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Kyoto University Press and Trans Pacific Press Japan's New Inequality: Intersection of
Book SynopsisAfter the collapse of Japan's bubble-economy in the late 1980s, a wide range of neo-liberal reforms were introduced which dramatically affected the nature of the labour market. These reforms expanded and consolidated a two-tier market, widening the gap between those who benefit from the 'company citizenship' of 'regular' (long-term, secure) employment conditions and those who are increasingly disadvantaged by reduced income and security in the peripheral non-regular system of casual and short-term employment.The contributions in this volume use the 2005 Social Stratification and Mobility (SSM) survey data to analyse the effects of Japanese labour market reforms on social mobility, social welfare, company 'citizenship', incomes, as well as the policy implications for homelessness.
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UNSW Press Worth Fighting For: Inside the 'Your Rights at
Book SynopsisThe 'Your Rights at Work' campaign was an unprecedented campaign in Australia's political history and it aroused great public interest. This book presents an in-depth account of the campaign, based on over 60 interviews with key union leaders, rank and file members and non-union community supporters. It is based on 18 months of close study of the campaign, including the author spending 6 months on the campaign trail. Over 5000 Australians were actively involved in the 'YRaW' campaign, as well as every union in Australia and 24 marginal seats in every state.It was published on the first anniversary of the 2007 federal election when the Rudd government came to power, and it is widely recognised that the 'YRaW' campaign influenced the result of this election. This is the only book currently on the market to document the 'YRaW' campaign. This book tells the story of the ACTU's 'Your Rights at Work' campaign against Work Choices, the largest, most expensive and most sophisticated political campaign ever mounted in Australia, and one with a decisive impact on the 2007 federal election.
£17.95
Kyoto University Press and Trans Pacific Press Others in Japanese Agriculture: Koreans, Evacuees
Book SynopsisJapan's national identity associates the 'Japanese people' with the Japanese land, making the farmer the backbone of the nation. Others in Japanese Agriculture challenges this mythology, revealing the changing faces of Japanese farmers during the colonial and post-war eras. First, it traces the tangled trail of Koreans brought into farming villages as a result of war mobilization and capitalist development. Second, it discusses the plight of those who evacuated from cities as they attempted to eke out a living on marginal land. Third, it points out that settlers repatriated from the colonies were met with hostility from villagers and indifference from authorities. Finally, it explores how those who were encouraged to emigrate for 'the good of the nation' in post-war Japan, found themselves victims of agrarian reforms, which severed their ties. In sum, despite being lauded as the 'backbone of the nation' Japanese farmers have been repeatedly marginalized and othered.Table of Contents Figures Tables Photos Acknowledgements Introduction 1 The ethnic problem in Japan's farming villages 2 Evacuation, return to farming and postwar settlement 3 Farmers' lived experience of borders from Manchuria to postwar settlement 4 Japanese expatriate 'others': Postwar land reform and migration 5 Putting down roots: Postwar administration of overseas agricultural emigration and farmers Conclusion Notes Glossary Bibliography Name Index Subject Index
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AU Press Through Feminist Eyes: Essays on Canadian Women’s
Book SynopsisThrough Feminist Eyes gathers in one volume the most incisiveand insightful essays written to date by the distinguished Canadianhistorian Joan Sangster. To the original essays, Sangster has addedextensive introductory discussions that situate her earlier work in thecontext of developing theory and debate. Sangster has also supplied anintroduction to the collection in which she reflects on the themes andtheoretical orientations that have shaped the writing of women'shistory over the past thirty years. Approaching her subject matter froman array of interpretive frameworks that engage questions of gender,class, colonialism, politics, and labour, Sangster explores the livedexperience of women in a variety of specific historical settings. In sodoing, she sheds new light on issues that have sparked much debateamong feminist historians and offers a thoughtful overview of theevolution of women's history in Canada.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction Reflections on Thirty Years of Women’s History Discovering Women’s History The 1907 Bell Telephone Strike Organizing Women Workers Looking Backwards Re-assessing Women on the Canadian Left The Communist Party and the Woman Question, 1922–1929 Manufacturing Consent in Peterborough The Softball Solution Female Workers, Male Managers, and the Operation of Paternalism atWestclox, 1923–1960 Pardon Tales’ from Magistrate’sCourt Women, Crime, and the Court in Peterborough County,1920–1950 Telling Our Stories Feminist Debates and the Use of Oral History Foucault, Feminism, and Postcolonialism Girls in Conflict with the Law Exploring the Construction of Female ‘Delinquency’ inOntario, 1940–1960 Criminalizing the Colonized Ontario Native Women Confront the Criminal Justice System,1920–1960 Constructing the ‘Eskimo’ Wife White Women’s Travel Writing, Colonialism, and the CanadianNorth, 1940–1960 Embodied Experience Words of Experience/Experiencing Words Reading Working Women’s Letters to Canada’s RoyalCommission on the Status of Women Making a Fur Coat Women, the Labouring Body, and Working-class History Publications by Joan Sangster Publication Credits
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AU Press Solidarités Provinciales: Histoire de la
Book SynopsisLa Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses duNouveau-Brunswick, fondée en 1913, est la deuxième plus anciennefédération provinciale du travail au Canada. Son histoire remonte auxpremières campagnes en faveur de l’indemnisation des accidents dutravail et de la reconnaissance syndicale, et elle se poursuit dans lesplus récentes luttes visant à défendre les normes sociales et àprotéger les emplois et les droits syndicaux. La Fédération a vu lejour dans la ville portuaire de Saint John et le centre ferroviaire deMoncton, puis elle s’est étendue aux travailleurs des mines etdes usines du nord de la province, soutenant la cause des employés dusecteur public et des travailleuses, reflétant les réalités de la vieet du travail dans une société bilingue. Puisant dans les archives, lesjournaux et les propres expériences des travailleurs et destravailleuses, voici l’histoire inédite de solidarités syndicalesprovinciales qui ont surmonté les divisions et les revers afin derehausser le statut des travailleurs et des travailleuses dans lasociété néo-brunswickoise. Par cette étude pionnière rédigée dans unstyle clair et puissant, Frank apporte une contribution originale à lacompréhension de l’évolution politique, économique et sociale dela province, et il aide à combler le besoin d’éclairer laconnaissance que le public a de l’histoire des travailleurs etdes syndicats de toutes les régions du Canada.Table of ContentsTable des sigles- vii Remerciements- ix Introduction- 3 Chapitre 1, Un fait accompli - 17 Chapitre 2, Ce qui nous a été promis - 53 Chapitre 3, Une province digne des héros - 85 Chapitre 4, Le nouveau syndicalisme - 117 Chapitre 5, Sur la ligne - 171 Épilogue, Honorons le passé, bâtissons l’avenir - 245
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Siber Ink, South Africa Effective work place solutions: Employment law
Book SynopsisIt is very easy to be tripped up on a technicality in the bewildering world of the workplace, where both staff and management have to negotiate the world of employment relations in both the formal sense - contracts, lines of reporting, disciplinary procedures etc - and the informal: team cultures, human relations, co-operative work goals etc. This book brings a cool and calm perspective to bear on the practicalities of labour law, employment relations, and dispute resolution. It is written by two highly experienced practitioners in the field of employment law, employment relations and dispute resolution, uniquely positioned to provide clear SOLUTIONS to the problems that line managers, HR/ER managers and employers are likely to encounter in the workplace. It is indispensable to anyone who plays an active role in the management of the modern South African work environment.Table of ContentsChapters: 1. The impact of trust & formalisation on Employment Relations; 2. Sources of rights & obligations in employment; 3. Unfair dismissal - legal principles; 4. Managing discipline in the workplace; 5. Informal disciplinary processes; 6. Formal disciplinary processes: role of the initiator; 7. Formal disciplinary procedures - role of the chairperson; 8. The basics of the law of evidence; 9. Managing incapacity (poor performance); 10. Managing incapacity (ill health); 11. Restructuring; 12. Temporary & part-time employees.
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New Dawn Press Globalisation: Its Impact on Industrial Relations
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For Beginners Unions for Beginners
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Red and Black Publishers The Workers Opposition in the Russian Communist Party: The Fight for Workers Democracy in the Soviet Union
£11.25
Levellers Press The Wobblies in Their Heyday: The Rise and
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Boston Review On Solidarity
Book SynopsisOn Solidarity clarifies a key idea in struggles for a more just world. What does solidarity mean, and how can diverse movements build enough of it to change society? Organizer and political theorist Mie Inouye leads a forum on obstacles to collective actiontoday. Rejecting the language of “allyship” and the politics of deference, she makes the case for maintaining solidarity through conflict in durable institutions over time, none of which is possible without the hard work of good organizing. With responses from activists and theorists—from Astra Taylor and Sarah Schulman to Charisse Burden-Stelly, Jodi Dean, and Juliet Hooker—the forum helps us think about what solidarity is and what it requires.Also in this volume, Simon Torracinta shows how a universal basic income can pave the way toa more solidaristic society, Judith Levine considers how films have portrayed solidarity among women in the face of abortion restrictions, Gaiutra Bahadur suggests terrain for Black-Asian solidarities, and Mariame Kaba, Kelly Hayes, and Dan Berger offer key lessons from the world of organizing.
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West Virginia University Press Never Justice, Never Peace: Mother Jones and the
Book SynopsisIn 1986 Lon Savage published Thunder in the Mountains: The West Virginia Mine War, 1920–21, a popular history now considered a classic. Among those the book influenced are Denise Giardina, author of Storming Heaven, and John Sayles, writer and director of Matewan. When Savage passed away, he left behind an incomplete book manuscript about a lesser-known Mother Jones crusade in Kanawha County, West Virginia. His daughter Ginny Savage Ayers drew on his notes and files, as well as her own original research, to complete Never Justice, Never Peace—the first book-length account of the Paint Creek–Cabin Creek Strike of 1912–13.Savage and Ayers offer a narrative history of the strike that weaves together threads about organizer Mother Jones, the United Mine Workers union, politicians, coal companies, and Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency guards with the experiences of everyday men and women. The result is a compelling and in-depth treatment that brings to light an unjustly neglected—and notably violent—chapter of labor history. Introduced by historian Lou Martin, Never Justice, Never Peace provides an accessible glimpse into the lives and personalities of many participants in this critical struggle.Trade ReviewLon Savage and Ginny Savage Ayers have written an account of one of the seminal confrontations in the history of the American labor movement that is both exhaustively researched and a real page-turner. Especially compelling is their insight into Mother Jones, that human detonator in constant search of dynamite."" - John Sayles
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City Point Press You Should Smile More: How to Dismantle Gender
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Belt Publishing 55 Strong: Inside the West Virginia Teachers'
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Belt Publishing The History of Democracy Has Yet to Be Written:
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Rodin Books Not Accountable: Rethinking the Constitutionality
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Wisconsin Historical Society Press Obreros Unidos: The Roots and Legacy of the
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Rutgers University Press The Red Thread: The Passaic Textile Strike
Book SynopsisThis book tells the story of 15,000 wool workers who went on strike for more than a year, defying police violence and hunger. The strikers were mainly immigrants and half were women. The Passaic textile strike, the first time that the Communist Party led a mass workers’ struggle in the United States, captured the nation’s imagination and came to symbolize the struggle of workers throughout the country when the labor movement as a whole was in decline during the conservative, pro-business 1920s. Although the strike was defeated, many of the methods and tactics of the Passaic strike presaged the struggles for industrial unions a decade later in the Great Depression. Trade Review"I have focused as a labor history scholar for almost twenty-five years, and I feel The Red Thread represents the highest standards of scholarship in the field, and is especially interesting for the new ground it covers on the development of radical politics and class consciousness in the Garden State before the Great Depression--a period which is too often overlooked."— Francis Ryan, editor of The Memoirs of Wendell W. Young III: A Life in Philadelphia Labor and Politics “Zumoff’s well-researched study effectively uses the Passaic strike to highlight the radical possibilities of workers’ 1920s struggles. The book is a timely consideration of a popular strike in a conservative political moment and will be of interest to undergraduates, graduate students and the general public interested in labour, radicalism, and capitalism.” — Randi Storch, Labour History "The Red Thread’s most impressive feature is its rich amount of archival research....A compelling account of Passaic in 1926 and those whose lives were transformed by the strike. Zumoff ’s major contribution to the historiography of this event is his central positioning of cp materials when analyzing the development of the strike which com- pel the reader to consider the cp’s spirited willingness to organize oppressed American workers established unions preferred to ignore." — Journal of Labor and Society "Red Thread is a riveting deep-dive into that history. Let us hope our upsurge is coming. We have work to do to prepare."— Tempest "Jacob A. Zumoff pulls the story of one of New Jersey's longest work stoppages from the historical shadows."— New Jersey Monthly "Offers a fresh perspective and a 'synthetic' history of the 1926 textile workers strike in Passaic, New Jersey....Zumoff’s microstudy of industrial work and organizing is rich and nuanced. His central narrative thread is the leading role of the Communist Party. Zumoff aptly demonstrates how the party dispatched to Passaic talented and driven organizers.... Historians of American labor and movements will take a particular interest in Zumoff’s discussion of the party’s fundraising initiatives and its use of new forms of media."— NJ Studies "Zumoff’s work is an important addition to the history of both the American labor movement and the history of the American Left. Zumoff has combed monographs, manuscripts, and memoirs to develop a rich historical narrative of the 1926 Passaic Strike, its origins, its aftermath, and larger meaning."— Norman Markowitz, Professor of History, Rutgers University "Red Thread is a sobering study on the reality of police brutality and repression against workers (the history of the nineteenth and early twentieth century tends to show that if you’re wondering why workers in the United States put up with such terrible conditions, violence and terrorism from the ruling class can never be ruled out)....Zumoff argues convincingly that Communist organizing was not the cause of the strike’s defeat; rather, Communist activism allowed the strike to go on for as long as it did. He rightly refrains from spinning the defeat as a victory — in fact, he criticizes the Communists for doing this — nor does Zumoff try too hard to explain the defeat. It’s common for strikes to fail."— Jacobin Magazine "Jacob Zumoff on The Red Thread; the Passaic Textile Strike," by Rosemary Feurer— The Labor and Working-Class History Association "As a Northern New Jerseyan (not a Jerseyite) with an interest in labor history, I knew about the 1913 Paterson Silk Workers Strike, and the involvement therewith of the 'Wobblies,' back when Paterson was 'Silk City.' Now, thanks to author Jacob A. Zumoff, I know about the context, the events, and the consequences of another radical-tinged strike in my home territory, the Passaic Textile Strike of 1926, which shut down the Botany and Forstmann woolen mills, and others, in Passaic and nearby towns for a year."— Work History News "Zumoff’s The Red Thread, well researched and accessibly written, will serve as Passaic’s epitaph for the foreseeable future. But the meaning of the strike itself, as he suggests, is anything but dead. It is very much with us now. Workers today face difficulties in the transformation of capitalist work and in the ideological war waged against them, not unlike that of the 1920s. How they fight, with whom they ally, and the nature of the leadership they embrace will determine outcomes that take us into the future. Rethinking what happened in Passaic, for which this study is essential reading, will be useful in addressing such considerations. The past is never entirely dead, and its lessons, even as they are revealed in defeats like Passaic, can inform and inspire the present, even help chart the course to a better future." — Bryan D. Palmer, Labour / Le Travail "Building Solidarity: The Passaic Textile Strike (1926 Film)," by Jacob Zumoff— LAWCHATable of Contents Illustrations Abbreviations Used in Text Introduction: The Passaic Textile Strike of 1926 1 Passaic, New Jersey 2 The Strike Begins 3 The Communist Party and the Start of the Passaic Strike 4 Bringing Passaic to the Labor Movement 5 Enter the Politicians 6 Repression and Class-Struggle Defense 7 Building Relief and Solidarity 8 Women, the Family, and the Passaic Strike 9 The End of the Strike 10 After the Strike Acknowledgments Abbreviations Used in Notes Notes Selected Bibliography Index
£26.35
Rutgers University Press The Red Thread: The Passaic Textile Strike
Book SynopsisThis book tells the story of 15,000 wool workers who went on strike for more than a year, defying police violence and hunger. The strikers were mainly immigrants and half were women. The Passaic textile strike, the first time that the Communist Party led a mass workers’ struggle in the United States, captured the nation’s imagination and came to symbolize the struggle of workers throughout the country when the labor movement as a whole was in decline during the conservative, pro-business 1920s. Although the strike was defeated, many of the methods and tactics of the Passaic strike presaged the struggles for industrial unions a decade later in the Great Depression. Trade Review"I have focused as a labor history scholar for almost twenty-five years, and I feel The Red Thread represents the highest standards of scholarship in the field, and is especially interesting for the new ground it covers on the development of radical politics and class consciousness in the Garden State before the Great Depression--a period which is too often overlooked."— Francis Ryan, editor of The Memoirs of Wendell W. Young III: A Life in Philadelphia Labor and Politics “Zumoff’s well-researched study effectively uses the Passaic strike to highlight the radical possibilities of workers’ 1920s struggles. The book is a timely consideration of a popular strike in a conservative political moment and will be of interest to undergraduates, graduate students and the general public interested in labour, radicalism, and capitalism.” — Randi Storch, Labour History "The Red Thread’s most impressive feature is its rich amount of archival research....A compelling account of Passaic in 1926 and those whose lives were transformed by the strike. Zumoff ’s major contribution to the historiography of this event is his central positioning of cp materials when analyzing the development of the strike which com- pel the reader to consider the cp’s spirited willingness to organize oppressed American workers established unions preferred to ignore." — Journal of Labor and Society "Red Thread is a riveting deep-dive into that history. Let us hope our upsurge is coming. We have work to do to prepare."— Tempest "Jacob A. Zumoff pulls the story of one of New Jersey's longest work stoppages from the historical shadows."— New Jersey Monthly "Offers a fresh perspective and a 'synthetic' history of the 1926 textile workers strike in Passaic, New Jersey....Zumoff’s microstudy of industrial work and organizing is rich and nuanced. His central narrative thread is the leading role of the Communist Party. Zumoff aptly demonstrates how the party dispatched to Passaic talented and driven organizers.... Historians of American labor and movements will take a particular interest in Zumoff’s discussion of the party’s fundraising initiatives and its use of new forms of media."— NJ Studies "Zumoff’s work is an important addition to the history of both the American labor movement and the history of the American Left. Zumoff has combed monographs, manuscripts, and memoirs to develop a rich historical narrative of the 1926 Passaic Strike, its origins, its aftermath, and larger meaning."— Norman Markowitz, Professor of History, Rutgers University "Red Thread is a sobering study on the reality of police brutality and repression against workers (the history of the nineteenth and early twentieth century tends to show that if you’re wondering why workers in the United States put up with such terrible conditions, violence and terrorism from the ruling class can never be ruled out)....Zumoff argues convincingly that Communist organizing was not the cause of the strike’s defeat; rather, Communist activism allowed the strike to go on for as long as it did. He rightly refrains from spinning the defeat as a victory — in fact, he criticizes the Communists for doing this — nor does Zumoff try too hard to explain the defeat. It’s common for strikes to fail."— Jacobin Magazine "Jacob Zumoff on The Red Thread; the Passaic Textile Strike," by Rosemary Feurer— The Labor and Working-Class History Association "As a Northern New Jerseyan (not a Jerseyite) with an interest in labor history, I knew about the 1913 Paterson Silk Workers Strike, and the involvement therewith of the 'Wobblies,' back when Paterson was 'Silk City.' Now, thanks to author Jacob A. Zumoff, I know about the context, the events, and the consequences of another radical-tinged strike in my home territory, the Passaic Textile Strike of 1926, which shut down the Botany and Forstmann woolen mills, and others, in Passaic and nearby towns for a year."— Work History News "Zumoff’s The Red Thread, well researched and accessibly written, will serve as Passaic’s epitaph for the foreseeable future. But the meaning of the strike itself, as he suggests, is anything but dead. It is very much with us now. Workers today face difficulties in the transformation of capitalist work and in the ideological war waged against them, not unlike that of the 1920s. How they fight, with whom they ally, and the nature of the leadership they embrace will determine outcomes that take us into the future. Rethinking what happened in Passaic, for which this study is essential reading, will be useful in addressing such considerations. The past is never entirely dead, and its lessons, even as they are revealed in defeats like Passaic, can inform and inspire the present, even help chart the course to a better future." — Bryan D. Palmer, Labour / Le Travail "Building Solidarity: The Passaic Textile Strike (1926 Film)," by Jacob Zumoff— LAWCHATable of Contents Illustrations Abbreviations Used in Text Introduction: The Passaic Textile Strike of 1926 1 Passaic, New Jersey 2 The Strike Begins 3 The Communist Party and the Start of the Passaic Strike 4 Bringing Passaic to the Labor Movement 5 Enter the Politicians 6 Repression and Class-Struggle Defense 7 Building Relief and Solidarity 8 Women, the Family, and the Passaic Strike 9 The End of the Strike 10 After the Strike Acknowledgments Abbreviations Used in Notes Notes Selected Bibliography Index
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Rutgers University Press Activist Media: Documenting Movements and
Book SynopsisNow more than ever, activists are using media to document injustice and promote social and political change. Yet with so many media platforms available, activists sometimes fail to have a coherent media and communication strategy. Drawing from his experiences as a documentary filmmaker with Black Lives Matter 5280 and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 105 in Denver, Colorado, Gino Canella argues that activist media create opportunities for activists to navigate conflict and embrace their political and ideological differences. Canella details how activist media practices—interviewing organizers, script writing, video editing, posting on social media, and hosting community screenings—foster solidarity among grassroots organizers. Informed by media theory, this book explores how activists are using media to mobilize supporters, communicate their values, and reject anti-union rhetoric. Furthermore, it demonstrates how collaborative media projects can help activists build broad-based coalitions and amplify their vision for a more equitable and just society. Trade Review"Activist Media is an exemplary piece of activist scholarship. With detail, Gino Canella considers how media co-creation as scholarly political work both uplifts and deconstructs representations, research methods, and human relations between scholars and activists creating “grassroots epistemologies” and “radical sociability” from which we can all learn. The book serves as a great how-to for scholars and activists alike." -- Alexandra Juhasz * Distinguished Professor of Film, Brooklyn College, CUNY *"Drawing on firsthand experience as an activist filmmaker, Canella has written an invaluable account of grassroots empowerment and social change. This book provides an essential analysis for scholars of media activism and for anyone who believes we can and must fight for a better world." -- Victor Pickard * author of Democracy Without Journalism *"Activist Media is an exemplary piece of activist scholarship. With detail, Gino Canella considers how media co-creation as scholarly political work both uplifts and deconstructs representations, research methods, and human relations between scholars and activists creating “grassroots epistemologies” and “radical sociability” from which we can all learn. The book serves as a great how-to for scholars and activists alike." -- Alexandra Juhasz * Distinguished Professor of Film, Brooklyn College, CUNY *"Drawing on firsthand experience as an activist filmmaker, Canella has written an invaluable account of grassroots empowerment and social change. This book provides an essential analysis for scholars of media activism and for anyone who believes we can and must fight for a better world." -- Victor Pickard * author of Democracy Without Journalism *Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Activist Media, Power, and Networked Publics2 Movements and Media: Structures and Evolution3 Pre-production: Embracing Confrontation and Difference4 Production: Scripting Solidarity and Radical Storytelling5 Post-production: Distribution, Exhibition, and ImpactConclusionAppendixAcknowledgmentsNotesReferencesIndex
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Rutgers University Press Activist Media: Documenting Movements and
Book SynopsisNow more than ever, activists are using media to document injustice and promote social and political change. Yet with so many media platforms available, activists sometimes fail to have a coherent media and communication strategy. Drawing from his experiences as a documentary filmmaker with Black Lives Matter 5280 and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 105 in Denver, Colorado, Gino Canella argues that activist media create opportunities for activists to navigate conflict and embrace their political and ideological differences. Canella details how activist media practices—interviewing organizers, script writing, video editing, posting on social media, and hosting community screenings—foster solidarity among grassroots organizers. Informed by media theory, this book explores how activists are using media to mobilize supporters, communicate their values, and reject anti-union rhetoric. Furthermore, it demonstrates how collaborative media projects can help activists build broad-based coalitions and amplify their vision for a more equitable and just society. Trade Review"Activist Media is an exemplary piece of activist scholarship. With detail, Gino Canella considers how media co-creation as scholarly political work both uplifts and deconstructs representations, research methods, and human relations between scholars and activists creating “grassroots epistemologies” and “radical sociability” from which we can all learn. The book serves as a great how-to for scholars and activists alike."— Alexandra Juhasz, Distinguished Professor of Film, Brooklyn College, CUNY "Drawing on firsthand experience as an activist filmmaker, Canella has written an invaluable account of grassroots empowerment and social change. This book provides an essential analysis for scholars of media activism and for anyone who believes we can and must fight for a better world." — Victor Pickard, author of Democracy Without Journalism "Drawing on firsthand experience as an activist filmmaker, Canella has written an invaluable account of grassroots empowerment and social change. This book provides an essential analysis for scholars of media activism and for anyone who believes we can and must fight for a better world." — Victor Pickard, author of Democracy Without Journalism "Activist Media is an exemplary piece of activist scholarship. With detail, Gino Canella considers how media co-creation as scholarly political work both uplifts and deconstructs representations, research methods, and human relations between scholars and activists creating “grassroots epistemologies” and “radical sociability” from which we can all learn. The book serves as a great how-to for scholars and activists alike."— Alexandra Juhasz, Distinguished Professor of Film, Brooklyn College, CUNYTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 Activist Media, Power, and Networked Publics 2 Movements and Media: Structures and Evolution 3 Pre-production: Embracing Confrontation and Difference 4 Production: Scripting Solidarity and Radical Storytelling 5 Post-production: Distribution, Exhibition, and Impact Conclusion Appendix Acknowledgments Notes References Index
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Sutherland House Books We Have Received A Complain US Edition
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Political Economy of Post-COVID Life and Work
Book SynopsisThis edited volume highlights cascading effects of the pandemic and lockdown on informal economies of varied countries in the Global South. Uneven development after colonization, imperialism, and externally influenced conflict have caused many countries in the formally colonized or semi-occupied countries in the world to lag behind in wealth accumulation, investments in manufacturing, and technology. The fact that these countries were dragged into world market dynamics on an equal footing with already developed countries exacerbated these inequalities and saw the rapid burgeoning of informal economies. COVID-19 and the lockdown of western countries unravelled global production chains, resulting in hordes of workers in the Global South losing their livelihoods. Even people engaged in traditionally locally-bound economic activities, such as domestic work and sex work, found their livelihoods disappear. This volume brings together case studies from India, Brazil, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka to analyze global economic disruptions as they affected informal sector workers who were already largely invisible within state development policies. The chapters question whether existing models of neoliberal development are still conducive within the post-pandemic Global South as it grapples with rebuilding economies, livelihoods, institutions, and systems of governance. Table of ContentsCh 1: IntroductionCh 2: Women Construction Workers and Human Security under Covid 19Ch 3: Health Securitization and Sexually Precarious Labor in India under Covid 19Ch 4: International Migration in India under Covid-19Ch 5: Occupational Health and Accountability for Sri Lanka's Global Factory Workers under Covid 19Ch 6: The Bangladeshi Garments Industry and Covid 19Ch 7: Working Conditions and labor at Wal-Mart Brazil under Covid 19Ch 8: Shock Responsive Social Protection Schemes for Vulnerable Communities in NE India during Covid 19Ch 9: Conclusion
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Peter Lang AG France-Allemagne: La Difficile Convergence
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De Gruyter Chemical Laboratory: Safety and Techniques
Book SynopsisThis book covers techniques in the chemical laboratory and safety procedures that are crucial to making the laboratory a safe workplace. The book is divided into two sections, the 1st comprehensively covering safety protocols in a chemical laboratory and the 2nd detailing important techniques to master. This book can be utilized by graduate students, laboratory technicians, and laboratory chemists.
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Duncker & Humblot Tariffahigkeit Von Gewerkschaften Und Autonomie:
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Duncker & Humblot Tarifautonomie Und Tarifgeltung: Die Legitimation
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Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG Vertrauen und Politik im Alltag: Die
Book SynopsisText in German. Why was the German working-class movement struggling against the rise of National-Socialism so easily defeated, whereas the French working-class movement, which was numerically and organizationally much weaker than its German counterpart, succeeded in mobilizing hundreds of thousands of workers against the radical right at the moment of a "fascist threat"? To answer this question, Joachim C. Haberlen's study investigates the social and political practices within the working-class movement in Leipzig and Lyon at the end of the Weimar Republic and, respectively, the Third French Republic. At the core of the study are the role of trust and distrust in social and political movements, and the ambivalent consequences of the politicization of the working-class movement within its local context. The study draws on a broad variety of primary sources from archives in Leipzig, Berlin, Lyon, Paris, and elsewhere. Informed by everyday historical approaches, it creates a lively and multifaceted image of workers' lives and grassroots politics in both cities. The comparative approach results in a careful analysis that identifies major differences that help explain the different outcomes of the working-class movement's struggles. Leipzig's working-class movement, the study shows, was characterized by a deep-seated distrust, which was a major impediment for a successful mobilization against the Nazis. Furthermore, the politicization of the local working-class movement not only reproduced the conflicts between Social Democrats and Communists at the rank-and-file level, but also turned politics into a "nuisance" that made many workers turn away from politics altogether. In Lyon, by contrast, workers succeeded in overcoming existing distrust. In addition, the politicization of the working-class movement during the rise of the Popular Front (1934-36) had, at first, an integrative function. Yet, soon enough the overburdening of social practices like strikes with political meaning contributed to the decline of the Popular Front.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Kulturelles Kapital in der Migration:
Book SynopsisFür Wissensgesellschaften, die vom Aufbau und der Verwertung kulturellen Kapitals abhängen, kann die Arbeitsmarktintegration von hochqualifizierten Migrant(inn)en eine Chance sein. Der vorliegende Band befasst sich mit verschiedenen Migrantengruppen, die ihre akademischen Bildungstitel in die Arbeitsmärkte von Deutschland, Kanada, Türkei und Großbritannien einbringen. Er rekonstruiert mit qualitativen Methoden die Bildungs- und Berufserfolge der Kinder von Migranten ebenso wie die Chancen und Risiken, mit denen Akademiker/innen konfrontiert sind, die z.B. aufgrund von Partnerschaften, Jobangeboten oder als Flüchtlinge in ein Land kommen. Die An- und Aberkennung von kulturellem Kapital, die Erfahrung von Diskriminierung, aber auch von sozialer Unterstützung gehen in den Lebensgeschichten der Migrant(inn)en komplexe Verbindungen ein, die über ihre erfolgreiche Arbeitsmarktintegration entscheiden.Table of ContentsDie zweite Migrationsgeneration: Der schwierige Weg zum Bildungs- und Berufserfolg - Mit ausländischem Diplom auf den Arbeitsmarkt: Komplexe Pfade jenseits der Greencard - Arbeitsmarktinklusion unter erschwerten Bedingungen: Zur Lage von hochqualifizierten Flüchtlingen und Illegalen - Zwischen Dequalifizierung und Weiterbildung - Diskriminierung: Zum Verlust kulturellen Kapitals durch rechtliche und symbolische Exklusion - Die Verwertung sozialen Kapitals: Familien, Netzwerke und ihre zwiespältige Bedeutung für die Arbeitsmarktintegration
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Campus Verlag Beyond Decent Work: The Cultural Political
Book SynopsisBeyond Decent Work explores the history of the Indonesian labor movement, using three contemporary case studies to shed light on the development of Indonesia’s labor struggles and trade union strategies. Drawing on extensive and recent qualitative fieldwork, Felix Hauf argues that the economic idea of “decent work” plays a central role in current trade union strategies at the expense of more radical—or traditional working-class—strategies of industrial action, even though the latter have been more effective in fulfilling workers’ demands for higher wages and better working conditions. Hauf’s analysis offers unique insight into the labor dynamics of Indonesia and Southeast Asia more broadly, revealing how genuinely democratic and independent unions—confronted with rival unions controlled by businesses, Indonesian subcontractors, multinational corporations, and the Indonesian state—struggle to create an economy outside the confines of neoliberal capitalism.
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Peter Lang AG Handbuch Zur Kommunalen Wirtschaftsfoerderung
Book SynopsisDie Hoffnung auf die Jahrhundert-Ansiedlung geistert immer noch durch manchen kommunalpolitischen Kopf, vor allem bei Ratsmitgliedern. Der große Ansiedlungserfolg soll alle Probleme der Gemeinde lösen. Diese Hoffnung ist für die große Mehrheit der Gemeinden jedoch reine Illusion. Die Erfahrung zeigt: Es ist sinnvoller auf die Entwicklung und Pflege des vorhandenen Gewerbebestandes zu setzen. Friedhelm Boyken stellt kurz und prägnant die rechtlichen und tatsächlichen Handlungsmöglichkeiten von Kommunalpolitikern und -beamten vor.
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Peter Lang AG Nationale Grenzen in Europa: Wandel Der Funktion
Book SynopsisAn den Grenzen in Europa ist ein paradoxer Sachverhalt zu beobachten: Einerseits gewinnt die Grenzüberschreitung von Menschen und Waren zunehmend an Bedeutung, andererseits entwickeln sich parallel dazu neue Grenzziehungen. Im Vordergrund des Sammelbandes steht daher die Frage, wie sich die Funktion und Wahrnehmung der nationalen Grenze in Europa politisch, ökonomisch und sozial verändert hat. In den Beiträgen wird die These vertreten, dass die EU-Grenzpolitik sich zwar erheblich verändert hat, diese Veränderung jedoch nicht zu einem Wegfall, sondern zu einer Verschiebung von Grenzziehungen führt: Die alten politischen Grenzen bestehen durch neue Grenzziehungen weiter oder werden durch solche ersetzt, die politisch und sozial auf den alten aufbauen.
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Peter Lang AG Sicherheit Und Terrorismus: Rechtsfragen Aus
Book SynopsisDer Sammelband beschäftigt sich mit den komplexen völkerrechtlichen und europarechtlichen Fragen der Sicherheit und des internationalen Terrorismus. Da das bisherige Völkerrecht für private terroristische Tätigkeiten noch keine ausreichenden Regeln ausgebildet hat, wird mit der Publikation in vielen Bereichen wissenschaftliches Neuland betreten. Die Autoren des Sammelbandes sind führende österreichische Wissenschaftler bzw. Praktiker in einschlägiger Verwendung, sodass der Publikation ohne Zweifel Handbuchcharakter zukommen wird. Besondere Bedeutung kommt dieser Arbeit für den österreichischen Leser deswegen zu, da darin detailliert auf sicherheits- und neutralitätsrechtliche bzw. -politische Fragen Österreichs eingegangen wird.
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Peter Lang AG Die Rentensysteme in Polen Und Ungarn:
Book SynopsisDie Finanzierung der staatlichen Rentensysteme zählt aufgrund des demographischen Wandels und veränderter Rahmenbedingungen zu einer der größten Herausforderungen in allen 25 Mitgliedsländern der Europäischen Union. Am Beispiel von Polen und Ungarn wird in dieser Studie analysiert, wie die neuen mittel- und osteuropäischen Mitgliedsländer die Herausforderungen an ihre Alterssicherung auf Basis eines deutlich geringeren Wohlstandsniveaus und zusätzlich zu ihrem allgemeinen Transformationsprozess sowie den Anforderungen der EU bewältigt haben. Beide Länder entschieden sich Ende der 1990er Jahre für die Teilprivatisierung ihrer Alterssicherung. Die Hintergründe und Wirkungen der Reformstrategien werden herausgearbeitet und problematisiert. Beantwortet wird die Frage, ob die Rentensysteme in Polen und Ungarn geeignet sind, den aktuellen und künftigen Herausforderungen standzuhalten.
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Peter Lang AG Perspektiven der Ratspraesidentschaft in einer
Book SynopsisAufgrund der EU-Erweiterung sind zahlreiche Reformvorschläge zur Ratspräsidentschaft entstanden. Für die Handlungsfähigkeit der EU ist entscheidend, inwiefern diese die Defizite der Rotation beheben, die Vorteile weiterhin ermöglichen und die aus der Erweiterung resultierenden Herausforderungen bewältigen können. Ausgehend von einer systematischen Erfassung der Vorschläge der Mitglieds- und Beitrittsstaaten, der EU-Organe und des Europäischen Konvents sowie der akademischen Institutionen werden die jeweiligen Vor- und Nachteile aufgezeigt. Dies erfolgt in Abhängigkeit der Weiterentwicklung des institutionellen Systems der EU, das durch Modelle operationalisiert wird. Die Perspektiven des europäischen Integrationsprozesses werden mit Reformoptionen der Ratspräsidentschaft in Einklang gebracht.
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Peter Lang AG Politische Ethik I: Raeume der Politik
Book SynopsisWerte setzen stets Grenzen. So entstehen Ethikräume, Kulturräume mit ihren je spezifischen Politiken. Doch was herrscht jenseits dieser Grenzen? Eine Welt anderer Wertvorstellungen? Eine Welt der Barbarei? Welche Rolle spielt wirklich Europas propagiertes Wertesystem, was konstituiert seine Wertegemeinschaft und damit auch die konkrete Wertepraxis der EU? Politik ist insofern auch ein Management von Grenzerfahrungen und Grenzüberschreitungen. Wie verlaufen Wertewandelprozesse in einzelnen Ländern, etwa in Österreich? Welche Rolle spielen Kunst, Literatur und Sport als offener, ethischer Raum und der Wunsch nach Überschaubarkeit und Geborgenheit, der sich im emotionalen Wert Heimat spiegelt?
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Peter Lang AG Die Außenbeziehungen Der Europaeischen Union:
Book SynopsisDieses Buch enthält eine umfassende Darlegung und Analyse der Außenbeziehungen der Europäischen Union. Im Zentrum der Betrachtung steht dabei nicht nur die Entwicklung der Gemeinsamen Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik der EU (GASP), sondern ebenso die vielschichtige und komplexe Interaktion der EU mit den großen staatlichen Akteuren und regionalen politischen Organisationen in der aktuellen Weltpolitik.
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Peter Lang AG Die Entzauberung des Gesellschaftsvertrags: Ein
Book SynopsisSeit jeher gilt der Gesellschaftsvertrag als eine auf dem Sinai der Aufklärung empfangene, glückverheißende Weltgabe. Auflehnende Stimmen dawider sind längst im Dunkel verflossener Zeitalter verstummt. Indes lohnt ein Blick auf diejenigen Denker, welche den Finger auf signifikante Unzulänglichkeiten des Sozialkontrakts gelegt haben. Denn insbesondere, um bei unseren zunehmend komplexeren Gesellschaftsproblemen eine fruchtbringende Außenperspektive zu erlangen, ist es als sinnstiftend anzusehen, sich den Anti-Gesellschafts-Vertrags-Theorien zuzuwenden. Mithin ist dieser Band bemüht, vermöge einer Gegenüberstellung ihrer maßgeblichsten Repräsentanten, Carl Ludwig von Haller und Joseph Graf de Maistre, im Kontext der politischen Ideengeschichte erhellende Einsichten zu gewinnen.
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Peter Lang AG Wohin steuert die Bundesrepublik?: Einige
Book SynopsisZukunftsperspektiven der Bundesrepublik Deutschland werden in der Öffentlichkeit wie unter Wissenschaftlern gerade heute hoch kontrovers debattiert. Besonders deutlich wird dies z. B. an sehr unterschiedlichen Einschätzungen von Reaktionsnotwendigkeiten auf den demografischen Wandel, auf die ökonomische Entwicklung sowie auf Medienmacht und die Zukunft des Nationalstaates. Kaum weniger umstritten sind neue Befunde und Konzepte in den Natur- und Ingenieurwissenschaften, so z. B. in der Hirn- und Stammzellenforschung. Die im Buch publizierten Beiträge sind an der Technischen Universität Braunschweig im Rahmen öffentlicher Ringvorlesungen entstanden und bringen aktuelle und zukünftige Entwicklungsprobleme prononciert und provokativ auf den Punkt.
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Peter Lang AG Das Europaeische Normungssystem Aus Der
Book SynopsisDie Normung hat im öffentlichen Bewusstsein keinen besonders hohen Stellenwert. Dennoch ist sie aufgrund ihrer struktur- und systembildenden Eigenschaften ein wichtiges wirtschaftspolitisches Steuerungsinstrument der EU bei der Vervollständigung des Europäischen Binnenmarktes. In der Arbeit werden auf der Basis eines handlungsbasierten Modells die Normung als solche und ihre Bedeutung dargestellt. Im Anschluss werden die institutionellen Eigenschaften des Europäischen Normungssystems analysiert und beurteilt, und es werden Gestaltungsempfehlungen gegeben. Obwohl die Normungspolitik der EU durchaus erfolgreich ist, deckt der Autor Widersprüche auf und weist auf potentielle zukünftige Probleme hin.
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Peter Lang AG Beobachtungen zum heutigen Konservatismus in
Book SynopsisDieses Buch kommt dem Konservativen auf die Spur. Mit Darstellungen aus Politik und Forschung wird zunächst das widersprüchliche Konservatismusverständnis aufgezeigt. Während der Konservatismus nicht selten als rückwärtsgewandt oder gar reaktionär bewertet wird, sehen seine Vertreter sich selbst als notwendiges Korrektiv am Progressiven und Liberalen. Der irische Politiker und Stammvater des Konservatismus, Edmund Burke, offenbart sich als der ideale Bezugspunkt für eine Untersuchung dieser umstrittenen Thematik. Seine Werke überraschen mit der Aktualität seiner Aussagen. Der Autor rückt die politische Kultur und den gesellschaftlichen Diskurs in ein neues Licht. Es wird deutlich, wo die Schwachpunkte heutiger Politikdiskurse liegen nicht nur in Deutschland.
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Peter Lang AG De la protesta callejera al poder estatal: El
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Peter Lang AG Der Arbeitnehmer im Spannungsfeld von Straf und
Book SynopsisEs kann sowohl strafrechtliche als auch arbeitsrechtliche Konsequenzen haben, wenn ein Arbeitnehmer einen Rechtsverstoß, insbesondere eine Straftat begeht. Die Autorin beschäftigt sich in Ihrer Dissertation mit der Frage, wie sich dieses Aufeinandertreffen von Strafrecht und Arbeitsrecht auswirkt. Konkret: Hat das Vorliegen eines Arbeitsverhältnisses Auswirkungen auf die Strafbarkeit eines Verhaltens? Wie wirkt sich die Strafbarkeit eines Verhaltens auf die Kündigungsmöglichkeit des Arbeitgebers aus? Kann einem Arbeitnehmer wegen bzw. aufgrund einer Straftat gekündigt werden? Wie sind Bagatelldelikte, die regelmäßig nicht zu einer strafrechtlichen Verurteilung führen, arbeitsrechtlich zu beurteilen?Dabei wird der Versuch einer weitergehenden Systematisierung des Bereichs strafbaren Arbeitnehmerverhaltens in strafrechtlicher und kündigungsrechtlicher Hinsicht, und zwar durch eine Gegenüberstellung von Strafrecht und Arbeits- bzw. Kündigungsrecht, unternommen.
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Peter Lang AG Kuendigungsrechtliche Auswirkungen von
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Personalakquisition im Spiegelbild der
Book SynopsisIsabelle Latz analysiert unter Einbezug der Charaktereigenschaften und des Mediennutzungsverhalten die beruflichen Erwartungen der vier Generationen Babyboomer, X, Y und Z. Die Ergebnisse der Arbeit liefern damit Implikationen für eine erfolgsorientierte Personalakquisition in Anbetracht einer Generationenvielfalt. In Zeiten des demografischen und soziokulturellen Wandels ermöglicht die zielgruppenorientierte Personalbeschaffung das Erwecken von nachhaltigem Interesse an Unternehmen.Table of ContentsDer demografische Wandel fordert seinen Tribut.- Erwartungen zu Arbeitsplatz, beruflicher Selbstverwirklichung, Informationskanälen und Auswahlverfahren.- Fazit und Mehrwert: Harte (Personal-) Arbeit zahlt sich aus.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Strategische Kommunikation von Gewerkschaften:
Book SynopsisSascha Kristin Futh untersucht anhand von drei zeitgeschichtlich bedeutenden Kampagnen zum ersten Mal vergleichend die strategische Kommunikation von Gewerkschaften. Sie analysiert die Bedingungen, unter denen die Gewerkschaften ihren Einfluss über Kampagnen-Kommunikation geltend machten und stellt im Vergleich die ausschlaggebenden Faktoren für die gewerkschaftliche Kampagnenfähigkeit heraus. Die Verknüpfung von Kampagnen und tarifpolitischen Verhandlungen ist dabei ein zentraler Erfolgsfaktor. Der Kampagnen-Vergleich zeigt, dass für die Handlungsfähigkeit der Gewerkschaften insbesondere die Aufstellung des gewerkschaftlichen Apparats entscheidend ist.Table of Contents
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Vernetztes Betriebssicherheitsmanagement
Book SynopsisSicherheitsmanagement im Betrieb ist für Sicherheitsbeauftragte und andere verantwortliche Fachkräfte eine komplexe Herausforderung. Das Standardwerk beschreibt auf über 500 Seiten die wichtigsten Grundlagen für ein vernetztes Sicherheitsmanagement: Wie lassen sich die Teildisziplinen Risikomanagement, Sicherheits- und Gesundheitsschutzmanagement, Umweltschutzmanagement, Datenschutzmanagement und Krisenmanagement möglichst effizient integrieren? Der in dem Buch beschriebene Ansatz bildet einen Bezugsrahmen für das Verhalten der Mitarbeiter und maximiert die Lebensfähigkeit des Unternehmens. Somit sind ganzheitlich verstandene Betriebssicherheit, Compliance und Risikomanagement ein nicht zu unterschätzender Wirtschaftsfaktor. Übersichtlich, praxisorientiert und gut lesbar stellen die Autoren die Möglichkeiten eines vernetzten Betriebssicherheitsmanagementkonzeptes vor. Das Ziel ist, ein möglichst optimal strukturiertes Vorgehen und ein vernetztes Wirken. Dazu gehören die Definition und Beherrschung der betrieblichen Risiken genauso wie die Schaffung einer präventiven Unternehmenskultur und die Sicherstellung der Compliance für Vorstände und Führungskräfte. Auch die neue VDI-Richtlinie 4055 „Betriebssicherheitsmanagement“ wird in dem Band erläutert. Das Buch richtet sich an Fachkräfte und Experten für Betriebssicherheit und eignet sich als Lehrbuch für Weiterbildungen und Studiengänge im Bereich Betriebssicherheitsmanagement und Sicherheitstechnik. Der Anhang enthält Checklisten und weiteres Material, das Fachkräfte bei der Umsetzung eines integrierten Sicherheitsmanagements unterstützt.Table of ContentsPart I Betriebssicherheitsmanagement-System: Zusammenspiel von Mensch-Technik-Umwelt.- Vernetztes Betriebssicherheitsmanagement-System.- Grundlagen integrierter Managementsysteme.- Vermeidung von Rechtsfolgen.- Part II Beispielhafte Managementsysteme: Qualitätsmanagement nach DIN EN ISO 9000 ff..- Risikomanagement.- Sicherheits- und Gesundheitsschutzmanagement.- Umweltschutzmanagement.- Datenschutzmanagement.- Krisenmanagement.
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Peter Lang GmbH Die Peruanische Bildungsreform Von 1972 Und Die
Book SynopsisDie peruanische Bildungsreform von 1972 zählt weithin als mustergültig anzusehende bildungspolitische Initiative, ein geschlossenes Bildungssystem aus den spezifischen Interessen und historischen Bedingungen eines Landes heraus zu gestalten. Es wird den Fragen nachgegangen: wodurch diese Reform ausgelöst wurde, woraus sie besteht und wie weit sie realisiert ist. Dabei wird die industrielle Lehrlingsausbildung besonders herausgestellt.
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