the world's primary instrument of arbitration law. An absolute essential, both for practitioners and academics.' Bas van Zelst, Co-Head of Van Doorne's Arbitration Group, and Professor of Dispute Resolution and Arbitration, Maastricht University'This work is an excellent value-add to the field: it consolidates in one tome a clear analysis of each section of the UNCITRAL Model Law in the light of the pertinent travaux préparatoires and key case law and arbitral decisions, supplemented with insightful commentary. Particularly for practitioners needing to address real-life issues under the Model Law in the course of their cases, this book will be an excellent time-saving resource.' José Astigarraga, Partner, ReedSmith LLPTable of Contents1. Scope of application Michael Polkinghorne, Tuuli Timonen and Nika Larkimo; 2. Definitions and rules of interpretation Pietro Ortolani; 2a. International origin and general principles Ilias Bantekas; 3. Receipt of written communications Ilias Bantekas; 4. Waiver of right to object Ilias Bantekas; 5. Extent of court intervention Manuel E. Gomez; 6. Court or other authority for certain functions of arbitration assistance and supervision Shahla Ali and Odysseas G. Repousis; 7. Definition and form of arbitration agreement Ilias Bantekas and Pietro Ortolani; 8. Arbitration agreement and substantive claim before court Ilias Bantekas; 9. Arbitration agreement and interim measures by court Shahla Ali and Odysseas G. Repousis; 10. Number of arbitrators Ilias Bantekas; 11. Appointment of arbitrators Shahla Ali and Odysseas G. Repousis; 12. Grounds for challenge Pietro Ortolani; 13. Challenge procedure Manuel E. Gomez; 14. Failure or impossibility to act Michael Polkinghorne, Kirsten Odynski, Mariele Coulet-Diaz and Zehaan Trivedi; 15. Appointment of substitute arbitrator Pietro Ortolani; 16. Competence of arbitral tribunal to rule on its own jurisdiction Michael Polkinghorne, Alvaro Peralta, Hazel Levent and Gwen Wackwitz; 17. Power of arbitral tribunal to order interim measures Pietro Ortolani; 18. Equal treatment of parties Ilias Bantekas; 19. Determination of rules of procedure Manuel E. Gomez and Ikram Ullah; 20. Place of arbitration Pietro Ortolani; 21. Commencement of arbitral proceedings Shahla Ali and Tom Kabau; 22. Language Ilias Bantekas; 23. Statements of claim and defence Shahla Ali and Tom Kabau; 24. Hearings and written proceedings Pietro Ortolani; 25. Default of a part Manuel Gomez; 26. Expert appointed by arbitral tribunal Michael Polkinghorne, Karim Mariey and Tomas Vail; 27. Court assistance in taking evidence Shahla Ali and Odysseas G Repousis; 28. Rules applicable to substance of dispute Ilias Bantekas; 29. Decision-making by panel of arbitrators Manuel Gomez; 30. Settlement Michael Polkinghorne and Poorvi Satija; 31. Form and contents of award Ilias Bantekas; 32. Termination of proceedings Ilias Bantekas; 33. Correction and interpretation of award: additional award Ilias Bantekas and Ikram Ullah; 34. Application for setting aside as exclusive recourse against arbitral award Pietro Ortolani; 35. Recognition and enforcement Pietro Ortolani; 36. Grounds for refusing recognition and enforcement Michael Polkinghorne, Jack Biggs, Anna Chuwen Dai and Tolu Obamuroh.

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIn The Future We Need: Organizing for a Better Democracy in the 21st Century, Erica Smiley and Sarita Gupta deliver a transformative vision for the future of workers, along with innovative strategies to build an economy that works for everyone. This is essential reading for everyone turning toward state and local work after bouncing off the neoliberal ceiling of the Biden Administration and a divided Congress, and now reeling from the hard right majority Supreme Court and their spate of backward rulings. * Social Policy *This book shows how to begin to think of conditions in society not simply as issues, but as systemically connected parts of a whole.... pick up Smiley and Gupta's book to spark new ideas and perspectives on what is possible—and needed—now for the working class. * People's World *[The Future We Need] functions as an accessible device for individuals working within unjust labor complexes, and in examining the failings of the past, looks forward. * WABE *The Future We Need reveals for scholars and lay people alike the many ways that we are part of a lineage of working people who dreamed of and fought for a democracy that has real meaning in our daily lives. The authors provide a blueprint for a future in which ordinary people practice democracy every day in all aspects of their lives, a vision that surpasses simply voting but encourages collective governance. I assert that The Future We Need will be the go-to text for labor educators, organizers, and scholars alike. * ILR Review *Erica Smiley and Sarita Gupta's new book The Future We Need makes a significant and original contribution. What is exciting [about the book] is not so much its familiar litany of organized labor's difficulties as the creativity of the solutions it proposes. Smiley and Gupta's analysis and prescription point the way forward. * Dissent Magazine *[Smiley and Gupta] challenge the real powers in the economy on issues that affect not only the workplace but also family and community life. * New Labor Forum *

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Book SynopsisIn The Future We Need, Erica Smiley and Sarita Gupta bring a novel perspective to building worker power and what labor organizing could look like in the future, suggesting ways to evolve collective bargaining to match the needs of modern peoplenot only changing their wages and working conditions, but being able to govern over more aspects of their lives.Weaving together stories of real working people, Smiley and Gupta position the struggle to build collective bargaining power as a central element in the effort to build a healthy democracy and explore both existing levers of power and new ones we must build for workers to have the ability to negotiate in today and tomorrow''s contexts. The Future We Need illustrates the necessity of centralizing the fight against white supremacy and gender discrimination, while offering paths forward to harness the power of collective bargaining in every area for a new era.Trade ReviewIn The Future We Need: Organizing for a Better Democracy in the 21st Century, Erica Smiley and Sarita Gupta deliver a transformative vision for the future of workers, along with innovative strategies to build an economy that works for everyone. This is essential reading for everyone turning toward state and local work after bouncing off the neoliberal ceiling of the Biden Administration and a divided Congress, and now reeling from the hard right majority Supreme Court and their spate of backward rulings. * Social Policy *This book shows how to begin to think of conditions in society not simply as issues, but as systemically connected parts of a whole.... pick up Smiley and Gupta's book to spark new ideas and perspectives on what is possible—and needed—now for the working class. * People's World *[The Future We Need] functions as an accessible device for individuals working within unjust labor complexes, and in examining the failings of the past, looks forward. * WABE *The Future We Need reveals for scholars and lay people alike the many ways that we are part of a lineage of working people who dreamed of and fought for a democracy that has real meaning in our daily lives. The authors provide a blueprint for a future in which ordinary people practice democracy every day in all aspects of their lives, a vision that surpasses simply voting but encourages collective governance. I assert that The Future We Need will be the go-to text for labor educators, organizers, and scholars alike. * ILR Review *Erica Smiley and Sarita Gupta's new book The Future We Need makes a significant and original contribution. What is exciting [about the book] is not so much its familiar litany of organized labor's difficulties as the creativity of the solutions it proposes. Smiley and Gupta's analysis and prescription point the way forward. * Dissent Magazine *[Smiley and Gupta] challenge the real powers in the economy on issues that affect not only the workplace but also family and community life. * New Labor Forum *

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Book SynopsisThe UAW''s Southern Gamble is the first in-depth assessment of the United Auto Workers'' efforts to organize foreign vehicle plants (Daimler-Chrysler, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, and Volkswagen) in the American South since 1989, an era when union membership declined precipitously. Stephen J. Silvia chronicles transnational union cooperation between the UAW and its counterparts in Brazil, France, Germany, and Japan and documents the development of employer strategies that have proven increasingly effective at thwarting unionization.Silvia shows that when organizing, unions must now fight on three fronts: at the worksite; in the corporate boardroom; and in the political realm. The UAW''s Southern Gamble makes clear that the UAW''s failed campaigns in the South can teach hard-won lessons about challenging the structural and legal roadblocks to union participation and effectively organizing workers within and beyond the auto industry.

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Book SynopsisWork Flows investigates the emergence of flow as a crucial metaphor within Russian labor culture since 1870. Maya Vinokour frames concern with fluid channeling as immanent to vertical power structureswhether that verticality derives from the state, as in Stalin''s Soviet Union and present-day Russia, or from the proliferation of corporate monopolies, as in the contemporary Anglo-American West. Originating in pre-revolutionary bio-utopianism, the Russian rhetoric of liquids and flow reached an apotheosis during Stalin''s First Five-Year Plan and re-emerged in post-Soviet managed democracy and Western neoliberalism.The literary, philosophical, and official texts that Work Flows examines give voice to the Stalinist ambition of reforging not merely individual bodies, but space and time themselves. By mobilizing the understudied thematic of fluidity, Vinokour offers insight into the nexus of philosophy, literature, and science that underpinned Stalinism

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Book SynopsisWorkplace compensation has become an industry unto itself. What are its relations of production and role in contemporary capitalism? In Lost-Time Injury Rates Rodrigo Finkelstein examines the information-intensive operations of recording and processing work-related accidents, diseases and fatalities carried out by Workers’ Compensation Systems. Situated within the field of political economy of information, this critique contributes to the understanding of how injury rates service a specific sector of the economy by constructing lost labour power for sale. Finkelstein convincingly argues that injury rates must be seen as grounded in the capitalist mode of production, and that they constitute a historical social relation that, by taking the semblance of inductive indicators, conceal specific capitalist relations that bring about the exchange and distribution of lost labour power among capitalists and wage labourers.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Figures and Tables 1 Overview  1 Introduction  2 My Encounter with Injury Rates  3 Injury Rates as a Collection of Inductive Indicators  4 How to Approach Injury Rates  5 Theoretical Contribution  6 Outline of the Successive Chapters 2 Preconditions  1 Introduction  2 First Precondition: Wage Labour  3 Second Precondition: The Conflict between the Forces of Production and the Relations of Production  4 Third Precondition: A Burgeoning Capitalist Class  5 Fourth Precondition: Statistics and Probability  6 Fifth Precondition: Money  7 Sixth Precondition: A Capitalist State 3 Insurance Boards The Landlords of the Circuit of Metamorphosis of Lost Labour Power  1 Introduction  2 Insurance Boards as Part of the Information Sector  2.1 Risk as Expected Lost Labour Power  2.2 Risk as Information  2.2.1 Risk as Class Information  2.2.2 Risk as Lost-Time Injury Rates  2.2.3 Risk as an Informational Medium of Measurement and Monetization  2.2.4 Risk as an Informational Medium of Exchange  3 The Informational Landlords of the Circuit of Metamorphosis of Lost Labour Power  3.1 Stages of the Circuit of Metamorphosis of Lost Labour Power  3.1.1 The First Stage: C – M  3.1.2 The Second Stage: M – I  3.1.3 The Third Stage: I – MW 4 The Lost-Labour-Power Commodity  1 Introduction  2 The Commodity  3 The Information Commodity  4 The Lost-Labour-Power Commodity  4.1 The Satisfaction of Needs as a Means of Production  4.2 Use Value  4.3 Exchange Value  4.4 Value  4.5 Value and Lost Value: The Transformation of Non-Equivalents  5 The Commodification of Lost Labour Power  5.1 The Working-Day-Lost Moment  5.2 The Reporting Moment  5.3 The Recording Moment  5.4 The Processing Moment  5.5 The Programing Moment 5 The Fetishism of the Lost-Labour-Power Commodity  1 Introduction  2 Fetishism and Lost Labour Power  3 The Fetishism of the Lost-Labour-Power Commodity  4 The Value Fluctuation of the Commodity  4.1 Procedurally Hidden Social Relations  4.1.1 Value Fluctuation due to a Movement of Working Days Lost  4.1.2 Value Fluctuation Due To A Movement Of Reported Injury Claims  4.1.3 Value Fluctuation due to a Movement of Deeming Injury Claims  4.1.4 Value Fluctuation due to a Movement of Rate-Setting Mechanics  4.2 Structurally Hidden Social Relations  4.2.1 Value Fluctuation due to a Movement of the Wage-Labour Market  4.2.2 Value Fluctuation due to a Movement of the Economic Activity  4.2.3 Value Fluctuation due to a Movement of Cost-Shifting  5 The Relative Value and Price Fluctuation of the Commodity  5.1 Class-Hidden Social Relations  5.1.1 Relative Value and Price Fluctuation due to a Movement of Misreporting and Underreporting Injury Claims  5.1.2 Relative Value and Price Fluctuation due to a Movement of Appealing Legitimate Claims  5.1.3 Relative Value and Price Fluctuation due to a Movement of Managed Care  5.1.4 Relative Value and Price Fluctuation due to a Movement of Early-Return-to-Work Practices  5.1.4 Relative Value and Price Fluctuation due to a Movement of Vocational Rehabilitation Interventions 6 Lessons from the Social Totality  1 Introduction  2 Understanding Lost-Time Injury Rates as a Historical Socioeconomic Formation  2.1 Lost-Time Injury Rates as a Class Relation of Exchange and Distribution  2.2 Lost-Time Injury Rates Belong to Capital  2.3 The Value Forms of Lost Labour Power  2.4 The Lost-Labour-Power Commodity Is Not the Bearer of Lost Value  2.5 Lost-Time Injury Rates Do Not Provide Accurate Information  2.6 Lost-Time Injury Rates as a Structural Epistemological Ideology  3 Coda: The Solidification between Oppressor and Oppressed References Index

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Book SynopsisDaring to Struggle, Daring to Win tells the fascinating true story of an individual radical organizer turned independent Chicago city council member, and her forty year struggle for justice in Chicago.Helen Shiller went from radical anti-war activist in Wisconsin, to a member of a collective of white allies of the Black Panther Party in Chicago, to an elected city council person who helped break the back of the racialized opposition to Harold Washington, Chicago’s first Black mayor. Shiller participated, when few others did, in the historic fight against the gentrification of a unique economically and racially mixed Chicago community on the Northside. With insight into historic community organizing and political battles in Chicago from the 1970s through 2010, this book details numerous policy fights and conflicts in Chicago during this time, illuminating recurrent political themes and battles that remain relevant to this day. Daring to Struggle, Daring to Win is a compelling, insightful, must-read for all those struggling for a better world today.Trade Review"[Daring to Struggle, Daring to Win] is an important record of late 20th century Chicago, and a sort of blueprint for how a rebel can challenge the power brokers and maybe not completely reshape society but at least win myriad small victories for people who have no one else to fight for them." —Third Coast Review"This is a serious book—full of policy and protest, firm in its convictions, and short on lighthearted anecdotes. You have to knuckle down, have some tea, and think about housing lawsuits and school boycotts of yore. But it’s well-written—Shiller worked for years for the alternative press, and can tell a story thoroughly and compactly, with even a little poetry. It’s ultimately a hopeful book—a reminder that problems have always looked insurmountable until they’re surmounted." —New City"An informative book...." —Kirkus"Shiller's memoir offers a profound look into the challenges and triumphs of community-based politics. It is a testament to the belief that dedicated individuals can make significant changes at the local level. Through Shiller’s eyes, we witness the evolution of Uptown and Chicago, warts and all. While the perspective is decidedly hers, the reader is granted valuable insight into the mechanics of local governance and the unwavering spirit of community activism.Audiences who might be interested in using this memoir pedagogically include scholars of Chicago history, urban politics enthusiasts, and readers intrigued by White youth activism in the 1970s. Given its detailed account of gentrification, urban renewal, housing issues, and business development, the memoir can offer real-life case studies to students studying the dynamics of urban development and planning. Those studying political machines, city governance, local politics, and the history of Chicago from the 1980s to 2010s would find this memoir a treasure trove of firsthand experiences and insights. The book provides a detailed account of grassroots movements, protest politics, and the challenges faced by activists, making it an invaluable resource for students and educators interested in activism, social justice, and community organizing." —H-Net Reviews"Helen Shiller's work inside and out of the Chicago City Council is a model for all those seeking to make real change in the world. From her tireless work challenging gentrification, police abuse, and homophobia, Shiller never lost sight of her roots, and always put the struggles of poor and working class people first. No matter where you live and organize there is much to be learned from Helen's inspiring and courageous life story. Read this book!" —Rossana Rodríguez Sánchez, Alderwoman Chicago’s 33rd Ward“I salute my good friend and comrade Helen Shiller for the broad vivid picture of her extraordinary life’s journey, filled with personal challenges, and her decades of exceptional social justice work with and for the poor and oppressed communities. Helen worked tirelessly with the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party and its Intercommunal Survival Committee for racial and social justice during the 1970’s. She is a true servant of the people." —Emory Douglas, Revolutionary Artist/Minister of Culture, The Black Panther Party 1967-1980"As a journalist who has covered Helen Shiller, off and on, throughout her half-century of community activism, I have long wondered how she would tell her own epic story. Daring to Struggle, Daring to Win answers that question poignantly and powerfully. Her epic journey takes us from the era of SDS, Black Panthers and school desegregation, through both Mayors Daley to the rise of Mayor Harold Washington, President Barack Obama and finally her own election to Chicago City Council—for 24 years. From outside agitator to insider alderperson, Shiller earned respect even from her political rivals for her savvy and resilience. For those who wonder whether they can “buy in” to the system without selling out, this story is a great place to start." —Clarence Page, Pulitzer-prize-winning columnist and editorial board member at the Chicago Tribune"The only way NOT to repeat history and mistakes of the past is to share it, honor it, and learn from it. . . . and Daring to Struggle, Daring to Win does just that and talks about REAL CHANGE & REAL ALLIANCES." —Ald. Jeanette Taylor, Chicago's 20th Ward"This book is a must read for today's organizers working to connect their neighborhoods to a vision of transformative, anti-racist politics. Daring to Struggle expands our knowledge of New Left organizers who rarely grabbed headlines, yet set a high standard for radical street-level and electoral activism." —Amy Sonnie and James Tracy, co-authors Hillbilly Nationalists, Urban Race Rebels and Black Power: Interracial Solidarity in 1960s-70s New Left Organizing"Helen Schiller has written a much needed, past due, historical account of her life as a community organizer and Council woman representing the poor in Uptown Chicago. Schiller has provided a voice for those poor residents who had little power to fight for their survival in a city that would only recognize them as irrelevant and refused to let them assimilate. Daring to Struggle Daring to Win is a much needed read for those who want to organize in poor communities." —Hy Thurman, Co-Founder Young Patriot Organization, Co-Founder Original Rainbow Coalition, Author, Revolutionary Hillbilly"Regardless of the era, fighting for justice and marginalized people and principled positions in the public arena is difficult and challenging. Daring to Struggle contains numerous lessons for elected's, community leaders, and others on how to fight and win in the political arena without compromising those principles." —Kim Foxx"In 1969 Helen Shiller, already a young radical activist, heard inspirational Illinois Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton proclaim that a serious revolutionary must “dare to struggle, dare to win.” For the next five decades, Shiller pursued Fred’s credo with unparalleled energy and commitment, daring to struggle, and daring to win. Her excellent book chronicles, in compelling historical detail, that journey, from Brooklyn to Madison, from Racine to Chicago, from Cuba to Zimbabwe, but most centrally from the streets of Chicago’s Uptown to the chambers of Chicago’s City Council, and documents how she relied on the “power of the people” to speak truth to power in her tireless pursuit of Chairman Fred’s uncompromising and timeless command." —Flint Taylor"From coping with sexual abuse, experiencing life before Roe v Wade, committing to support Black liberation, and taking on the brass knuckle Chicago politics, Daring to Struggle Daring to Win is interwoven with historical milestones. Shiller chronicles her life as a radical founder of All Chicago City News, a recipient of vote tampering and intimation, and the challenges of new thinking in parenthood. The call to fight white supremacy and the erosion of human rights with intentional solidarity is more relevant than ever. Shiller fills in significant information gaps and provides much to think about in our elusive search for an equitable and anti-racist future." —Sylvia Ewing"For more than a half century, Helen Shiller has been the radical’s radical. She has led countless progressive causes, from the battle against police brutality; to bureaucracy busting; to fighting against poverty; to fighting for racial equity. Her story is a go-to-battle blueprint for the fights of today, and for those to come. It is a dare well worth taking." —Laura S. Washington, Political Analyst, ABC 7-Chicago"Helen Shiller has led no ordinary life: A witness to history, a crusader for justice, and deeply loyal to the women and men whose lives and predicaments cry for fairness, she has dedicated herself to righteous warfare, whether in the streets or in the hallowed halls of government. Her story is profoundly human and profoundly personal, but also a clarion call to the rest of us to join her." —Achy Obejas, author of Boomerang/Bumerán "Helen Shiller carefully weaves together her personal life story with the events that show her unflagging support and advocacy for grass roots communities in Chicago’s Uptown. From Campus radical to long term alderwoman in Chicago’s 46th Ward Shiller maintains her principles and effectiveness in fighting racism and building community led coalitions that took on and gained power against Chicago’s political machine. A story of personal and political triumph against all odds." —Jeffrey Haas"Helen Shiller’s Daring to Struggle, Daring to Win is an important book, not just for those of us in Chicago who were part of the struggle since the 1960s but for everyone who cares about saving our American Democracy and perfecting it today. It teaches us that this has been and will be a prolonged struggle and we have to be in it for the long haul. It is the detailed story of the grassroots efforts in our Chicago neighborhoods and city and the story of a radical who became an alderperson who helped shape the future." —Dick Simpson, UIC Professor Emeritus, author, and former Chicago alderman

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Book Synopsis"Compelling, inspiring, and radiant." -- FOREWORD"Excels in showing the camaraderie of the 'Ghost Girls.'" -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY"Another example of how great graphic novels are at teaching history." -- BOOK RIOTIt’s 1918 in Orange, New Jersey, and everyone knows the “Ghost Girls.” The proud holders of well-paying jobs at the local watch factory, these working-class young women gain their nickname from the fine dusting of glowing, radioactive powder that clings to their clothes after every shift painting watch dials. The soft, greenish glow even stains their lips and tongues, which they use to point the fine brushes used in their work. It’s perfectly harmless . . . or so claims the watch manufacturer. When teeth start falling out, followed by jawbones, the dial painters become the unprepared vanguard on the frontlines of the burgeoning workers’ rights movement. Desperate for compensation and acknowledgement from the company that has doomed them, the Ghost Girls must fight, not just for their own lives but the future of every woman to follow them. A stunning graphic novel retelling of the shocking and inspiring true story. Trade Review2022 GNCRT Best Graphic Novels for Adults Reading List2023 YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens"While the focus is on their work and the radium poisoning that comes with it, the book offers readers a glimpse into a world where drinking is illegal and speakeasies abound, where women’s bathing suits are literally measured for length, and the right to vote is newly won." -- BOOKLIST"Though inspired by a tragedy, RADIUM GIRLS is a compelling, inspiring, and radiant historical novel." -- FOREWORD"What shines here most brightly are the voices and characters of the women involved." -- SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL"Excels in showing the camaraderie of the “Ghost Girls” as they become accidental activists." -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY"Another example of how great graphic novels are at teaching history." -- BOOK RIOT"Brings to life an important period in history and will keep readers engaged in these women's stories from the first page." -- ALA GRAPHIC NOVEL ROUNDTABLE"The quickness of the story and the beautiful artwork will hold teens’ attention for this important history lesson." -- YALSA"Cy tells us about the terrible fate of the Radium Girls, these young women unjustly sacrificed on the altar of technical progress." -- CULTURAL SERVICES OF THE FRENCH EMBASSY IN THE U.S."One of the most stunning graphic novels I’ve seen in a long time." -- LIBRARYCOMIC.COM"Cy’s soft colors and abstract shapes carry so much weight and power to this story." -- MULTIVERSITY COMICS"Cy has created a graphic novel to show the humanity of the women who suffered." -- FANGIRL NATION

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the model developed in the Nordic countries for handling labor market relations between employers and employees - a model that has secured flexible and well-functioning labor market relations with comparatively high remuneration in case of sickness or unemployment. Consensual - and comparatively efficient - policies have likewise been pursued in agricultural and industrial policies, in environmental policies, and in many policies related to public services.The preconditions for these policies are strong civil societies, i.e. strong capacities for collective mobilization and collective action among groups, relatively strong unitary states, and high levels of generalised trust. The institutional apparatus of these consensual policies has been labelled corporatism. Nordic corporatism has implied consent to a norm of affected interests. Groups that are supposedly affected by state policies have access to the processes leading up to political decision-making, and are involved in the implementation of policies.This access has often public commissions or committees charged with preparing political decisions and delivering advice, as well as policy implementation committees.

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