Labour / income economics Books
University of California Press Hustle and Gig
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The book is at its best and most useful when detailing—often in workers own words—the litany of injustices, indignities, and unsafe conditions visited upon the people working for these services. Such issues are not surprising and speak directly to why the Labor Department’s directive is so problematic. Nevertheless, the sheer volume of workplace injuries, unreachable employers, legally tenuous situations like drug delivery and credit card scams, denied benefits, endemic sexual harassment, low wages, and constant stress about whether one will get hired enough on a day-to-day level is striking." * New Labor Forum *"Hustle and Gig is a timely and important addition to the nascent but rapidly expanding literature of this new economic movement. It vividly bring to life the realities that many gig workers face today as they move forward to the past. The reality that many face challenges not unlike their peers from over a century ago—piecemeal work, low wages, and lacking basic protections. Hustle and Gig would be of particular interest to scholars studying non-standard work arrangements and employment relations, but also to scholars with a general interest in work and occupations or labor history." * Social Forces *"Ravenelle’s account of the state of gig work in Hustle and Gig is a great starting point: both the breadth of sectors covered and the depth of the ethnographic material are fantastic and add important detail to the techlash movement that is so often empirically weak." * LSE Review of Books *"Hustle and Gig is a refreshing and important statement about the structural changes evident in contemporary capitalism. The book is written with style and verve, yet is accessible and even ideal for assignment in classes on work, organizations, and social inequality. It is perhaps the most thoughtful and provocative depiction of the structural changes impinging on work as the sharing economy gains force. It deserves a wide audience." * Sociological Forum *"Hustle and Gig is a timely contribution to conversations about the kinds of working conditions that we, as a society, are—and are not—building for the future. . . .[it] reminds readers that decent jobs are not something that exist a priori. They must be made." * American Journal of Sociology *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments 1. Strugglers, Strivers, and Success Stories 2. What Is the Sharing Economy? 3. Forward to the Past and the Early Industrial Age 4. Workplace Troubles 5. Sharing Is Caring 6. All in a Day’s (Dirty) Work 7. Living the Dream? 8. Conclusion Appendix 1. Demographic Survey Appendix 2. Interview Matrix Notes References Index
£21.25
University of California Press Women and Economics
Book SynopsisWhen Charlotte Perkins Gilman's first nonfiction book, Women and Economics, was published exactly a century ago, in 1898, she was immediately hailed as the leading intellectual in the women's movement. Her ideas were widely circulated and discussed; she was in great demand on the lecture circuit, and her intellectual circle included some of the most prominent thinkers of the age. Yet by the mid-1960s she was nearly forgotten, and Women and Economics was long out of print. Revived here with new introduction, Gilman's pivotal work remains a benchmark feminist text that anticipates many of the issues and thinkers of 1960s and resonates deeply with today's continuing debate about gender difference and inequality.Gilman's ideas represent an integration of socialist thought and Darwinian theory and provide a welcome disruption of the nearly all-male canon of American economic and social thought. She stresses the connection between work and home and between public and private life; anticipates the 1960s debate about wages for housework; calls for extensive childcare facilities and parental leave policies; and argues for new housing arrangements with communal kitchens and hired cooks. She contends that women's entry into the public arena and the reforms of the family would be a win-win situation for both women and men as the public sphere would no longer be deprived of women's particular abilities, and men would be able to enlarge the possibilities to experience and express the emotional sustenance of family life.The thorough and stimulating introduction by Michael Kimmel and Amy Aronson provides substantial information about Gilman's life, personality, and background. It frames her impact on feminism since the Sixties and establishes her crucial role in the emergence of feminist and social thought.This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1998.
£35.70
University of California Press The End of Burnout
Book SynopsisGoing beyond the how and why of burnout, a former tenured professor combines academic methods and first-person experience to propose new ways for resisting our cultural obsession with work and transforming our vision of human flourishing. Burnout has become our go-to term for talking about the pressure and dissatisfaction we experience at work. But in the absence of understanding what burnout means, the discourse often does little to help workers who suffer from exhaustion and despair. Jonathan Malesic was a burned out worker who escaped by quitting his job as a tenured professor. In The End of Burnout, he dives into the history and psychology of burnout, traces the origin of the high ideals we bring to our jobs, and profiles the individuals and communities who are already resisting our cultural commitment to constant work. In The End of Burnout, Malesic traces his own history as someone who burned out of a tenured job to frame this rigorous investigation of how and why so many of us feel worn out, alienated, and useless in our work. Through research on the science, culture, and philosophy of burnout, Malesic explores the gap between our vocation and our jobs, and between the ideals we have for work and the reality of what we have to do. He eschews the usual prevailing wisdom in confronting burnout (Learn to say no! Practice mindfulness!) to examine how our jobs have been constructed as a symbol of our value and our total identity. Beyond looking at what drives burnoutunfairness, a lack of autonomy, a breakdown of community, mismatches of valuesthis book spotlights groups that are addressing these failures of ethics. We can look to communities of monks, employees of a Dallas nonprofit, intense hobbyists, and artists with disabilities to see the possibilities for resisting a total work environment and the paths to recognizing the dignity of workers and nonworkers alike. In this critical yet deeply humane book, Malesic offers the vocabulary we need to recognize burnout, overcome burnout culture, and acknowledge the dignity of workers and nonworkers alike.Trade Review "A moving examination of a flawed approach to work that suggests a society-wide means of dismantling the problem." * ForeWord Reviews *"In mixing Thoreau with papal encyclicals, feminist thinkers with aristocratic philosophers, [Malesic] makes a persuasive case for the reorientation of our ideals surrounding work, and the proposition, catholic in every sense of the term, that acknowledgement of human dignity must precede any ability to demonstrate it." * The Bulwark *"His acutely felt investigation of work burnout as an ‘ailment of the soul’ makes his the more thought-provoking and substantial of these two books." * TLS *"Jonathan Malesic’s intelligent and careful study,The End of Burnout, brings clarity to a muddled discussion." * The Baffler *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction I Burnout Culture 1. Everyone Is Burned Out, But No One Knows What That Means 2. Burnout: The First 2,000 Years 3. The Burnout Spectrum 4. How Jobs Have Gotten Worse in the Age of Burnout 5. Work Saints and Work Martyrs: The Problem with Our Ideals II Counterculture 6. We Can Have It All: A New Vision of the Good Life 7. How Benedictines Tame the Demons of Work 8. Varieties of Anti-Burnout Experience Conclusion: Nonessential Work in a Post-Pandemic World Notes Index
£21.60
University of California Press Going Remote
Book SynopsisA leading urban economist's hopeful study of how shifts to remote work can change all of our lives for the better. As COVID-19 descended upon the country in 2020, millions of American office workers transitioned to working from home to reduce risk of infection and prevent spread of the virus. In the aftermath of this shift, a significant number of workers remain at least partially remote. It is clear that this massive experiment we were forced to run will have long-term consequences, changing the shape of our personal and work lives, as well as the urban landscape around us. How will the rise of telecommuting affect workers' quality of life, the profitability of firms, and the economic geography of our cities and suburbs? Going Remote addresses the uncertainties and possibilities of this moment. In Going Remote, urban economist Matthew E. Kahn takes readers on a journey through the new remote-work economy, revealing how people will configure their lives when they have more freedTrade Review"Going Remote is more than a book; it’s a roadmap to a new way of working and living. It challenges our preconceived notions about work, passion, and place. In a world where remote work is becoming the norm, Kahn’s insights provide hope and practical solutions for a brighter future." * Comstock’s Magazine *Table of ContentsIntroduction: No Going Back I · Workers 1 Short-Run Gains for Workers 2 Medium-Term Gains for Workers II · Firms 3 How Will Firms Adapt? III · Locations 4 The Rise of Remote Work and Superstar Cities 5 New Opportunities for Other Areas Conclusion: The New Geography of Jobs Acknowledgments Notes Recommended Reading Index
£20.70
University of California Press Unsustainable
Book SynopsisFrom famously humble origins, Amazon has grown to become one of the most successful businesses in history. In its effort to provide its trademark fast and convenient Prime delivery, the company built a vast worldwide network of fulfillment centers and warehouses. Unsustainable looks inside the company's warehouses to reveal that the rise of Amazon is only made possible by the exploitation of workers' labor and communities' resources. Juliann Emmons Allison and Ellen Reese expose the real-world repercussions of these pernicious strategies through a chilling case study of the socioeconomic and environmental harms associated with the largely unchecked growth of warehousing in Inland Southern California, one of the nation's largest logistics hubs, where Amazon is the largest private-sector employer. Tracing the rise of grassroots resistance to the warehouse industry by workers and communities across this region, the country, and the globe, Unsustainable provides fresh insight into one of tTrade Review"The book develops a broad and insightful analysis of the human and environmental costs that flow from Amazon’s virtually unchecked domination of local communities, low-wage labor markets, and the workers whose labor it exploits." * Social Forces *
£64.00
University of California Press Dignity Not Debt
Book SynopsisAn earth-shaking reimagining of household debt that opens up a new path to financial security for all Americans. American households have a debt problem. The problem is not, as often claimed, that Americans recklessly take on too much debt. The problem is that US debt policies have no basis in reality. Weaving together the histories and trends of US debt policy with her own family story, Chrystin Ondersma debunks the myths that have long governed debt policy, like the belief that debt leads to prosperity or the claim that bad debt is the result of bad choices, both of which nest in the overarching myth of a free market unhindered by government interference and accessible to all. In place of these stale narratives, Ondersma offers a compelling, flexible, and reality-based taxonomy rooted in the internationally recognized principle of human dignity. Ondersma's new categories of debtgrounded in abolitionist principlesrevolutionize how policymakers are able to think about debt, whic
£21.60
University of California Press The End of Burnout
Book SynopsisGoing beyond the how and why of burnout, a former tenured professor combines academic methods and first-person experience to propose new ways for resisting our cultural obsession with work and transforming our vision of human flourishing. Burnout has become our go-to term for talking about the pressure and dissatisfaction we experience at work. But in the absence of understanding what burnout means, the discourse often does little to help workers who suffer from exhaustion and despair. Jonathan Malesic was a burned out worker who escaped by quitting his job as a tenured professor. In The End of Burnout, he dives into the history and psychology of burnout, traces the origin of the high ideals we bring to our jobs, and profiles the individuals and communities who are already resisting our cultural commitment to constant work. In The End of Burnout, Malesic traces his own history as someone who burned out of a tenured job to frame this rigorous investigation of how and why so many of us feel worn out, alienated, and useless in our work. Through research on the science, culture, and philosophy of burnout, Malesic explores the gap between our vocation and our jobs, and between the ideals we have for work and the reality of what we have to do. He eschews the usual prevailing wisdom in confronting burnout (Learn to say no! Practice mindfulness!) to examine how our jobs have been constructed as a symbol of our value and our total identity. Beyond looking at what drives burnoutunfairness, a lack of autonomy, a breakdown of community, mismatches of valuesthis book spotlights groups that are addressing these failures of ethics. We can look to communities of monks, employees of a Dallas nonprofit, intense hobbyists, and artists with disabilities to see the possibilities for resisting a total work environment and the paths to recognizing the dignity of workers and nonworkers alike. In this critical yet deeply humane book, Malesic offers the vocabulary we need to recognize burnout, overcome burnout culture, and acknowledge the dignity of workers and nonworkers alike.Trade Review "A moving examination of a flawed approach to work that suggests a society-wide means of dismantling the problem." * ForeWord Reviews *"In mixing Thoreau with papal encyclicals, feminist thinkers with aristocratic philosophers, [Malesic] makes a persuasive case for the reorientation of our ideals surrounding work, and the proposition, catholic in every sense of the term, that acknowledgement of human dignity must precede any ability to demonstrate it." * The Bulwark *"His acutely felt investigation of work burnout as an ‘ailment of the soul’ makes his the more thought-provoking and substantial of these two books." * TLS *"Jonathan Malesic’s intelligent and careful study,The End of Burnout, brings clarity to a muddled discussion." * The Baffler *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction I Burnout Culture 1. Everyone Is Burned Out, But No One Knows What That Means 2. Burnout: The First 2,000 Years 3. The Burnout Spectrum 4. How Jobs Have Gotten Worse in the Age of Burnout 5. Work Saints and Work Martyrs: The Problem with Our Ideals II Counterculture 6. We Can Have It All: A New Vision of the Good Life 7. How Benedictines Tame the Demons of Work 8. Varieties of Anti-Burnout Experience Conclusion: Nonessential Work in a Post-Pandemic World Notes Index
£18.90
University of California Press Fresh Fruit Broken Bodies
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Foreword, by Philippe Bourgois Acknowledgments Preface to the Updated Edition 1. Introduction: “Worth Risking Your Life?” 2. “We Are Field Workers”: Embodied Anthropology of Migration 3. Segregation on the Farm: Ethnic Hierarchies at Work 4. “How the Poor Suffer”:nEmbodying the Violence Continuum 5. “Doctors Don’t Know Anything”: The Clinical Gaze in Migrant Health 6. “Because They’re Lower to the Ground”: Naturalizing Social Suffering 7. Conclusion: Change, Pragmatic Solidarity, and Beyond Epilogue. We Provide Food for Your Table: Triqui Farmworkers Organizing for Change, coauthored with Jorge Ramirez-Lopez Appendix: On Ethnographic Writing and Contextual Knowledge Notes References Index
£56.80
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.
£34.12
Cambridge University Press The Mobility of Labor and Capital A Study in International Investment and Labor Flow
Book SynopsisIn this empirical study, Saskia Sassen offers a fresh understanding of the processes of international migration. Focusing on immigration into the US from 1960 to 1985 and the part played by American economic activities abroad, as well as foreign investment in the US, she examines the various ways in which the internationalization of production contributes to the formation and direction of labor migration.Trade Review'Any author aspiring to say something new on the subject of migration faces great competition. Classic studies by Max Weber and W. I. Thomas have plowed this furrow. Social scientists from around the world have had a go at it … In this short and densely written volume, Saskia Sassen succeeds at the all important challenge: she develops a new idea.' American Journal of Sociology'This is without doubt one of the most thought-provoking books on international migration to be published in recent years … The theorizing contained in this book is made all the more interesting because it is accompanied by much empirical detail.' Environment and Planning'This book probes an interesting set of problems and, by challenging conventional ideas, will stimulate further research.' Journal of Economic History'In a major contribution, Sassen uses a detailed case study of US economic evolution, 1960–1985, to illustrate the integral links between investment flows, both foreign and domestic, and the influx of migrant labor … The richest recent case study …' World Development'… quite simply the most important writing being produced by any scholar in the US today on the subject of the 'new immigration''. Professor Bennett Harrison, Massachusetts Institute of Technology'… probably the best book in the field that I have knowledge of in many years. Professor Sassen is one of the most innovative researchers in the area of urban political economy'. Professor Manuel Castells, University of California, Berkeley'… an intelligent combination of theorizing and relevant data which is the mark of a good book'. State University of New York, BinghamtonTable of ContentsList of tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Foreign investment: a neglected variable; 2. The use of foreign workers; 3. The new immigration; 4. The globalization of production: implications for labor migration; 5. The rise of global cities and the new labor demand; 6. The reconcentration of capital in the United States: a new investment zone?; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index.
£30.99
PRH Grupo Editorial Sálvese quien pueda The Robots Are Coming
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£15.26
Harper Business The New Geography of Jobs
Book SynopsisIn The New Geography of Jobs, award-winning Berkeley economist Enrico Moretti looks at the major shifts taking place in the US economy and reveals the surprising winners and losers — specifically, which kinds of jobs will drive economic growth and where they’ll be located — while exploring how communities can transform themselves into dynamic innovation hubs.“A timely and smart discussion of how different cities and regions have made a changing economy work for them — and how policymakers can learn from that to lift the circumstances of working Americans everywhere.” — Barack Obama We’re used to thinking of the United States in opposing terms: red versus blue, haves versus have-nots. But today there are three Americas. At one extreme are the brain hubs — cities like San Francisco, Boston, and Durham — with workers who are among the most productive, creative, and best paid on the planet. At the other extreme are former manufacturing capitals, which are rapidly losing jobs and residents. The rest of America could go either way. For the past thirty years, the three Americas have been growing apart at an accelerating rate. This divergence is one the most important developments in the history of the United States and is reshaping the very fabric of our society, affecting all aspects of our lives, from health and education to family stability and political engagement. But the winners and losers aren’t necessarily who you’d expect. Enrico Moretti’s groundbreaking research shows that you don’t have to be a scientist or an engineer to thrive in one of the brain hubs. Carpenters, taxi drivers, teachers, nurses, and other local service jobs are created at a ratio of five-to-one in the brain hubs, raising salaries and standard of living for all. Dealing with this split — supporting growth in the hubs while arresting the decline elsewhere — is the challenge of the century, and The New Geography of Jobs lights the way.
£14.36
Animal Media Group LLC Geof Oppenheimer Twentieth Century Hustlers
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd New Frontiers in European Industrial Relations
Book SynopsisBuilding on the highly successful Industrial Relations in the New Europe, this new text for students of industrial relations and human resource management examines some of the key comparative themes of European industrial relations in the 1990a s.Table of ContentsList of Figures. List of Tables. Contributors. Foreword. Preface. 1. Introduction: Economic Restructuring, Market Liberalism and the Future of National Industrial Relations Systems: Richard Hyman (University of Warwick). 2. The Structure of Transnational Capital in Europe: The Emerging Euro-Company and its Implications for Industrial Relations: Paul Marginson (University of Warwick) Keith Sisson (University of Warwick). 3. The State as Employer: Anthony Ferner (University of Warwick). 4. European Trade Unions: The Transition Years: Jelle Visser (University of Amsterdam). 5. Changing Trade Union Identities and Strategies: Richard Hyman (University of Warwick). 6. Does Feminization Mean a Flexible Labour Force?: Jill Rubery (Manchester School of Management, UMIST) and Colette Fagan (Manchester School of Management, UMIST). 7. Industrial Order and the Transformation of Industrial Relations: Britain, Germany and France Compared: Christel Lane (St. Johns College, Cambridge). 8. Beyond Corporatism: The Impact of Company Strategy: Colin Crouch (Trinity College, Oxford). 9. Workplace Unionism: Redefining Structures and Objectives: Michael Terry (University of Warwick). 10. Strikes and Industrial Conflict: Peace In Europe?: P. K. Edwards (University of Warwick) and Richard Hyman (University of Warwick). 11. Industrial Relations and the Social Dimension of European Integration: Before and After Maastricht: Mark Hall (University of Warwick). 12. Tripartism in Eastern Europe: Lajos Hethy (Institute of Labour Research, Budapest). 13. The Changing Contours of Trade Unionism in Easter Europe and the CIS: Denis MacShane (International Metalworkers Federation, Geneva and European Policy Institute). 14. Post-Communism and the Emergence of Industrial Relations in the Workplace: Simon Clarke (University of Warwick) and Peter Fairbrother (University of Warwick). Index.
£26.24
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Employment Relations in Britain
Book SynopsisThis volume brings together contributions from eminent academics and senior ACAS officials to provide a fascinating account of the agencya s achievements, failures and remarkable survival during a period of political upheaval and dramatic economic and industrial relations change.Trade Review"This book provides an admirably concise, well referenced source of information..." Industrial Law Journal, Vol 30.Table of Contents1. Introduction: John Houghton (Chairman, ACAS). 2. The First Quarter Century: William Brown (University of Cambridge) and Brian Towers (Nottingham Trent University). 3. Setting the Pace or Running Alongside? ACAS and the Changing Employment Relationship: Bill Hawes. 4. Building Bridges and Settling Differences: Collective Conciliation and Arbitration Under ACAS: John Goodman. 5. Doing More With Less: ACAS and Individual Conciliation: Linda Dickens. 6. Doing it with Style: The Work of the ACAS Conciliator in Individual Employment Rights Cases: Gill Dix. 7. Learning from a Repeating History? ACAS and Trade Union Recognition: Stephen Wood. 8. Supporting Collective Bargaining: Some Comparative Reflections: Bob Hepple. 9. After Collective Bargaining? ACAS in the Age of Human Resource Management: John Purcell. 10. The Best and the Worst of Times: Survival and Progress, 1974-2000 and Beyond: Brian Towers and William Brown.
£24.79
Harvard University Press What Children Need
Book SynopsisEmphasizing the importance of parental choice, quality of care, and work opportunities, Waldfogel guides readers through a maze of social science research to offer comprehensive answers and a vision for change. He proposes a plan to better meet the needs of children in working families while respecting the core values of choice, quality, and work.Trade ReviewWaldfogel's book is undoubtedly the best informed, wisest, and most convincing description of the benefits and risks of childcare arrangements in the United States. It is tightly organized, lucidly written, and utterly engaging. -- Frank Furstenberg, Zellerbach Family Professor of Sociology, University of PennsylvaniaWhat Children Need argues that there are three principles that policy makers should use to ensure that children's needs are met: respecting parental choice, promoting quality, and supporting parental employment. Waldfogel believes that there are tensions among these values and it is by identifying and grappling with the tensions that we will find real possibilities for creative solutions. -- Ellen Galinsky, President and Co-Founder, Families and Work InstituteIn What Children Need, Jane Waldfogel guides us through more closely defined approaches to questions about the effects of parental care and attention and takes a pragmatic view of the way children adapt to variations in their environment. -- Terri Apter * Times Literary Supplement *[Waldfogel's] analysis is written from an American perspective, and most of her statistics refer to the United States, but the issues and her discussion of them transcend national boundaries. -- Gerald Haigh * Times Educational Supplement *What would a children's services system based on evidence and respect for choice look like? This lucid, well-organized and carefully researched book cuts to the heart of such debates. It should be read widely and, if taken seriously, will encourage far-reaching and positive changes in practice and research in the field. -- Nick Axford * British Journal of Social Work *What Children Need is an impressive, thought-provoking synthesis of information and ideas for designing social policy to support the healthy development of children living in an industrialized world. -- Lisa Gennetian * Industrial and Labor Relations Review *[Waldfogel] gives readers a solid sense of the gaps between what children need and what they are getting, as well as a blueprint for what public policy can and should do to provide for those needs. -- Christine Carter McLaughlin * Greater Good *Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Children and Parents 3. Infants and Toddlers 4. Preschoolers 5. School-age Children 6. Adolescents 7. Where Do We Go from Here? Notes References Acknowledgements Index
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Harvard University, Asia Center Colonial Industrialization and Labor in Korea
Book SynopsisThis book is a study of labor relations and the first generation of skilled workers in colonial Korea, a subject crucial to the understanding of modernization in twentieth-century Korea. Born in rural Korea, these workers confronted both the colonial experience and the modern workplace as they interacted with Japanese managers and workers.
£32.26
Harvard University Press The Gender of Capital
Book SynopsisIn countries with officially egalitarian property law, women still accumulate less wealth than men. Combining quantitative, ethnographic, and archival research, The Gender of Capital explains how and why women of all classes are economically disadvantaged at crucial junctures in family life such as divorce, inheritance, and succession.Trade ReviewAn important intervention…The authors effortlessly interweave qualitative and quantitative data; they elucidate statistics through engaging prose, and balance this by including personal narratives and interviews with a variety of people. * LSE Review of Books *This book was enjoyable and thought-provoking…It brought together a wealth of different kinds of evidence in a methodologically-rigorous and theoretically-rich exploration of an important topic that deserves more attention. I highly recommend it to all those interested in wealth inequality. -- Karen Rowlingson * British Journal of Sociology *Because the distribution of wealth rather than income plays a dominant role in determining inequality, more attention will need to be paid to the gender distribution of wealth. This book shines a light on this under-researched area. -- Ian Bright * Society of Professional Economics *A fantastic, must-read book. If you want to know why gender inequality in wealth remains enormously high, and even has risen in recent decades, this work should be at the top of your reading list. Bessière and Gollac deftly disentangle the complex processes of estate planning, divorce proceedings, and marital arrangements that have brought us to this point. -- Thomas Piketty, author of A Brief History of EqualityThe Gender of Capital is a rare gem. Illuminating entrenched social and legal practices, Bessière and Gollac expertly demonstrate the grip of gender inequality in shaping the transmission of wealth. Their discoveries deserve a broad audience, and undoubtedly will shape the direction of future research. -- Viviana A. Zelizer, author of Economic Lives: How Culture Shapes the EconomyRichly documented and incisively argued, this book offers new insight into how unequal relations between women and men are reproduced over many generations. For those of us who have been doing feminist work for a long time, it offers welcome confirmation that gender is an important determinant of inequality, both within and across divisions of class. -- Joan Wallach Scott, author of Sex and SecularismAn important new chapter in the history of wealth inequality. In a fascinating account of legal and family practices surrounding bequests and divorce, Bessière and Gollac reveal the mechanisms through which wealth accumulates mostly in the hands of men. -- Jens Beckert, author of Imagined Futures: Fictional Expectations and Capitalist DynamicsAt last, a book that addresses the notable omission of gender from the conversation about wealth inequality. Taking seriously the contributions of 1970s and 1980s socialist feminists, Bessière and Gollac show how the practice of family and inheritance law drives the gender wealth gap. One can only hope that scholars in the United States will pursue future work following this model. -- Cynthia Grant Bowman, author of Living Apart Together: Legal Protections for a New Form of Family
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Harvard University Press Hitlers Economy
Book SynopsisHow did the Nazis put Germany back to work? Was the recovery genuine? If so, how and why was it so much more successful than that of other industrialized nations? Hitler's Economy addresses these questions and contributes to our understanding of the internal dynamics and power structure of the Nazi regime in the early years of the Third Reich.Trade ReviewTo have pinpointed the fragmented and decentralised as well as inefficient and inhumane traits to work creation programmes is among the greatest merits of Silverman’s study. Particularly useful are the passages on the hitherto neglected local and regional initiatives and the international comparison with employment policies in the US and the UK of the early 1930s. -- Harmut Berghoff * Business History *Completely and fully researched from a variety of primary German sources, this book provides a thorough study of work creation at the beginning of the Third Reich and strengthens the structuralist approach to Nazism…No future study on Nazi economic policy will be complete without reference to this work. -- C. R. Lovin * Choice *This is an exceptionally thoroughly worked out piece of research on a historiographically complicated and disputed issue. It examines the puzzle of German work creation in the early years of the Nazi dictatorship—how it was that a quite small-scale program apparently produced one of the most striking economic recoveries from the Great Depression in any industrial country. The virtue of Silverman’s study is that he gives for the first time an analysis of the politics of drawing up the Nazi program of 1933—the so-called Reinhardt program—and he then provides a detailed depiction of how the plans were translated into reality. There are some fascinating insights into local politics. -- Harold James, Princeton UniversityIn this book, a highly knowledgeable scholar brings prodigious, multi-archival research to bear on an important phenomenon that has long puzzled historians and economists: the striking success of the Nazi regime of Adolf Hitler in surmounting the mass unemployment of the Great Depression. The result is a solid, ground-breaking study—the most ambitious inquiry into this topic to date. -- Henry A. Turner, Jr., Yale UniversityTable of ContentsPreface Introduction National Socialist Labor Market Statistics: Fact or Fiction? Financing Germany's Economic Recovery National Socialist Work Creation from Theory to Practice Work Creation in Action: The Conquest of Unemployment Race Policy, Agricultural Policy, and Work Creation: The Hellmuth Plan for the Rhon Local and Regional Efforts in the "Battle for Work" Road Building: "Motorization," Work Creation, and Preparation for War The "Voluntary" Labor Service under National Socialism From Creating Jobs to Allocating Labor The Nazi Economic Achievement: A Comparative Evaluation Appendix Notes Sources Index
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Princeton University Press Global Body Shopping An Indian Labor System in
Book SynopsisExplores how flexibility and uncertainty in the IT labor market are constructed and sustained through concrete human actions. Drawing on field research in southern India and in Australia, and folding an ethnography into a political economy examination, this book offers an analysis of the India-based global labor management practice.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2008 Anthony Leeds Prize in Urban Anthropology, Society for Urban, National, and Transnational/Global Anthropology "Xiang Biao's book opens a fascinating window... Although addressing a profoundly complex subject, it is intended to be read by people with little background in India or familiarity with the IT industry. Global 'Body Shopping' is an enjoyable and easy read, while offering a detailed and sophisticated critique of the unchallenged embrace of global capitalism. It deserves a wide readership among those with an interest in globalization studies and will be particularly useful for people desiring to find out more about ethnographic work that is global in scope."--Nanlai Cao, Pacific Journal of Anthropology "Xiang Biao's avowed goal at an analysis incorporating ethnography and political economic analysis has long been a requirement for scholars interested in the production and maintenance of transnational work and flexible labor. Global Body Shopping more than lives up to this ideal... I strongly recommend this ethnography as essential reading for scholars interested in questions of globalization, transnationality, and flexible labor."--Mathangi Krishnamurthy, American Ethnologist "Xiang Biao tells the fascinating story of how body shopping brought globalization into the lives of hitherto minimally influenced rural youth and facilitated their movement into the highly volatile global arena of information technology ... he has created a remarkably clear picture of a complex globally dispersed labor chain... Not only does this innovative book provide a strong foundation for scholars interested in this under-researched global labor system, it is a great resource for teaching political and economic geography as well as courses exploring the various facets of globalization."--Monalisa Gangopadhyay, Political Geography "Xiang has produced what may well be the first contribution of a contemporary anthropologist from China to the ethnographic study of global issues... The book is compact, lucid, and jargon-free, making it one of the most accessible ethnographies of how the global migration regime's shift towards temporary skilled labour is changing societies."--Nyiri Pal, Critique of Anthropology "The book provides an important corrective to analyses that ignore the lower end of the IT labour market. The discussion of how Indian community associations contribute to workers' quiescence is a valuable addition to Saxenian's insights regarding how such community associations in places such as Silicon Valley promote entrepreneurship and innovation. Biao also goes beyond Castells' emphasis on exclusion through the digital divide to show how the more glamorous parts of the IT industry are sustained in part by the flexibility provided by body-shopped labour and the social reproduction taken on by local communities, extended families and governments."--Sean O Riain, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research "Xiang Biao's Global Bodyshopping is an outstanding example of multi-sited ethnography and a timely story of globally mobile workers... [Xiang] Biao must be congratulated for his nuanced approach to the subject."--A. Aneesh, International Review of Modern Sociology "The novelty of this work lies in its attempt to study social groups within the context of the ongoing processes of abstraction and virtualism, as these groups develop strategies to participate in global processes... Xiang's book presents the daily lives, the intricate familial and professional negotiations, calculations and strategies, dreams and speculations through which individual Indians in the finger-labour market survive."--Madhava Prasad, Inter-Asia Cultural Studies "[A]n extremely well written-book with mega-doses of anthropology mixed with humour."--Raghunath, Nilanjan, Asian Journal of Social Science "[The book is] remarkable for meticulous research, mastery of details and understanding of the structures and processes of the industry... This book must be read--not only by all social scientists, but by all those enthusiastic votaries and skeptical denouncers of IT as India's present and future."--Samita Sen, Global South "I find the book most instructive in teaching us how political economic analyses sensitive to fine-grained details about the local and everyday life can enrich a global ethnography. What holds the book together is its creative use of socioanthropological methodologies to understand the phenomenon of 'body shopping' peculiar to the information technology (IT) industry... I find his honesty and the unpredictability of his narratives refreshing."--Mark Lawrence Santiago, Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography "[A] sterling exemplar of what anthropology is and can be today... In a world of anthropologists never-ending anxiety over the loss of cultures, the loss of their own ability to explain cultures, and the problem of finding new things to study, Xiang's book offers a way out: it shows how one can study a structure within a larger system and explain both how that structure works and how it illuminates the function of the larger system. The combination of a simple explanation (hard-won through fieldwork) of a complex technical and economic system, with the exploration of its effects on social and personal lives of an extended network of families, villages, and corporations scattered around the globe is what makes this the perfect 'Intro to Cultural Anthropology' book in my estimation."--Christopher Kelty, Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in AnthropologyTable of ContentsList of Illustrations, Tables, Boxes vii Acronyms ix Prologue: A Stranger's Adventure xiii Acknowledgments xxi Introduction 1 Body Shopping: Brief Overview 4 Ethnicization, Individualization, and Transnationalization 7 Structure of the Book 11 Chapter 1 The Global Niche for Body Shopping 13 "Financial Democracy" and the Virtual Shortage of IT Labor 14 War for IT Talent and Wall of Regulation 19 Chapter 2: Producing "IT People" in Andhra 24 "D-Shops" and "T-Shops" 26 "Have Lands in Andhra, Have a House in Hyderabad, and Have a Job in America" 30 Producing IT People as a Family Business 34 Chapter 3: Selling "Bodies" and Selling Jobs 39 Fee-Paying Workers and Body Shops in Hyderabad 43 India as the Nexus of Global Body Shopping 48 Chapter 4: Business of "Branded Labor" in Sydney 53 "Marketing and Development Are Totally Different Stories" 57 "Only Indians Can Handle Indians" 59 Overlapping Businesses 62 Same Roof, Different Hats 65 Chapter 5: Agent Chains and Benching 70 Differentiated Circles 75 "Indians Are the Most Dangerous Ones!" 77 Overbooking Seats on the Bench 80 Chapter 6: Compliant Bodies? 82 Interlocks between Body Shops and Community Associations 86 Workers as Intermediaries 90 Relations among Workers: Support Yes, Solidarity No 92 The Way Out 97 Chapter 7: The World System of Body Shopping 100 The United States of America: "Mecca for IT People" 102 Global Gateways: Singapore, Malaysia, and the Middle East 104 U.S. Satellites: The Caribbean and Latin America 107 New Frontiers: "Sind Sie Inder?" and "Is There a German Dream?" 108 Ending Remarks The "Indian Triangle" in the Global IT Industry 110 Appendix: Essay The Remembered Fieldwork Sites: Impressions and Images 117 Biographical Index of Informants 129 Notes 149 References 167 Index 173
£28.80
Princeton University Press International Trade with Equilibrium Unemployment
Book SynopsisBrings together the authors' work in creating models that more accurately reflect the real-world connections between international trade and labor markets. This book addresses the shortcomings of standard models and describes the empirics that underlie equilibrium unemployment models.Trade Review"The pathbreaking research synthesized in this volume shows that labor market frictions are central to understanding the distributional consequences of international trade. Anyone interested in the intellectual debate about globalization should read this book. It is an essential reference for researchers and students in international trade."—Stephen J. Redding, London School of Economics and Political Science"Davidson and Matusz pioneered the modern theory of international trade with labor market frictions. This book knits together their major work on this subject, and delivers fundamental insights concerning the effects of globalization on unemployment patterns, wage distributions, adjustment burdens, intergenerational welfare gaps, and trade policy formation. Any serious study of this literature should begin with this volume."—James R. Tybout, Pennsylvania State University"This is an important and timely volume. The quality of scholarship in these papers is of a consistently high standard, and readers will not only find the individual papers analytically rich but also accessible. The economics profession has finally recognized just what a central issue trade with unemployment is—Davidson and Matusz recognized it twenty years ago and have been building tractable models that have yielded important insights."—David Greenaway, University of NottinghamTable of ContentsPREFACE ix ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv CHAPTER 1: Our Motivation 1 PART 1: NEW INSIGHTS FROM "OLD" TRADE THEORY 25 Introduction to Part 1 27 CHAPTER 2: The Structure of Simple General Equilibrium Models with Frictional Unemployment 33 CHAPTER 3: Trade and Search-Generated Unemployment 60 PART 2: COMPLICATIONS 91 Introduction to Part 2 93 CHAPTER 4: Multiple Free Trade Equilibria in Micro Models of Unemployment 97 CHAPTER 5: Jobs and Chocolate: Samuelsonian Surpluses in Dynamic Models of Unemployment 110 CHAPTER 6: Long-Run Lunacy, Short-Run Sanity: A Simple Model of Trade with Labor Market Turnover 138 PART 3: EMPIRICS 159 Introduction to Part 3 161 CHAPTER 7: Trade and Turnover: Theory and Evidence 165 CHAPTER 8: Trade, Turnover, and Tithing 195 PART 4: ADJUSTMENT COSTS AND POLICY ISSUES 221 Introduction to Part 4 223 CHAPTER 9: Should Policy Makers Be Concerned about Adjustment Costs? 227 CHAPTER 10: An Overlapping-Generations Model of Escape Clause Protection 265 CHAPTER 11: Trade Liberalization and Compensation 292 CHAPTER 12: Can Compensation Save Free Trade? 321 PART 5: NEW INSIGHTS FROM "NEW" TRADE THEORY 349 Introduction to Part 5 351 CHAPTER 13: Globalization and Firm-Level Adjustment with Imperfect Labor Markets 355 CHAPTER 14: Outsourcing Peter to Pay Paul: High-Skill Expectations and Low-Skill Wages with Imperfect Labor Markets 388 INDEX 407
£72.25
Princeton University Press The Economics of Imperfect Labor Markets
Book SynopsisIncludes minimum wages, employment protection legislation, unemployment benefits, active labor market policies, working-time regulations, family policies, equal opportunity legislation, collective bargaining, early retirement programs, education and migration policies, payroll taxes, and employment-conditional incentives.
£46.40
Princeton University Press The Industrialists How the National Association
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The accomplished historian Jennifer Delton has written an extremely important book on one of the United States’ leading business organizations, the National Association of Manufacturers . . . . [A] meticulously researched study." * Business History Review *
£35.70
Princeton University Press Love Money and Parenting
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A Fatherly Top Ten Best Parenting Book of the Decade""A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year""Psychologists, sociologists and journalists have spent more than a decade diagnosing and critiquing the habits of ‘helicopter parents’ and their school obsessions. . . . But new research shows that in our unequal era, this kind of parenting is essential. That’s the message of the book Love, Money and Parenting: How Economics Explains the Way We Raise Our Kids, by the economists Matthias Doepke of Northwestern University and Fabrizio Zilibotti of Yale. It’s true that high-octane, hardworking child-rearing has some pointless excesses, and it doesn’t spark joy for parents. But done right, it works for kids, not just in the United States but in rich countries around the world."---Pamela Druckerman, New York Times"An incisive look at parenting and economic inequality."---Carolyn Dever, Public Books"Why do so many seemingly sane people get over-involved with their kids? The answer is not that parents have collectively come unhinged, according to the new book Love, Money and Parenting: How Economics Explains the Way We Raise Our Kids. Rather, parents today are rational economic actors responding to an increasingly unhinged environment."---Jenny Anderson, Quartz"An earnest tilt at a genuinely hard question: To what degree are parental choices informed by economic realities? Reducing his answer to a single line is reductive, but let’s do it anyway. When it comes to raising Americans kids, it’s the economy, stupid."---Patrick A. Coleman, Fatherly.com"As economists Matthias Doepke and Fabrizio Zilibotti reveal in their recent book Love, Money, and Parenting: How Economics Explains the Way We Raise Our Kids, today’s American parents are not so crazy after all. For better and worse, their parenting style is perfectly rational."---Kay Hymowitz, Institute for Family Studies"All in all, a highly informative read."---David Lorimer, Paradigm Explorer"The book introduces stimulating ideas in an accessible manner."---John Ermisch, Journal of Economic Inequality
£21.25
Princeton University Press Making the Cut
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Richard A. Lester Prize for the Outstanding Book in Industrial Relations and Labor Economics, Industrial Relations Section of Princeton University"
£31.50
Princeton University Press The Winding Road to the Welfare State
Book SynopsisTrade Review"One of the book’s great strengths is the way in which is seeks to integrate the history of social policy with the history of living standards more generally, and the book is enhanced by the author’s efforts to place both living standards and social protection in an international context. - Bernard Harris" * Journal of Economics *"An important, and useful, addition to the literature on the history of social welfare in modern Britain."---John Stewart, Journal of Social Policy
£35.70
Princeton University Press The Tolls of Uncertainty
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Honorable Mention for the Scholarly Achievement Award, North Central Sociological Association""Winner of the William J. Goode Book Award, Family Section of the American Sociological Association""Damaske powerfully demonstrates how gender and class intersect and produce widely divergent experiences among the unemployed. In a vivid and insightful analysis of recently unemployed working- and middle-class women and men, Damaske reveals novel mechanisms through which unemployment both exacerbates existing inequalities and creates new inequalities. The study offers unparalleled insight into the trajectories of the unemployed and makes poignant contributions to our understanding of economic inequality and gender. . . . An extremely captivating, compelling, and careful analysis of various gendered and classed mechanisms reproducing and creating inequalities among the unemployed."---Pilar Gonalons-Pons, Social Forces"Damaske makes a compelling case that unemployment, like the pathways leading up to and following it, touches people in vastly different ways. . . . She argues we can do better. Let’s hope we can and do. The Tolls of Uncertainty points to narratives and policies that could undermine rather than reinforce existing inequalities."---Naomi Gerstel, Contemporary Sociology"[A] fascinating new book. . . . The Tolls of Uncertainty reveals that middle-class white men are vastly overrepresented among the beneficiaries who fully recover from unemployment, while other groups tread water or end up worse off."---Christine L. Williams, Gender & Society"There's a way to change the system and the way is to read [The Tolls of Uncertainty]. People need to understand that the unemployment experience is not these odd, ugly stereotypes."---Mark Price, Evidence-to-Impact podcast"[The Tolls of Uncertainty] offers enduring lessons about unemployment and the family."---Naomi R. Cahn, Jotwell
£19.80
Princeton University Press Competition in the Promised Land
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Co-Winner of the 2018 Allan Sharlin Memorial Award, Social Science History Association""In her rich and technical account Competition in the Promised Land, Leah Boustan employs the tools of her trade--resourceful matching of data sets, rigorous modeling of labor phenomena, sweeping use of census figures--to analyze the demographics and economics of the Great Migration as a whole."---James Ryerson, New York Times Book Review"Boustan offers several original and valuable insights and extensions [to the existing literature]."---Howard Bodenhorn, EH.Net"Highly recommended for anyone studying mid-twentieth-century black migration in the United States and racially segregated labor markets and housing patterns in northern American cities."---Farley Grubb, Journal of Southern History"Competition in the Promised Land effectively revises and extends the voluminous scholarship on the Great Migration, demonstrating what the very best of economic history can bring to the study of the history of African Americans."---Keona K. Ervin, Michigan Historical Review
£19.80
Princeton University Press The Industrialists
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The accomplished historian Jennifer Delton has written an extremely important book on one of the United States’ leading business organizations, the National Association of Manufacturers . . . . [A] meticulously researched study." * Business History Review *
£23.80
Princeton University Press Love Money and Parenting
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A Fatherly Top Ten Best Parenting Book of the Decade""A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year"
£15.29
Princeton University Press The Winding Road to the Welfare State
Book SynopsisTrade Review"One of the book’s great strengths is the way in which is seeks to integrate the history of social policy with the history of living standards more generally, and the book is enhanced by the author’s efforts to place both living standards and social protection in an international context. - Bernard Harris" * Journal of Economics *"An important, and useful, addition to the literature on the history of social welfare in modern Britain."---John Stewart, Journal of Social Policy
£27.00
Princeton University Press The Profit Paradox
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Silver Medal in Business Commentary, Axiom Business Book Awards""Winner of the William G. Bowen Book Award, Industrial Relations Section of Princeton University""Eeckhout documents an astonishing rise of market power across all sorts of industries since 1980. We're not just talking about the usual suspects here; Amazon, Google, Facebook, and so on. We're talking about everything from the makers of cat food to the sellers of caskets."---Greg Rosalsky, NPR Planet Money"A serious and significant effort to explain rising market power and its implications to decades of stagnant wages to a wider audience."---Simcha Barkai, ProMarket"A very good read. . . . Hooray for an economist who can write so engagingly."---Diane Coyle, Enlightened Economist"A sharply argued thesis that one effect of all-powerful corporations is the suppression of wages for working people across the board. . . . A provocative case, and one that those who feel undervalued in the present economy will surely appreciate." * Kirkus Reviews *"The book convincingly argues for some role of market power in workers’ woes. . . . At a time when antitrust frameworks are being reconsidered on both sides of the Atlantic, Eeckhout’s book is a powerful reminder that this rethink must go big."---Romain Duval, Finance and Development"The Profit Paradox is an easy read . . . and the tour d’horizon of issues is impressive."---Jane Fuller, Financial World"As economist Jan Eeckhout lays out in his new book The Profit Paradox, rapid technological change since the 1980s has improved business efficiency and dramatically increased corporate profitability. But it has also led to an increase in market power that is detrimental for people in work." * Financial Times *"The work combines an in-depth economic vision with examples from everyday life." * Eurakalert *"The book is important for several reasons. First. . . . this book takes a global view. Second, it pushes back against quite a widespread misconception that monopoly is largely an American problem and that Europeans in particular are protected by strong competition authorities. Third, it is one of those relatively rare books that combines an easy read with deep and rich scholarship from an expert in the field."---Nicholas Shaxson, The Counterbalance"[The Profit Paradox] successfully carries out the Herculean task of bridging the frontier of academic knowledge with the general public. . . .Not only does [Eeckhout] present novel results in economics in a friendly way without departing from academic rigour, but he also provides an agenda for policies to be implemented. Written in an engaging voice and full of concrete examples from everyday life, this book will certainly find a place in the bookshelves of economists, policymakers, and even the general public."---Joaquín Paseyro Mayol and Edoardo Peruzzi, Economics and Philosophy
£17.09
Princeton University Press The Tolls of Uncertainty
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Honorable Mention for the Scholarly Achievement Award, North Central Sociological Association""Winner of the William J. Goode Book Award, Family Section of the American Sociological Association""Damaske powerfully demonstrates how gender and class intersect and produce widely divergent experiences among the unemployed. In a vivid and insightful analysis of recently unemployed working- and middle-class women and men, Damaske reveals novel mechanisms through which unemployment both exacerbates existing inequalities and creates new inequalities. The study offers unparalleled insight into the trajectories of the unemployed and makes poignant contributions to our understanding of economic inequality and gender. . . . An extremely captivating, compelling, and careful analysis of various gendered and classed mechanisms reproducing and creating inequalities among the unemployed."---Pilar Gonalons-Pons, Social Forces"Damaske makes a compelling case that unemployment, like the pathways leading up to and following it, touches people in vastly different ways. . . . She argues we can do better. Let’s hope we can and do. The Tolls of Uncertainty points to narratives and policies that could undermine rather than reinforce existing inequalities."---Naomi Gerstel, Contemporary Sociology"[A] fascinating new book. . . . The Tolls of Uncertainty reveals that middle-class white men are vastly overrepresented among the beneficiaries who fully recover from unemployment, while other groups tread water or end up worse off."---Christine L. Williams, Gender & Society"There's a way to change the system and the way is to read [The Tolls of Uncertainty]. People need to understand that the unemployment experience is not these odd, ugly stereotypes."---Mark Price, Evidence-to-Impact podcast"[The Tolls of Uncertainty] offers enduring lessons about unemployment and the family."---Naomi R. Cahn, Jotwell
£16.19
Princeton University Press Prospects for Faculty in the Arts and Sciences
Book SynopsisThis thought-provoking study of academic job markets over the next quarter century uses rigorous analysis to project substantial excess demand for faculty starting in the 1997-2002 period. Particularly severe imbalances are projected in the humanities and social sciences. Contrary to popular impressions, however, these projected shortages are not cTable of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*List of Illustrations, pg. vii*Preface, pg. xiii*CHAPTER ONE. Introduction, pg. 3*CHAPTER TWO. Age Distributions and Exits from Academia, pg. 15*CHAPTER THREE. Population Trends and Enrollment Projections, pg. 30*CHAPTER FOUR. Enrollment by Sector and Field of Study: Trends and Projections, pg. 43*CHAPTER FIVE. Student/Faculty Ratios and Projections of Faculty Positions, pg. 66*CHAPTER SIX. The Supply of New Doctorates, pg. 90*CHAPTER SEVEN. The Changing Balance between Supply and Demand, pg. 118*CHAPTER EIGHT. Adjustment Mechanisms, pg. 144*CHAPTER NINE. Questions of Policy, pg. 172*APPENDIX A. Principal Sources of Data and Definitions of Fields of Study and Sectors, pg. 187*APPENDIX B. Derivation of Exit Probabilities, pg. 193*APPENDIX C. Correcting for Shifts in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions, pg. 204*APPENDIX D. Additional Tables for Chapters Four, Six, and Seven, pg. 206*Publications Cited, pg. 221
£33.25
Princeton University Press Justice and Reverse Discrimination
Book SynopsisThrough careful consideration of the mutually plausible yet conflicting arguments on both sides of the issue, Alan Goldman attempts to derive a morally consistent position on the justice (or injustice) of reverse discrimination. From a philosophical framework that appeals to a contractual model of ethics, he develops principles of rights, compensation, and equal opportunity. He then applies these principles to the issue at hand, bringing his conclusions to bear on an evaluation of Affirmative Action programs as they tend to work in practice.Originally published in 1979.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to tTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. ix*ONE. Introduction, pg. 1*TWO. Awarding Positions by Competence, pg. 22*THREE. Compensation and the Past, pg. 65*FOUR. Equal Opportunity and the Future, pg. 141*FIVE. Conclusion, pg. 230*NOTES, pg. 235*SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 241*INDEX, pg. 247
£34.00
Princeton University Press Prospects for Faculty in the Arts and Sciences
Book SynopsisTable of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*List of Illustrations, pg. vii*Preface, pg. xiii*CHAPTER ONE. Introduction, pg. 3*CHAPTER TWO. Age Distributions and Exits from Academia, pg. 15*CHAPTER THREE. Population Trends and Enrollment Projections, pg. 30*CHAPTER FOUR. Enrollment by Sector and Field of Study: Trends and Projections, pg. 43*CHAPTER FIVE. Student/Faculty Ratios and Projections of Faculty Positions, pg. 66*CHAPTER SIX. The Supply of New Doctorates, pg. 90*CHAPTER SEVEN. The Changing Balance between Supply and Demand, pg. 118*CHAPTER EIGHT. Adjustment Mechanisms, pg. 144*CHAPTER NINE. Questions of Policy, pg. 172*APPENDIX A. Principal Sources of Data and Definitions of Fields of Study and Sectors, pg. 187*APPENDIX B. Derivation of Exit Probabilities, pg. 193*APPENDIX C. Correcting for Shifts in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions, pg. 204*APPENDIX D. Additional Tables for Chapters Four, Six, and Seven, pg. 206*Publications Cited, pg. 221
£73.60
Rlpg/Galleys Gender Work and Harness Racing
Book SynopsisWhile gender equality has progressed in many sports since the second wave of the feminist movement in terms of women's inclusion, participation, and success, harness horse racing has been recalcitrant to change. Gender, Work, and Harness Racing: Fast Horses and Strong Women in Southwestern Pennsylvania investigates the stories of women involved in harness racing to expose how they use the uniqueness of their situation to work for positive change. With stirring accounts of the strong women who are surviving, and sometimes succeeding, in harness horse racing, Elizabeth Anne Larsen's analysis provides insight for studies of gender and work, occupational sex segregation, and women's studies.Trade ReviewElizabeth Anne Larsen takes us inside the fascinating—and often brutal—gendered world of harness racing. This engrossing study shows how women carve out a place in a male-dominated business of sports. -- Kathleen M. Blee, University of Pittsburgh; author of Inside Organized Racism: Women in the Hate MovementWomen's gains in professional sports in the post-Title IX era are notably absent in the world of harness racing. Elizabeth Anne Larsen explains how patriarchal relations in the family businesses of owners and trainers sustain and reinforce the marginalization of women in the sport, and shows readers how a growing connection between the sport and the casino/gaming industry is changing the underlying business model, potentially providing an opening for reorganizing gender relations in a way that builds on concepts and strategies from third wave feminism. This book will appeal to anyone interested in gender inequality in sport and in culture industries more broadly. -- William T. Bielby, University of Illinois at ChicagoThis very provocative book explores issues that are normally ignored in harness racing. While far more women hold prominent positions in harness racing today, success for women in the sulky has remained out of reach. It is ironic and unfortunate that in the years of harness racing’s greatest popularity, women were still confined to mostly domestic responsibilities. -- Dean A. Hoffman, University of ArizonaTable of ContentsPrologue: A Gendered Race Chapter 1. The Harness Racing World Chapter 2. Risks and Gratifications Chapter 3. From a Family Harness Racing Business, or Not? Chapter 4. Disrespect at the Track Chapter 5. Working with Family Chapter 6. Juggling Career and Domestic Demands Chapter 7. Resisting Sexism at Work Chapter 8. Women on Future Horse Racetracks Appendix. A United States Timeline of Women’s Experiences in Harness Racing and Other Sports
£87.40
Pluto Press globalcitiesatwork
Book SynopsisA fascinating look at migrant labour in London, based on interviews with more than 800 foreign-born workersTrade Review'The voices of migrant workers come alive in these pages' -- Jamie Peck, Professor of Geography, University of British Columbia'A rare but critical window into the scale, nature and contradictions of contemporary immigration into the UK' -- Danny Sriskandarajah, former Head of Migration at the Institute for Public Policy Research'A very timely book. The description of migration-based divisions in the labour market should be of concern to all policy makers and politicians currently involved in planning a way out of deep recession' -- Don Flynn, Director of the Migrants Rights NetworkTable of ContentsList of tables List of figures List of plates List of acronyms Acknowledgements 1. Deregulation, migration and the new world of work 2. Global city labour markets and London's new migrant division of labour 3. London's low paid foreign-born workers 4. Living and remaking London's ethnic and gender divisions 5. Tactics of survival amongst migrant workers in London 6. Relational lives: Migrants, London and the rest of the world 7. Remaking the city: Immigration and post-secular politics in London today 8 Just geographies of (im)migration Appendices References Index
£26.99
Pluto Press Struck Out Why Employment Tribunals Fail Workers
Book SynopsisWhy we can't rely on the employment tribunal system to protect workers' rights.Trade Review'Essential reading for its empirically grounded and dispassionate analysis of what has gone wrong and how it might be put right' -- Simon Deakin, Professor of Law at the University of Cambridge'With this excellent step-by-step explanation of how the system works in reality, David Renton explains why it so rarely does. Blacklisted workers have experienced the process firsthand and know this book is true' -- Dave Smith, Blacklist Support Group'Approachable and readable. It opens up employment law to students and employees alike' -- Linda Clarke, Professor of European Industrial Relations, University of WestminsterTable of ContentsPreface 1. The Tribunal Obstacle Race 2. How the Tribunal System was Established 3. Agency Workers 4. Equal Pay 5. Why do so few Race Cases Win? 6. Human Rights Decisions in the Tribunal 7. Unions and the Law 8. The Common Law 9. Employment Tribunals in Crisis? Notes Index
£26.99
Pluto Press Bleakonomics A Heartwarming Introduction to
Book SynopsisA guide to the insanity of the corrupt modern eraTrade Review'A most valuable contribution to public understanding and vitally needed action' -- Noam Chomsky'Larson adds a critical component to the policy debate about financial reform by explaining why the systemically dangerous institutions (SDIs) -- the 'too big to fail' banks -- imperil our democracy as well as our economy' -- William K. Black, Associate Professor of Economics and Law, University of Missouri-Kansas City, author of The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One.'Whether illuminating the rapacious class war being waged by America's CEOs, the remarkably mindless degradation of the world's oceans, or the wishful thinking about the increasingly evident consequences of global warming, Rob Larson consistently brings powerful insights and a biting wit. Larson has a unique skill for translating complex economic and scientific analysis with both clarity and force' -- Roger Bybee, labour journalist'Robert Larson's range of topics and accessible writing make this book an invaluable contribution to the critical task of connecting environmental degradation and overwhelming corporate power' -- Mary Zepernick, co-founder of Program on Corporations, Law, and Democracy (POCLAD)'Fact-driven, concise, interesting, and even funny -- that's unusual for a book about economics, policies, and working people' -- Tom Szymanski, Organizer of IBEW Local 275Table of ContentsPreface The Plutonomy Papers Part 1: External Damnation The market’s unintended impact on the environment Introduction 'Externalities' in theory 1. Come Hell and High Water 2. Hug Them While They Last 3. Hot Water Capitalism's "best economic case" 4. The Brown Peril Atmospheric 5. Cause and Side-Effect 6. As Not Seen On TV Part 2: Will Work For Peanuts The job market and war on labor Introduction The labor market in theory 7. Classroots 8. Hitting the Class Ceiling 9. Fight and Flight 10. MidEast Meets MidWest 11. Ebony & Irony 12. The Subprime Court 13. Keeping Down With the Joneses Part 3: The Invisible Hand Gives the Finger The crisis-prone finance market Introduction Credit markets in theory 14. Pop Goes the Economy 15. Not Too Big Enough 16. Bonanzas As Usual 17. Fed Up 18. Starved For Attention Conclusion: Invisible Sleight-of-Hand Economics as a failed science Notes Index
£22.49
Pluto Press Bleakonomics A Heartwarming Introduction to
Book SynopsisA guide to the insanity of the corrupt modern eraTrade Review'A most valuable contribution to public understanding and vitally needed action' -- Noam Chomsky'Larson adds a critical component to the policy debate about financial reform by explaining why the systemically dangerous institutions (SDIs) -- the 'too big to fail' banks -- imperil our democracy as well as our economy' -- William K. Black, Associate Professor of Economics and Law, University of Missouri-Kansas City, author of The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One.'Whether illuminating the rapacious class war being waged by America's CEOs, the remarkably mindless degradation of the world's oceans, or the wishful thinking about the increasingly evident consequences of global warming, Rob Larson consistently brings powerful insights and a biting wit. Larson has a unique skill for translating complex economic and scientific analysis with both clarity and force' -- Roger Bybee, labour journalist'Robert Larson's range of topics and accessible writing make this book an invaluable contribution to the critical task of connecting environmental degradation and overwhelming corporate power' -- Mary Zepernick, co-founder of Program on Corporations, Law, and Democracy (POCLAD)'Fact-driven, concise, interesting, and even funny -- that's unusual for a book about economics, policies, and working people' -- Tom Szymanski, Organizer of IBEW Local 275Table of ContentsPreface The Plutonomy Papers Part 1: External Damnation The market’s unintended impact on the environment Introduction 'Externalities' in theory 1. Come Hell and High Water 2. Hug Them While They Last 3. Hot Water Capitalism's "best economic case" 4. The Brown Peril Atmospheric 5. Cause and Side-Effect 6. As Not Seen On TV Part 2: Will Work For Peanuts The job market and war on labor Introduction The labor market in theory 7. Classroots 8. Hitting the Class Ceiling 9. Fight and Flight 10. MidEast Meets MidWest 11. Ebony & Irony 12. The Subprime Court 13. Keeping Down With the Joneses Part 3: The Invisible Hand Gives the Finger The crisis-prone finance market Introduction Credit markets in theory 14. Pop Goes the Economy 15. Not Too Big Enough 16. Bonanzas As Usual 17. Fed Up 18. Starved For Attention Conclusion: Invisible Sleight-of-Hand Economics as a failed science Notes Index
£68.00
Pluto Press The Mythology of Work
Book SynopsisHow neoliberal society has transformed the nature of work into a pointless ritual.Trade Review'Thought-provoking.' (Business Book of the Week) -- The Times'The practical lesson from Fleming's provocation is to ask ourselves how much of the work we do every day is simply posturing and bad habit.' -- Financial Times'Highly recommended.' -- CHOICE'Fleming's analysis of work critically confronts today's capitalism, now well into its shift from old centres to new, lower-wage centres. The resulting precarity, scarcity, and mindlessness of work imposed on the old centers is being covered with an ideological fetishisation of work that this book deconstructs well.' -- Richard Wolff, Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst'Fleming has established himself as the foremost critic of our generation on the pervasive and pernicious ideologies of business.' -- Stefano Harney, Professor of Strategic Management Education, Singapore Management University'Acerbic, darkly humorous ... an entertaining read' -- Kate Hardy, Times Higher Education'Doesn't just paint a bleak portrait of modern life under late capitalism: it also holds that notions of the dignity of labour in the 21st century have become redundant, a joke.' -- Peter Murphy, the Irish Times'I very much enjoyed reading this book. It draws upon a wide range of critical theory, especially Marx, Nietzsche, Adorno, Foucault, Negri, Certeau, and Deleuze and Guattari, in order to achieve a powerful critique of capitalist work' -- SociologyTable of ContentsIntroduction: Once Upon a Time, Man Invented Work... 1. The Factory That Never Sleeps 2. Planet of Work 3. What Is Managerialism? 4. Viral Capitalism in the Bedroom 5. Corporate Ideology as False Truth Telling 6. Critique of Dialogical Reason Conclusion: Inoperative Critique and the End of Work References Index
£22.49
Pluto Press The Making of an African Working Class
Book SynopsisExploration of the formation of a distinctive working class identity among low-paid manual workers in BotswanaTrade Review'Shows how dignity, justice and morality underlay the resurgence of the Manual Workers' Union. A formidable achievement' -- Professor Robin Cohen, Department of International Development, University of Oxford'[A] masterful ethnography ... Werbner has produced a theoretically sophisticated and thoroughly researched account of the uneven rise ofworking-class consciousness and activism in Botswana' -- American EthnologistTable of ContentsList of Figures List of Abbreviations Series Preface Preface 1. Introduction 2. A Labour Elite? Strategising Women and the Spectre of Unemployment 3. Women, Leadership and the Dignity of Labour 4. Lekgotla la Babereki, the Court of the Workers: The Trade Union as Public Forum 5. 'Legitimate Expectations': Ethics, Law and Labour Justice in the 1991 Strike 6. The Politics of Infiltration: Factionalism and Party Politics 7. This Land Is Our Land: The 2005 Manual Workers' Union Grand Tour of Botswana 8. Solidarity Forever: Mobilising the Trade Union Movement in Prayer and Protest 9. Winning against the Odds: Speaking Truth to Power and Dilemmas of Charismatic Leadership 10. 'The Mother of All Strikes’: Popular Protest Culture and Vernacular Cosmopolitanism in the Public Service Unions' Strike, 2011 11. The Political and Moral Economy of the 2011 Strike: Public Rhetoric, Conflict and Policy 12. Legal Mobilisation, Legal Scepticism and the Politics of Public Sector Unions 13. Concluding Remarks: Class Identity, Dignity and the Agency of Labour in Botswana Appendix Notes References Index
£68.00
Pluto Press Transit States
Book SynopsisThe exploitation of migrant workers in the Gulf is explored in this accessible yet in-depth analysis by scholars from the region.Trade Review'A novel and a crucial contribution to the study of migration through the lens of political economy, applicable to sociology, anthropology, and historical studies, a rich and comprehensive collection' -- Immanuel Ness, Professor Department of Political Science, Brooklyn College, City University of New York'A valuable addition to our knowledge about the demographic, social, political, economic, historical, and spatial factors underlying the dynamics of labour migration in shaping the Gulf countries' -- Nasra Shah, Professor of Demography, Kuwait UniversityTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Part I: Introduction 1. Histories of Migration to the Gulf - Omar AlShehabi 2. The Politics of Migration - Abdulhadi Khalaf 3. Overcoming Methodological Nationalism: Spatial Perspectives on Migration to the Gulf Arab States - Adam Hanieh Part II: Dimensions of Gulf Migration: Law, Urban Space, Gender 4. Kafala: Foundations of Migrant Exclusion in GCC Labour Markets - Mohammed Dito 5. Rootless Hubs: Migration, Urban Commodification and the 'Right to the City' in the GCC - Omar AlShehabi 6. Construction Work, ‘Bachelor’ Builders and the Intersectional Politics of Urbanisation in Dubai - Michelle Buckley Part III: Gulf Migrants: Broadening Perspectives 7. Bahrain’s Migrant Security Apparatus - K.T. Abdulhameed 8. Expat/Expert Camps: Redefining 'Labour' within Gulf Migration - Neha Vora 9. In and Out Moves of the Bahraini Opposition: How Years of Political Exile Led to the Opening of an International Front during the 2011 Crisis in Bahrain - Claire Beaugrand Part IV: Conclusion 10. Migrant Rights in the Gulf: Charting the Way Forward - Adam Hanieh Bibliographies References Index
£26.99
Pluto Press Class Matters
Book SynopsisHow class is structured in the call-centres, office blocks and fast-food chains of modern Britain.Trade Review'A sophisticated answer to impoverished sociologies and cheap media cliches ... A sharp and deeply necessary book' -- Richard Seymour, author of Corbyn: The Strange Rebirth of Radical Politics (Verso, 2017).'Charles Umney presents a powerful and nuanced alternative narrative driven by Marxist political economy. With a keen eye for irony, paradox, and the absurd, he analyses work, politics, and technology in capitalist societies. This is a witty and wise antidote to the mainstream diagnoses of our times' -- Professor Ian Greer, Cornell University'By reinstating the importance of Marxist analysis for understanding the relationship between class and social inequality in 21st century Britain, Charles Umney has written a highly cogent and perspicacious account of the formation of contemporary inequality and exploitation... a vital source' -- Professor Paul Stewart, former editor of Work, Employment and Society'A highly accessible presentation of the transformation of the British economy over the last four decades and the problems facing Britain today. Umney vividly demonstrates the acute relevance of Marxist class analysis for understanding work, government, economics and politics in 21st century capitalism' -- Dr Matt Vidal, Loughborough University LondonTable of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements Introduction The Rest of the Book 1. The ‘Economy that Works for Everyone’ Platitudes Class Since the Financial Crisis Class and Classification in Academia 2. Alien Powers: Class in Marxist Thought Conflict in the Workplace Dependency and Discipline Subordination of the Individual Alien Powers and Loss of Control Beyond Production 3. Changing Class Dynamics in Britain Introduction Inequality and the Balance of Class Power in Britain Financialisation, Capital and Class Discipline Labour Discipline and ‘Precarity’ Conclusion 4. Jobs Workplace Control Conflict, Resistance and Class Power 5. Government Adequate Forms and Alien Powers Public Services and Capital Blood Sacrifices to Alien Powers 6. Class and Equality Class, ‘Identity Politics’ and Cosmopolitans Marxism and Feminism Equality and Capital Capital and Immigration 7. Technology The Means of Evaluation Capitalism and the Wasting of Resources 8. Media and Ideology Common Sense The News Media Marxist Views on Ideology 9. Conclusion Summary Capital and the Future Final Thoughts: Britain after the 2017 General Election Notes Index
£20.69
Pluto Press Class Matters Inequality and Exploitation in
Book SynopsisHow class is structured in the call-centres, office blocks and fast-food chains of modern Britain.Trade Review'A sophisticated answer to impoverished sociologies and cheap media cliches ... A sharp and deeply necessary book' -- Richard Seymour, author of Corbyn: The Strange Rebirth of Radical Politics (Verso, 2017).'Charles Umney presents a powerful and nuanced alternative narrative driven by Marxist political economy. With a keen eye for irony, paradox, and the absurd, he analyses work, politics, and technology in capitalist societies. This is a witty and wise antidote to the mainstream diagnoses of our times' -- Professor Ian Greer, Cornell University'By reinstating the importance of Marxist analysis for understanding the relationship between class and social inequality in 21st century Britain, Charles Umney has written a highly cogent and perspicacious account of the formation of contemporary inequality and exploitation... a vital source' -- Professor Paul Stewart, former editor of Work, Employment and Society'A highly accessible presentation of the transformation of the British economy over the last four decades and the problems facing Britain today. Umney vividly demonstrates the acute relevance of Marxist class analysis for understanding work, government, economics and politics in 21st century capitalism' -- Dr Matt Vidal, Loughborough University LondonTable of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements Introduction The Rest of the Book 1. The ‘Economy that Works for Everyone’ Platitudes Class Since the Financial Crisis Class and Classification in Academia 2. Alien Powers: Class in Marxist Thought Conflict in the Workplace Dependency and Discipline Subordination of the Individual Alien Powers and Loss of Control Beyond Production 3. Changing Class Dynamics in Britain Introduction Inequality and the Balance of Class Power in Britain Financialisation, Capital and Class Discipline Labour Discipline and ‘Precarity’ Conclusion 4. Jobs Workplace Control Conflict, Resistance and Class Power 5. Government Adequate Forms and Alien Powers Public Services and Capital Blood Sacrifices to Alien Powers 6. Class and Equality Class, ‘Identity Politics’ and Cosmopolitans Marxism and Feminism Equality and Capital Capital and Immigration 7. Technology The Means of Evaluation Capitalism and the Wasting of Resources 8. Media and Ideology Common Sense The News Media Marxist Views on Ideology 9. Conclusion Summary Capital and the Future Final Thoughts: Britain after the 2017 General Election Notes Index
£68.00
Pluto Press Bittersweet Brexit The Future of Food Farming
Book SynopsisAn optimistic solution to the post-Brexit crisis in Britain's agricultural sectorTrade Review'A meticulously researched, thought provoking book, which politicians should act upon to provide a better future for our food and farm workers, especially the young, and rural economies in general' -- Len McCluskey, General Secretary, Unite the Union'A good red-green dose of food reality, which puts people, ecology and health at the heart of how to reform it' -- Tim Lang, Professor of Food Policy, City University, London'This book is so important ... it challenges us all to take the opportunity Brexit presents to rethink our food systems, rethink our investment in food production and reconnect locally' -- Pam Warhurst, Co-Founder, Incredible Edible NetworkTable of ContentsList of Photographs, Figures and Tables Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: The State We're In 1. All Change 2. Coming Out 3. Moving On Part II: Society 4. Trade 5. Labour 6. Land Part III: Farm and Food Science 7. Sustainability 8. Obesity 9. Pesticides 10. Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) Part IV: The Future 11. Favourite Foods 12. What We Can Do Abbreviations Notes Index
£22.49
