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Taylor & Francis Ltd Studies on Industrial Productivity
Book SynopsisOriginally published between 1994 and 2000 the volumes in this set discuss: the successful implementation of radical, technological innovations within business organizations. issues of Chinese rural-rural and rural-urban migration a number of subjects of significance for labor and economic policy, especially the role of U. S. tax policy in the relocation of jobs from the contintental USA to Puerto Rico. the impact an immigrant community in the USA has on the type and quantity of foreign goods available. the relation between technology and the exercise of sea power. problems related to investment planning, capacity additions, and choice of technology in dynamic manufacturing systems.
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Taylor & Francis Routledge Handbook of the Welfare State
Book SynopsisForty-five contributions from renowned international specialists in the field provide readers with expert analysis of the core issues related to the welfare state, including regional depictions of welfare states around the globe. The second edition of the Routledge Handbook of the Welfare State combines essays on methodologies, core concepts and central policy areas to produce a comprehensive understanding of what âthe welfare stateâ means around the world. In the aftermath of the credit crunch, the Handbook addresses some of the many questions about the welfare state. This second edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to include an in-depth analysis of societal changes in recent years. New articles can be found on topics such as: the impact of ideas, well-being, migration, globalisation, India, welfare typologies, homelessness and long-term care. This volume will be an invaluable reference book for students and scholars throughout the social sciTable of ContentsIntroductionBent GrevePart I: Key Concepts What is welfare and public welfare Bent Greve What is a welfare state? Johanna Kuhlmann Fiscal Welfare Adrian Sinfield Occupational Welfare Kevin Farnsworth Prevention Annelies Debels, Ine Van Hoyweghen Poverty Peter Saunders Benefits in Kind and in Cash Manos Matsaganis Gender Issues in Welfare States Sheila Shaver Welfare States and the Life Course Mara Yerkes and Bram Peper Well-being and the Welfare State Daniel Sage Part II: Typologies and Methods Welfare Typologies Kees van Kerbergen Nordic Welfare States Jon Kvist, Olli Kangas Central European Welfare States Daniel Clegg Central and Eastern Europe Steven Saxonberg and Tomas Sirovatka Southern Europe Maria Petmesidou Liberal Welfare States Huch Bochel Third Way Martin Powell Welfare States in North America: Social Citizenship in the United States, Canada and Mexico Robert Henry Cox Welfare State Changes in China since 1949 Bingqin Li India as a Post-Colonial Welfare State Sony Pelissery and T. V. S. Sasidhar Inequality, Social Spending and the State in Latin America Peter Lloyd-Sherlock The Middle-East Rana Jawad and John Gal States of Health: Welfare Regimes, Health and Health Care Clare Bambra, Nadine Reibling and Courtney McNamara How to Analyze Welfare States and Their Development? Barbara Vis How Ideas Impact Social Policy Daniel Beland Drivers for Change Virginie Guiraudon and Claude Martin Different Worlds of Welfare Regimes: Applying the Ideal-Typical Method Christian Aspalter Real-typical and Ideal-Typical Methods in Comparative Social Policy Christian Aspalter Fiscal Crisis, Financial Crisis and the Fragile Welfare State Kevin Farnsworth and Zoe Irving Globalisation and the Welfare States Patrick Diamond Part III: Central Policy Areas Social Security Frans Pennings Active Labour Market Policies Madelene Nordlund and Bent Greve Housing Policy, the Welfare State and Social Inequality Gregg M. Olsen Homelessness and Social Policy Gregg M. Olsen and Lars Benjaminsen Health Care Claus Wendt Old Age and Pension Karl Hinrichs Disability Bjørn Hvinden Family Policies Chiara Saraceno Risk and the management of crime David Denney Financing the Welfare State and The Politics of Taxation Nathalie Morel and Joakim Palme Social OMC Caroline de La Porte Evaluation, Evidence Ian Greener Long-Term Care Bent Greve The Welfare State and International Migration: The European Challenge Grete Brochmann and Jon Erik Dølvik Part IV: Future Future of the welfare state? Bent Greve
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Taylor & Francis The Routledge Companion to Employment Relations
Book SynopsisComprising five thematic sections, this volume provides a critical, international and interdisciplinary exploration of employment relations. It examines the major subjects and emerging areas within the field, including essays on institutional theory, voice, new actors, precarious work and employment. Led by a well-respected team of editors, the contributors examine current knowledge and debates within each topic, offering cutting-edge analysis and reflection.The Routledge Companion to Employment Relations is an extensive reference work that offers students and researchers an introduction to current scholarship in the longstanding discipline of employment relations. It will be an essential addition to library collections in business and management, law, economics, sociology and political economy.Trade Review"International in coverage and exhaustive in scope, The Routledge Companion to Employment Relations is an invaluable resource for all who teach and research on the employment relationship. It brings together a global roster of authors who collectively provide a concise summary of what we know about and how we theorize the changing world of work."Edmund Heery, Professor of Employment Relations, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, UK"The Routledge Companion to Employment Relations is a welcome and highly accessible contribution towards advancing knowledge and understanding in the field of employment relations. Its thematic structure facilitates a focused analysis of key issues. Each chapter is written by acknowledged experts in the area, and the work is underpinned by original, independent and up to date research evidence augmented by incisive analysis and commentary. The overall work is therefore a great blend of theory, contextual understanding and original and independent research."Patrick Gunnigle, Emeritus Professor of Business Studies University of Limerick, Ireland"This is a very timely and authoritative publication on employment relations from a global perspective. The editors are leading authorities from top universities in the UK, USA and Australia. This book will be a very valuable reference work for students, lecturers and practitioners in employment relations around the world."Russell Lansbury, Emeritus Professor of Employment Relations, University of Sydney, AustraliaTable of ContentsGeneral Introduction (Editors)Chapter 1. Employment relations: older reflections and new horizons (Adrian Wilkinson, Tony Dundon, Jimmy Donaghey and Alex Colvin) Section 1: Perspectives on employment relationsChapter 2. The field of employment relations: a review (Niall Cullinane)Chapter 3. Economics and employment relations (Paul Willman) Chapter 4. Employment relations and the law (Michael Doherty) Chapter 5 Employment relations and history (Greg Patmore) Chapter 6. Sociology, the labour process and employment relations (Bill Harley) Chapter 7. Employment relations and gender equality (Gail Hebson and Jill Rubery)Chapter 8. Employment relations and human resource management (Brian Harney, Tony Dundon and Adrian Wilkinson)Chapter 9. Institutional theory and employment relations (Matt Allen and Geoffrey Wood) Chapter 10. Research methods in employment relations (Keith Whitfield and Suhaer Yunus)Section 2: Actors in employment relationsChapter 11 The state and employment relations: continuity and change in the politics of regulation (Miguel Martinez Lucio and Robert MacKenzie) Chapter 12 Unions (Paul F Clark) Chapter 13. Employers, managers and employment relations (Peter Sheldon)Chapter 14. Multinationals as employment relations actors (María Jesús Belizón)Section 3: Core employment relations processes and issues Chapter 15. Collective bargaining (Dionne Pohler)Chapter 16. Employee voice: conceptualisations, meanings, limitations and possible integration (Michael Barry, Tony Dundon and Adrian Wilkinson)Chapter 17. Knowns and unknowns in the study of workplace dispute resolution: towards an expanded research agenda (Alex Colvin and Ariel C. Avgar)Chapter 18. A pacified labour? The transformation of labour conflict (Lorenzo Frangi, Sung-Chul Noh, Robert Hebdon)Section 4: Broadening employment relations Chapter 19. Employment relations and precarious work (Chiara Benassi and Milena Tekeste)Chapter 20. Globalisation and work: processes, practices and consequences (Stephen Frenkel)Chapter 21. Global supply chains and employment relations (Jimmy Donaghey and Juliane Reinecke)Chapter 22. Employment relations in the informal sector (Colin C Williams) Chapter 23. Emerging economies, freedom of association and collective bargaining for women workers in export-oriented manufacturing (Samanthi J. Gunawardana)Chapter 24. Employment relations in Latin America (Mark Anner and Katiuscia Galhera) Chapter 25. The Transformation of employment relations in contemporary China (Chris King-Chi Chan and Yunbing He) Chapter 26. Employment relations in Africa (Pauline Dibben and Geoffrey Wood) Chapter 27. International institutions and supranational influence in employment relations (Michel Goyer and Rocio Valdivielso del Real) Chapter 28. Employment relations, stakeholder theory and business ethics (Andrew Timming and Samuel Mansell)Section 5 : Contemporary reflections and future challengesChapter 29. The financial model of the firm, the 'future of work', and employment relations (Rose Batt)
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Cambridge University Press The Social Costs of Underemployment
Book SynopsisThis 2004 book compares the effects of two different kinds of underemployment - unemployment and inadequate employment relative to adequate employment. It studies these effects on self-esteem, alcohol abuse, depression, and, in cross-generational analysis, birth weight.Trade Review"...an eminently detailed, careful, and critical analysis...Highly recommended." Choice"...this book is engagin and balanced." Monthly Labor ReviewTable of ContentsPreface; 1. Disguised unemployment and changing forms of work; 2. The social costs of unemployment; 3. Data source and methods; 4. Reverse causation: findings on the selection hypothesis; 5. Leaving school: self-esteem in an unwelcoming economy; 6. Early adulthood: alcohol misuse and underemployment; 7. Settling down: psychological depression and underemployment; 8. Extending the employment continuum: well-being in welfare transitions; 9. The next generation: underemployment and birth weight; 10. Conclusions; 11. New directions; Appendices; References; Name index; Subject index.
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