Labour / income economics Books

Book SynopsisThe gender wage gap is one of the most persistent problems of labor markets and women's lives.Most approaches to explaining the gap focus on adult employment despite the fact that many Americans begin working well before their education is completed. In her critical and compelling new book, The Cost of Being a Girl, Yasemin Besen-Cassino examines the origins of the gender wage gap by looking at the teenage labor force, where comparisons between boys and girls ought to show no difference, but do. Besen-Cassino's findings are disturbing. Because of discrimination in the market, most teenage girls who start part-time work as babysitters and in other freelance jobs fail to make the same wages as teenage boys who move into employee-type jobs. The cost of being a girl is also psychological; when teenage girls work retail jobs in the apparel industry, they have lower wages and body image issues in the long run. Through in-depth interviews and surveys with workers and employees, The Cost o

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Book SynopsisIn The Age of Experiences, Benjamin Kline Hunnicutt examines how the advance of happiness science is impacting the economy, making possible new experience-products that really make people happy and help forward-looking businesses expand and develop new technologies. In today's marketplace there is less interest in goods and services and more interest in buying and selling personal improvements and experiences. Hunnicutt traces how this historical shift in consumption to the softer technologies of happiness represents not only a change in the modern understanding of progress, but also a practical, economic transformation, profoundly shaping our work and the ordering of our life goals.Based on incisive historical research, Hunnicutt demonstrates that we have begun to turn from material wealth to focus on the enrichment of our personal and social lives. The Age of Experiences shows how industry, technology, and the general public are just beginning to realize the potential of the new econ

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Book Synopsis In The Age of Experiences, Benjamin Kline Hunnicutt examines how the advance of happiness science is impacting the economy, making possible new experience-products that really make people happy and help forward-looking businesses expand and develop new technologies. In today’s marketplace there is less interest in goods and services and more interest in buying and selling personal improvements and experiences. Hunnicutt traces how this historical shift in consumption to the “softer” technologies of happiness represents not only a change in the modern understanding of progress, but also a practical, economic transformation, profoundly shaping our work and the ordering of our life goals. Based on incisive historical research, Hunnicutt demonstrates that we have begun to turn from material wealth to focus on the enrichment of our personal and social lives. The Age of Experiences shows how industry, technology, and the general public are

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Book SynopsisIn the absence of federal legislation, each state in the United States has its own policies regarding family leave, job protection for women and childcare. No wonder working mothers encounter such a significant disparity when it comes to childcare resources in America! Whereas conservative states like Nebraska offer affordable, readily available, and high quality childcare, progressive states that advocate for women's economic and political power, like California, have expensive childcare, shorter school days, and mothers who are more likely to work part-time or drop out of the labor market altogether to be available for their children.In Motherlands, Leah Ruppanner cogently argues that states should look to each other to fill their policy voids. She provides suggestions and solutions for policy makers interested in supporting working families. Whether a woman lives in a state with stronger childcare or gender empowerment regimes, at stake is mothers' financial dependence on their partTrade Review“Ruppanner offers a major breakthrough in our understanding of the institutional roots of gender and family inequality. Beginning with the key insight that the United States is not a singular welfare state but rather has a patchwork of diverse state-based policies, this ingenious study offers a profusion of eye-opening discoveries about the ways policy regimes put women’s empowerment at odds with the caretaking of children.Motherlands exposes the urgent need for a holistic set of policies that ensure both economically-based gender justice and generous caregiving supports for families.”—Kathleen Gerson, Professor of Sociology and Collegiate Professor of Arts and Science at New York University, and author of The Unfinished Revolution: Coming of Age in a New Era of Gender, Work, and Family“In this meticulously researched book, Leah Ruppanner compellingly makes the case that we don’t need to look to other countries such as Sweden to design policies that promote women’s economic self-sufficiency and gender equality. Taking advantage of the natural experiment that is the United States, Ruppanner shows us that the inspiration and answers lie in our own backyard. Exploiting and exploring the considerable diversity across states with regard to economic and demographic context, prevailing attitudes, and public policy around women, work, and family, she identifies the conditions that do—and don’t—foster women’s economic independence and gender justice, forces that often occur in surprising combinations and in surprising places. Lively and provocative, Motherlands challenges readers and policy makers to take a fresh look at what is happening close to home to come up with a roadmap to policy solutions that can be implemented at the national level.”—Pamela Stone, Professor of Sociology at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, CUNY, and coauthor of Opting Back In: What Really Happens When Mothers Go Back to Work

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Book SynopsisIn the absence of federal legislation, each state in the United States has its own policies regarding family leave, job protection for women and childcare. No wonder working mothers encounter such a significant disparity when it comes to childcare resources in America! Whereas conservative states like Nebraska offer affordable, readily available, and high quality childcare, progressive states that advocate for women's economic and political power, like California, have expensive childcare, shorter school days, and mothers who are more likely to work part-time or drop out of the labor market altogether to be available for their children.In Motherlands, Leah Ruppanner cogently argues that states should look to each other to fill their policy voids. She provides suggestions and solutions for policy makers interested in supporting working families. Whether a woman lives in a state with stronger childcare or gender empowerment regimes, at stake is mothers' financial dependence on their partTrade Review“Ruppanner offers a major breakthrough in our understanding of the institutional roots of gender and family inequality. Beginning with the key insight that the United States is not a singular welfare state but rather has a patchwork of diverse state-based policies, this ingenious study offers a profusion of eye-opening discoveries about the ways policy regimes put women’s empowerment at odds with the caretaking of children.Motherlands exposes the urgent need for a holistic set of policies that ensure both economically-based gender justice and generous caregiving supports for families.”—Kathleen Gerson, Professor of Sociology and Collegiate Professor of Arts and Science at New York University, and author of The Unfinished Revolution: Coming of Age in a New Era of Gender, Work, and Family“In this meticulously researched book, Leah Ruppanner compellingly makes the case that we don’t need to look to other countries such as Sweden to design policies that promote women’s economic self-sufficiency and gender equality. Taking advantage of the natural experiment that is the United States, Ruppanner shows us that the inspiration and answers lie in our own backyard. Exploiting and exploring the considerable diversity across states with regard to economic and demographic context, prevailing attitudes, and public policy around women, work, and family, she identifies the conditions that do—and don’t—foster women’s economic independence and gender justice, forces that often occur in surprising combinations and in surprising places. Lively and provocative, Motherlands challenges readers and policy makers to take a fresh look at what is happening close to home to come up with a roadmap to policy solutions that can be implemented at the national level.”—Pamela Stone, Professor of Sociology at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, CUNY, and coauthor of Opting Back In: What Really Happens When Mothers Go Back to Work

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Book SynopsisVacations are a delimited period during which social rules and responsibilities are eased, removed, or shifted, and people have increased autonomy over what they choose to do. Recent trends in the travel industry emphasize the appeal of vacations for voluntary identity changeswhen bankers can become bikers for a week or when Momcations allow mothers to leave their families behind. But how do our vacations allow us to shape our identity?Getting Away from It All is a study of individuality and flexibility and the intersection of self-definition and social constraint. Karen Stein interviews vacationers about their travels and down time, focusing on identity transitions. She shows how objects, settings, temporal environments and social interactions limit or facilitate identity shifts, and how we arrange our vacations to achieve the shifts we desire. Stein also looks at the behavior, values, attitudes, and worldview of individuals to illuminate how people engage in either identity work or i

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Book SynopsisVacations are a delimited period during which social rules and responsibilities are eased, removed, or shifted, and people have increased autonomy over what they choose to do. Recent trends in the travel industry emphasize the appeal of vacations for voluntary identity changeswhen bankers can become bikers for a week or when Momcations allow mothers to leave their families behind. But how do our vacations allow us to shape our identity?Getting Away from It All is a study of individuality and flexibility and the intersection of self-definition and social constraint. Karen Stein interviews vacationers about their travels and down time, focusing on identity transitions. She shows how objects, settings, temporal environments and social interactions limit or facilitate identity shifts, and how we arrange our vacations to achieve the shifts we desire. Stein also looks at the behavior, values, attitudes, and worldview of individuals to illuminate how people engage in either identity work or i

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Book SynopsisWhat will work eventually look like? This is the question at the heart of this timely collection. The editors and contributorsa mix of policy experts, academics, and advocatesseek to reframe the typical projections of the future of work. They examine the impact of structural racism on work, the loss of family-sustaining jobs, the new role of gig work, growing economic inequality, barriers to rewarding employment such as age, gender, disability, and immigration status, and the business policies driving these ongoing challenges.Together the essays present varied and practical insights into both U.S. and global trends, discuss the role of labor activism in furthering economic justice, and examine progressive strategies to improve the experience of work, wages, and the lives of workers. The Many Futures of Work offers a range of viable policies and practices that can promote rewarding employment and steer our course away from low-wage, unstable jobs toward jobs that lead to equitable prospTrade Review"The Many Futures of Work packs into one volume a breathtaking amount of information and data (with notably colorful tables and figures).... The book is a valuable source for academics and students who study work. It can also provide fresh ideas for consultants and labor organizers. As technology and capital continue to transform work, The Many Futures of Work provides an important reminder to stay abreast of their logics and the mechanisms used to sustain workers’ interests, whatever the future will be."—Contemporary Sociology

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Book SynopsisWhat will work eventually look like? This is the question at the heart of this timely collection. The editors and contributorsa mix of policy experts, academics, and advocatesseek to reframe the typical projections of the future of work. They examine the impact of structural racism on work, the loss of family-sustaining jobs, the new role of gig work, growing economic inequality, barriers to rewarding employment such as age, gender, disability, and immigration status, and the business policies driving these ongoing challenges.Together the essays present varied and practical insights into both U.S. and global trends, discuss the role of labor activism in furthering economic justice, and examine progressive strategies to improve the experience of work, wages, and the lives of workers. The Many Futures of Work offers a range of viable policies and practices that can promote rewarding employment and steer our course away from low-wage, unstable jobs toward jobs that lead to equitable prospTrade Review"The Many Futures of Work packs into one volume a breathtaking amount of information and data (with notably colorful tables and figures).... The book is a valuable source for academics and students who study work. It can also provide fresh ideas for consultants and labor organizers. As technology and capital continue to transform work, The Many Futures of Work provides an important reminder to stay abreast of their logics and the mechanisms used to sustain workers’ interests, whatever the future will be."—Contemporary Sociology

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Book SynopsisWhat have jobs really been like for the past 40 years and what do the workers themselves say about them? InWhat Workers Say,Roberta Iversen shows that for employees in labor market industrieslike manufacturing, construction, printingas well as those in service-producing jobs, like clerical work, healthcare, food service, retail, and automotivejobs are often discriminatory, are sometimes dangerous and exploitive, and seldom utilize people's full range of capabilities. Most importantly, they fail to provide anyrealopportunity for advancement. What Workers Saytakes its cue from Studs Terkel'sWorking,as Iversen interviewed more than 1,200 workers to present stories about their labor market jobs since 1980. She puts a human face on the experiences of a broad range of workers indicating what their jobs were and are truly like. Iversen reveals how transformations in the political economy of waged work have shrunk or eliminated opportunity for workers, families, communities, and productivityTrade Review"Iversen probes the nature of working- and middle-class jobs via interviews with workers from a variety of different social, economic, and ethnic backgrounds.... This book will appeal to sociologists, social policy researchers, and anyone interested in how the predicaments of American workers may actually contain answers to how to navigate the uncertain waters of a rapidly evolving workplace. A timely and well-researched study."—Kirkus Reviews"[T]he book makes for engaging and enlightening reading, providing a sensitive, and often ennobling view of the contemporary economy from the ground up. Studs Terkel would have been pleased."—Social Forces

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Book SynopsisWage stagnation, growing inequality, and even poverty itself have resulted from decades of neoliberal decision making, not the education system, writes Neil Kraus in his urgent call to action, The Fantasy Economy. Kraus claims the idea that both the education system and labor force are chronically deficient was aggressively and incorrectly promoted starting in the Reagan era, when corporate interests and education reformers emphasized education as the exclusive mechanism providing the citizenry with economic opportunity. However, as this critical book reveals, that is a misleading articulation of the economy and education system rooted in the economic self-interests of corporations and the wealthy. The Fantasy Economy challenges the basic assumptions of the education reform movement of the last few decades. Kraus insists that education cannot control the labor market and unreliable corporate narratives fuel this misinformation. Moreover, misguided public policies, such as accountabilTrade Review“A milestone recasting of a longstanding debate—education reform—that has for too long perpetuated false narratives about working classes and elite reproduction. The Fantasy Economy reclaims the emancipatory power of education. It is not to be missed.”—Clara E. Mattei, Associate Professor of Economics at the New School, and author of The Capital Order: How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism“Deep-pocketed interests tell us that our economy suffers from educational gaps, not imbalances of power. The rest of us should read Neil Kraus’s revelatory book and call this ubiquitous idea what it is: a fantasy that makes Americans more unequal and insecure.”—Jacob S. Hacker, Stanley Resor Professor of Political Science, Yale University, and author of The Great Risk Shift: The New Economic Insecurity and the Decline of the American Dream

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Book SynopsisWage stagnation, growing inequality, and even poverty itself have resulted from decades of neoliberal decision making, not the education system, writes Neil Kraus in his urgent call to action, The Fantasy Economy. Kraus claims the idea that both the education system and labor force are chronically deficient was aggressively and incorrectly promoted starting in the Reagan era, when corporate interests and education reformers emphasized education as the exclusive mechanism providing the citizenry with economic opportunity. However, as this critical book reveals, that is a misleading articulation of the economy and education system rooted in the economic self-interests of corporations and the wealthy.The Fantasy Economy challenges the basic assumptions of the education reform movement of the last few decades. Kraus insists that education cannot control the labor market and unreliable corporate narratives fuel this misinformation. Moreover, misguided public policiTrade Review“A milestone recasting of a longstanding debate—education reform—that has for too long perpetuated false narratives about working classes and elite reproduction. The Fantasy Economy reclaims the emancipatory power of education. It is not to be missed.”—Clara E. Mattei, Associate Professor of Economics at the New School, and author of The Capital Order: How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism“Deep-pocketed interests tell us that our economy suffers from educational gaps, not imbalances of power. The rest of us should read Neil Kraus’s revelatory book and call this ubiquitous idea what it is: a fantasy that makes Americans more unequal and insecure.”—Jacob S. Hacker, Stanley Resor Professor of Political Science, Yale University, and author of The Great Risk Shift: The New Economic Insecurity and the Decline of the American Dream

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Book SynopsisThe dream of the modern worker’s house emerged in early twentieth-century America as wage earners gained access to new, larger, and better-equipped dwellings. Building a Social Contract is a cogent history of the houses those workers dreamed of and labored for. Michael McCulloch chronicles the efforts of employers, government agencies, and the building industry who, along with workers themselves, produced an unprecedented boom in housing construction that peaked in the mid-1920s. Through oral histories, letters, photographs, and period fiction, McCulloch traces wage earners’ agency in negotiating a new implicit social contract, one that rewarded hard work with upward mobility in modern houses. This promise reflected workers’ increased bargaining power but, at the same time, left them increasingly vulnerable to layoffs.Building a Social Contract focuses on Detroit, the quintessential city of the era, where migrant workers came and

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Book SynopsisThe dream of the modern worker’s house emerged in early twentieth-century America as wage earners gained access to new, larger, and better-equipped dwellings. Building a Social Contract is a cogent history of the houses those workers dreamed of and labored for. Michael McCulloch chronicles the efforts of employers, government agencies, and the building industry who, along with workers themselves, produced an unprecedented boom in housing construction that peaked in the mid-1920s. Through oral histories, letters, photographs, and period fiction, McCulloch traces wage earners’ agency in negotiating a new implicit social contract, one that rewarded hard work with upward mobility in modern houses. This promise reflected workers’ increased bargaining power but, at the same time, left them increasingly vulnerable to layoffs.Building a Social Contract focuses on Detroit, the quintessential city of the era, where migrant workers came and

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Book SynopsisUsing a world historical approach, Valiani demonstrates that though nursing and other caring labour is essential to human, social, and economic development, the exploitation of care workers is escalating.Table of ContentsContents Foreword Preface and Acknowledgements Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Temporary Migration and the Global Integration of Labour Markets Chapter 3. The Global Integration of Nursing Labour Markets - the US American Instance Chapter 4. The Global Integration of Nursing Labour Markets - the Canadian Instance Chapter 5. The Global Integration of Nursing Labour Markets - the Philippines Instance Chapter 6. The Global Integration of Labour Markets and Deepening Unequal Exchange Chapter 7. Capitalist Contradictions and World Stratified Distribution of Caring Labour - Roots and flower of the global integration of nursing labour markets References

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Book SynopsisBy bridging close textual readings with book and publishing history, economic and sociological analysis, and original archival research, Writing Unemployment offers new ideas on work by many of Canada's most important writers.Trade Review'Highly recommended.' -- T.Ware Choice Magazine vol 51:03:2013 'Jody Mason's impressive new book deploys joblessness, along with the attendant political and cultural strategies developed to combat it.' -- Michael Stewart Canadian Literature Spring 2014 'Writing Unemployment is a fascinating blend of cultural materialism, literary studies, and labour history... The Theoretical and methodological breadth of Jody Mason's argument is impressive... A rich powerful and useful book.' -- Nancy Butler Labour/Le Travail vol 74:2013Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Towards A Politics of Mobility: Vagabonds, Hobos, and Pioneers 2. The Politics of Unemployment in Leftist Periodical Cultures, 1930-39 3. Novel Protest in the 1930s 4. The Postwar Compact and the National Bildungsroman 5. New Left Culture and the New Unemployment Conclusion: Unemployment in Neoliberal Canada

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Book SynopsisAgeism at Work looks at how ageism plays out in the labour market and how it intersects with sexism from the perspective of both older workers and employers.Table of ContentsForeword by Victor Marshall Acknowledgements 1. Exploring Ageism 2. Organizational and Personal Characteristics Influencing Employers’ Attitudes Toward Older Workers 3. “Prejudice is Always Just Under the Surface”: Older Workers’ Perceptions of Ageism in the Labour Market 4. “I Feel Like a Castaway; Like an Old Shoe That is of No Use Anymore”: Aging Identities 5. “The One Thing You Need is Your Bottle of Dye”: Managing Age Discrimination in the Job Search 6. “If Someone’s Looking Creaky and Shaky…You Don’t Hire Them”: Employers’ Qualitative Accounts about Older Workers 7. Reflections on Ageism at Work: Conclusions and Implications References Appendix. Research Methods and Data Analysis   List of Figures Figure 1. Older Workers’ Labour Market Experiences List of Tables Table 1. Sociodemographic Characteristics of Sample in Study #1: Employer Survey Table 2. Frequency Distributions on Positive and Negative Attitudinal Statements About Older Workers Table 3. Factor Structure for Employers’ Attitudes Toward Older Workers Table 4. Means [standard deviations] from ANOVAs and t-tests on Characteristics of Employers Table 5. Sociodemographic Characteristics of Sample in Study #2: Older Worker Interviews Table 6. Sociodemographic Characteristics of Sample in Study #3: Older Worker Survey Table 7. Sociodemographic Characteristics of Sample in Study #4: Employer Interviews

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Book SynopsisThis assessment of the prospects for work and retirement at age 65-plus in the UK and US is essential reading for researchers, students and practitioners interested in the late careers and the future of retirement.Trade Review"This book is to be highly recommended as making an important contribution to understanding the shifting nature of retirement. Policymakers and older people’s advocacy organizations would be well advised to carefully weigh its implications, striking as it does a welcome and rare cautionary note." Journal of Ageing and Social Policy"I recommend Lain's work to all occupational scientists interested in work and retirement, or more generally, in the ways government policy actively and passively influences people's occupational opportunities, choices, and experiences. These are indeed matters of occupational justice." - Journal of Occupational Science"This is a very good book on an important and topical subject, which should form the basis of any critical assessment of the rights and wrongs of early retirement" Journal of Social Policy"The book is very well written and can also be of interest to anyone wishing to learn more about social determinants of work in later life." Journal of Population Ageing“Thought provoking and much needed response to those who are currently attempting to put far too positive a spin on projected trends in work and retirement policy.” John Williamson, Boston College, USA“Once they read this book, policy makers, thought-leaders in the fields of aging, and scholars should feel compelled to engage in difficult conversations about the extent to which employment pathways can and do lead to quality jobs that align well with older adults’ preferences and priorities.” The Gerontologist"David Lain conducts a thorough and masterful comparison of US and UK policies and practices shaping the need, and the opportunities, to work beyond age 65." Madonna Harrington Meyer, Syracuse University and author of Grandmothers at Work: Juggling Families and Jobs"A powerful and original analysis of the different employment trajectories of older people in the UK and the US. The comparison illustrates the challenges of extending working lives in each country and the unequal outcomes that are likely to occur for individuals." Sarah Vickerstaff, University of KentTable of ContentsIntroduction: Reconstructing retirement; Part One: The reconstruction of retirement policy; Changing retirement incomes; The changing regulation of work and retirement; Part Two: Reconstructing employment and retirement behaviour; Pathways to working at age 65+; The capability to work at age 65+; The choice to work at age 65+; Part Three: Current paths and policy alternatives; Current paths and policy alternatives; References; Statistical appendix.

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Book SynopsisThis interdisciplinary work connects the transformation of India's labour market with changes in health and health problems to offer an analysis that is unprecedented in scope and depth.Trade Review"Issues such as work-related stress and its impact on health are increasingly a concern for countries such as India. This book will help raise awareness, encourage further research and promote good practice." Aditya Jain, University of NottinghamTable of ContentsIntroduction: Work, stress and health in India ~ Martin Hyde, Holendro Singh Chungkham, Laishram Ladusingh Work, stress and health: Theories and models ~ Linda Magnusson-Hansson, Martin Hyde, Holendro Singh Chungkham & Hugo Westerlund Work environment, health and the international development agenda ~ Martin Hyde and Tores Theorell Employment trends in India: Some issues for investigation ~ A.V.Jose Rural-urban and gender differences in time spent in unpaid household work in India ~ Laishram Ladusingh Activity status, morbidity patterns and hospitalisation in India ~ Harihar Sahoo Occupational class and chronic diseases in India ~ Sanjay K. Mohanty and Anshul Kastor Stress and health among the Indian police ~ Vaijayanthee Kumar and T.J. Kamalanabhan Health status and lifestyle of the Oraon tea garden labourers of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal ~ Subrata K. Roy and Tanaya Kundu Chowdhury The role of work-family support factors in helping individuals achieve work-family balance in India ~ Sarlaksha Ganesh and M.P.Ganesh Working conditions, health and well-being among the scavenger community ~ Vimal Kumar Lessons and future research directions from work environment research in India ~ Martin Hyde, Holendro Singh Chungkham, Laishram Ladusingh

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Book SynopsisWith contributions from over 90 authors and more than 60 individual contributions this collection summarises the findings of a large-scale EU funding project on Strategic Transitions for Youth Labour in Europe (STYLE).Trade Review“Bringing together academic research with adventures and experiences of young people within the project and beyond...it is much more than a book. It is an anthology of contemporary youth experiences.” Claire Wallace, University of Aberdeen"Collaborative research at its very best." Marge Unt,Tallinn University"Essential reading for policy makers and researchers…It is the clearest guide yet as to how the last 10 years have affected young peoples’ transitions into adult life and work." Brendan Burchell, University of Cambridge“Read this handbook to understand the causes and consequences of youth unemployment in Europe...Learn which policies make a positive difference for young peoples' employment opportunities.” Professor Colette Fagan, University of Manchester, UK“An insightful analysis of commonalities and differences in the constraints young people encounter in accessing resources for a full adult autonomous life across European countries, social classes and gender.” Chiara Saraceno, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Italy"A must read: It will stimulate mutual learning both in terms of policy exchanges as well as interdisciplinary fertilization." Günther Schmid, Free University Berlin and Berlin Social Science Center (WZB)Table of ContentsIntroduction: Strategic transitions for youth labour in Europe~Jacqueline O’Reilly, Mark Smith, Tiziana Nazio and Clémentine Moyart; Young People’s attitudes and values; Which countries perform best and why?; What can we learn about policy innovation?; Sills and education mismatch; Migration and mobility; Family matters; Flexible working and precariousness; Inspirational music and film.

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Book SynopsisThis landmark book charts the rollercoaster history of both rich and poor, and the mechanisms that link them. Stewart Lansley examines the ideological rifts that have driven society back to the divisions of the past and asks why rich and poor citizens are still judged by very different standards.Trade Review“A resource that can help us make up our own minds about extremes of wealth and poverty, privilege and want, instead of being encouraged to ‘other’ welfare claimants and kid ourselves we share the interests of the profiteering one per cent. We should arm ourselves with it in all our anti-poverty struggles.” Cost of Living“The key takeaway of this excellent history is that poverty cannot be fought effectively, unless we also tackle the social and economic inequality that creates it.” Labour Hub“Crucially, the book extends our understanding of inequality by showing the clear, dependent relationship, between poverty and wealth creation. The book forces readers to confront, not just the reliance of the rich on the poor to make money, but also the long-standing and stubborn nature of this relationship in Britain”. Brave New Europe ”A vivid description of the fall and rise of poverty and inequality... impressive survey and analysis of 200 years of inequality." Journal of Social Policy “Important....passionate and thoroughly researched.” Political QuarterlyTable of ContentsIntroduction: Knighthoods for the rich, penalties for the poor Part 1: 1800-1939 1. Hierarchical discipline 2. Britain’s gilded age 3. Public penury and private ostentation 4. A roller-coaster ride Part 2: 1940-59 5. The future belongs to us 6. Britain’s ‘New Deal' 7. Brave new world 8. A shallow consensus Part 3: 1960-79 9. The rediscovery of poverty 10. Poorer under Labour 11. Consolidation or advance? 12. Peak equality Part 4: 1980-96 13. Don’t mention the 'p' word 14. Zapping Labour 15. The dark shadow of the Poor Law 16. The great widening 17. Money worship Part 5: 1997-2010 18. The elephant in the room 19. Still born to rule 20. I'm not Mother Teresa 21. The house of cards 22. The good, the bad and the ugly Part 6: 2011-20 23. Divide and rule: playing politics with poverty 24. A leaner state 25. Burning injustice 26. Growing rich in their sleep 27. The high-inequality, high-poverty cycle Afterword: COVID-19 and 'the polo season'

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Book SynopsisThe Economics of Immigration is written as a both a reference for researchers and as a textbook on the economics of immigration.

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Book SynopsisDocuments the productivity trends in Sub-Saharan Africa at three different dimensions: the aggregate level, the sectoral level, and the establishment level. It characterizes the evolution of productivity in the region vis-à-vis other countries and regions as well as country groups in Africa classified by their degree of natural resource abundance.

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Book SynopsisExamines how countries can realise the potential benefits of data and safeguard against its harmful outcomes in order to improve the lives of poor people.

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Book SynopsisThe World Development Report 2021 examines how countries can realize the potential benefits of data and safeguard against its harmful outcomes in order to improve the lives of poor people.

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Book SynopsisThe report aims to stimulate structural reforms in MENA that allow the region to spur sufficient and decent job creation as well as to leapfrog into the new industrial revolution.

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Book SynopsisThis report shifts the paradigm of how we think of women's participation in the labour force by demonstrating the importance of the distinction between jobs and careers and analysing how an apparel-led export strategy contributes to the transition.

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Book SynopsisMore and better jobs in the MENA region must rely on a new era of market contestability. Governments must reshape their relationships towards markets, towards workers and towards women, combining bold reforms with gradual ones and using data to create a new social contract with the people of the region.

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Book SynopsisFrançois Ewald’s The Birth of Solidarity—first published in French in 1986 and appearing here in English for the first time—is one of the most important historical and philosophical studies of the rise of the welfare state.Trade Review“Ingenious and trenchant, François Ewald's The Birth of Solidarity offers an arresting insight into the politicization of probability. Abounding in legal and historical detail, the book deftly demonstrates how industrial power integrated French society by assuming the risk of accidents. Ewald's critical theory of the rules of judicial decision-making is a tour de force. His critique of law brilliantly unveils the birth of the twentieth-century insurantial society that is now itself at risk.” -- Bernard E. Harcourt, author of * The Illusion of Free Markets: Punishment and the Myth of Natural Order *“François Ewald's seminal book is not only a major contribution to the history of the welfare state but a significant work of social and political theory in its own right, notably in the way Ewald applies a Foucauldian perspective to understanding the significance of concepts such as responsibility, insurance, and solidarity to modern forms of government. The Birth of Solidarity is a landmark in French political thought.” -- Michael C. Behrent, coeditor of * Foucault and Neoliberalism *"This very important text covers some familiar ground but is set in a rich context of political theory that sheds light on current challenges to the welfare state. Highly recommended. Advanced undergraduates through faculty." -- J. D. Moon * Choice *“Ewald’s interweaving of complex social forces is captivating, as he systematically delineates the many individuals, groups, ideologies, political parties, and historical events that contributed to what became the French welfare state. Social scientists will be particularly intrigued by his exploration of the power of demographics as they clashed with the social structures that could no longer respond to them effectively." -- Gail Murphy-Geiss * Modern & Contemporary France *Table of ContentsTranslator's Preface / Timothy Scott Johnson ix Risk, Insurance, Security / Melinda Cooper xiii Part I. The History of Responsibility 1. Civil Law 5 2. Security and Liberty 30 3. Noblesse Oblige 47 Part II. Universal Insurance against Risk 4. Average and Perfection 77 5. An Art of Combinations 96 6. Universal Politics 115 Part III. The Recognition of Professional Risk 7. Charitable Profit 141 8. Security and Responsibility 165 9. First and Foremost, a Political Law 181 Notes 223 Bibliography 251 Index

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Book SynopsisProviding an in-depth review of Russia's key economic policies, this book is the first systematic study of the political economy of oil windfalls in Putin's Russia.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Understanding Policy-Making in Resource-Rich Countries 2. The Upsurge in Executive Power under President Putin 3. Russia’s Historic Oil Windfalls and the Contest over Who Will Generate the Rents 4. Collecting the Rents: The Contest between the State and the Oil Industry on Dividing the Windfalls 5. The State as a Redistributor of Oil Rents: The Contest over Russia’s Budget and Economic Priorities 6. The State as a Redistributor of Oil Rents: The Battle to Save the Windfalls 7. The Oil Sector as a Redistributor of Rents Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis edited collection explores how the value of training and skills invested in internationally educated health professionals is transferred, and transformed, and in some cases tarnished, at all stages of the international migration process.Table of ContentsIntroduction Global Migration, Gender and Health Professional Credentials: Transnational Value Transfers and Losses Margaret Walton-Roberts Section 1: Health Worker Migration and Global Value Transfer: New Approaches and Challenges 1. The Study of Global Value Chains: Bringing Services and People In John Ravenhill 2. Circulation of Love: Care Transactions in the Global Healthcare Market of Transnational Medical Travel Heidi Kaspar Section 2: Conceptualizing Workplace Integration and Stratification: Immigration Policy, International Credentials, and Intersectional Disadvantage 3. The Migration of Health Professionals to Canada: Reducing Brain Waste and Improving Labour Market Integration Arthur Sweetman 4. Global Migration and Key Issues in Workforce Integration of Skilled Health Workers Andrea Baumann, Mary Crea-Arsenio and V. Antonipillai 5. Gendering Integration Pathways: Migrating Health Professionals to Canada Ivy Bourgeault, Jelena Atanackovic and Elena Neiterman 6. The Global Intimate Workforce Caitlin Henry Section 3: Transnational Health Mobilities: Networks, Regulation and Intermediaries 7. Networking Through Kafala: Understanding Transnational Networks in the Governance of Skilled Migration in the Gulf Crystal Ennis 8. Migration Intermediaries and the Migration of Health Professionals from the Global South Abel Chikanda 9. Transnational Influence in the Philippines Nursing sector: Producing Hardworking, Subservient Nurses for the World Maddy Thompson Section 4: Domestic Policies in Receiving Countries: Value Transfer, Integration and Regulation 10. Transfer of Professional Qualifications of Foreign-Born Nurses: Gender, Migration, and Geographic Valuations of Skill Micheline Van Riemsdijk 11. Ten Years of Ontario’s Fair Access Law: Has Access to Regulated Professions Improved for Internationally Educated Individuals? Nuzhat Jafri 12. Migrant Care Workers in Australia – A Gathering Crisis? John Connell and Joel Negin 13. Care Worker Migration and Robotics in Japan's Aged Care Sector Hector Goldar Perrote and Margaret Walton-Roberts Section 5: Recasting Brain Drain and Global Circulation 14. Nursing the Nation: The intellectual Labor of Early Migrant Nurses in the U.S. and the Development of University Level Nursing Programs in the Philippines (1935-1965) Christine Peralta 15. From Brain Drain to Brain Retrain – A Case of Nigerian Nurses in Canada Sheri Adekola 16. Peripatetic Physicians: Rewriting the South African Brain Drain Narrative Jonathan Crush 17. Recasting the ‘Brain’ in ‘Brain Drain’: A Case Study From Medical Migration Parvati Raghuram, Joanna Bornat and Leroi Henry

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Book SynopsisThe new edition of this influential text addresses key issues about the past, present, and future of workers and unions in Canada.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface to the Third Edition Preface to the Fourth Edition Foreword: Beyond Fatalism – Renewing Working-Class Politics by Sam Gindin Acronyms and Initialisms 1 From the Era of Consent to the Era of Coercion 2 The Postwar Era of Free Collective Bargaining 3 Permanent Exceptionalism: The Turn to Coercion 4 Freeing Trade, Coercing Labour 5 Consolidating Neoliberalism 6 Austerity and Authoritarianism 7 From Great Recession to COVID-19 Crisis 8 The Right to Strike: Freedom of Association and the Charter 9 Labour’s Last Gasp or Revival? Rebuilding Working-Class Resistance Notes Glossary Index

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Book SynopsisThe Multilevel Politics of Trade presents a timely comparative analysis of eight federations (plus the European Union) to explore why some sub-federal actors have become more active in trade politics in recent years. As the contributing authors find, there is considerable variation in the intensity and modes of sub-federal participation. This they attribute to three key factors: the distinctive institutional features of federal systems; the nature and scope of trade policy and trade agreements; and the extent of social mobilization that accompanies a particular trade policy conversation. As a whole, The Multilevel Politics of Trade argues that sub-federal actors’ interests (jurisdictional, political, and economic) are what motivate them to participate in trade debates. However, institutional configurations, coupled with the influence of civil society actors, political parties, and others determine the nature and scope of that participation. Informed by Table of Contents1. Introduction: The Evolution of Multilevel Trade Politics Jörg Broschek and Patricia Goff Section I. Canada in North America 2. Federalism and Trade Negotiations in Canada: CUSFTA, CETA, and TPP Compared Stéphane Paquin 3. Implementation of Twenty-First-Century Trade Agreements in Canada: CETA and Intergovernmental Cooperation Christian Hederer and Patrick Leblond 4. Reconceptualising Provincial Development: Evolving Public Procurement Practices in Quebec Sophie Schram 5. Multilevel Trade in the United States: Federalism, Internal Markets, and Intergovernmental Relations Michelle Egan 6. Mexican Sub-Federal Governments and the Negotiation and Implementation of Free-Trade Agreements Jorge A. Schiavon and Marcela López-Vallejo 7. Civil Society, Multilevel Governance, and International Trade in North America Christopher Kukucha Section II. Europe and Australia: Multilevel Trade Politics in Comparative Perspective 8. Federalism in Times of Increased Integration: The Participation of Cantons in Swiss Trade Policy Andreas R. Ziegler 9. Parallel Pathways? The Emergence of Multilevel Trade Politics in Austria and Germany Jörg Broschek, Peter Bußjäger, and Christoph Schramek 10. Trade Politics and the Australian States and Territories Annmarie Elijah 11. From Nada to Namur: National Parliaments’ Involvement in EU Trade Politics and the Case of Belgium Yelter Bollen, Ferdi De Ville, and Niels Gheyle Section III. The European Union: A Distinct Federation 12. Multilevel Politics of Trade in the European Union in the Aftermath of the Lisbon Treaty Maria Garcia 13. The Multilevel Politics of Trade: The Case of the Social Democrats in the European Parliament and the German SPD Myriam Gistelinck 14. Municipal Level Trade Contestation: Activists and Local Governments from the MAI to TTIP Gabriel Siles-Brügge and Michael Strange 15. Conclusion Jorg Broschek and Patricia Goff

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Book SynopsisNo sector has been as vital as oil to the Russian economy since Vladimir Putin came to power. The longest serving leader since Stalin, Putin has presided during a period of relative economic prosperity driven largely by booming oil windfalls. Oil in Putin’s Russia offers an in-depth examination of the contests over windfalls drawn from the oil sector. Examining how the Russian leadership has guided the process of distributing these windfalls, Adnan Vatansever explores the causes behind key policy continuities and policy reversals during Putin’s tenure. The product of over ten years of research, including interviews with decision-makers and oil industry officials, Oil in Putin’s Russia takes an innovative approach to understanding the contested nature of resource rents and the policy processes that determine how they are allocated. In so doing, it offers a comprehensive and timely account of politics and policy in contemporary Russia, and aTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Understanding Policy-Making in Resource-Rich Countries 2. The Upsurge in Executive Power under President Putin 3. Russia’s Historic Oil Windfalls and the Contest over Who Will Generate the Rents 4. Collecting the Rents: The Contest between the State and the Oil Industry on Dividing the Windfalls 5. The State as a Redistributor of Oil Rents: The Contest over Russia’s Budget and Economic Priorities 6. The State as a Redistributor of Oil Rents: The Battle to Save the Windfalls 7. The Oil Sector as a Redistributor of Rents Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis edited collection explores how the value of training and skills invested in internationally educated health professionals is transferred, and transformed, and in some cases tarnished, at all stages of the international migration process.Table of ContentsIntroduction Global Migration, Gender and Health Professional Credentials: Transnational Value Transfers and Losses Margaret Walton-Roberts Section 1: Health Worker Migration and Global Value Transfer: New Approaches and Challenges 1. The Study of Global Value Chains: Bringing Services and People In John Ravenhill 2. Circulation of Love: Care Transactions in the Global Healthcare Market of Transnational Medical Travel Heidi Kaspar Section 2: Conceptualizing Workplace Integration and Stratification: Immigration Policy, International Credentials, and Intersectional Disadvantage 3. The Migration of Health Professionals to Canada: Reducing Brain Waste and Improving Labour Market Integration Arthur Sweetman 4. Global Migration and Key Issues in Workforce Integration of Skilled Health Workers Andrea Baumann, Mary Crea-Arsenio and V. Antonipillai 5. Gendering Integration Pathways: Migrating Health Professionals to Canada Ivy Bourgeault, Jelena Atanackovic and Elena Neiterman 6. The Global Intimate Workforce Caitlin Henry Section 3: Transnational Health Mobilities: Networks, Regulation and Intermediaries 7. Networking Through Kafala: Understanding Transnational Networks in the Governance of Skilled Migration in the Gulf Crystal Ennis 8. Migration Intermediaries and the Migration of Health Professionals from the Global South Abel Chikanda 9. Transnational Influence in the Philippines Nursing sector: Producing Hardworking, Subservient Nurses for the World Maddy Thompson Section 4: Domestic Policies in Receiving Countries: Value Transfer, Integration and Regulation 10. Transfer of Professional Qualifications of Foreign-Born Nurses: Gender, Migration, and Geographic Valuations of Skill Micheline Van Riemsdijk 11. Ten Years of Ontario’s Fair Access Law: Has Access to Regulated Professions Improved for Internationally Educated Individuals? Nuzhat Jafri 12. Migrant Care Workers in Australia – A Gathering Crisis? John Connell and Joel Negin 13. Care Worker Migration and Robotics in Japan's Aged Care Sector Hector Goldar Perrote and Margaret Walton-Roberts Section 5: Recasting Brain Drain and Global Circulation 14. Nursing the Nation: The intellectual Labor of Early Migrant Nurses in the U.S. and the Development of University Level Nursing Programs in the Philippines (1935-1965) Christine Peralta 15. From Brain Drain to Brain Retrain – A Case of Nigerian Nurses in Canada Sheri Adekola 16. Peripatetic Physicians: Rewriting the South African Brain Drain Narrative Jonathan Crush 17. Recasting the ‘Brain’ in ‘Brain Drain’: A Case Study From Medical Migration Parvati Raghuram, Joanna Bornat and Leroi Henry

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Book SynopsisThe new edition of this influential text addresses key issues about the past, present, and future of workers and unions in Canada.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface to the Third Edition Preface to the Fourth Edition Foreword: Beyond Fatalism – Renewing Working-Class Politics by Sam Gindin Acronyms and Initialisms 1 From the Era of Consent to the Era of Coercion 2 The Postwar Era of Free Collective Bargaining 3 Permanent Exceptionalism: The Turn to Coercion 4 Freeing Trade, Coercing Labour 5 Consolidating Neoliberalism 6 Austerity and Authoritarianism 7 From Great Recession to COVID-19 Crisis 8 The Right to Strike: Freedom of Association and the Charter 9 Labour’s Last Gasp or Revival? Rebuilding Working-Class Resistance Notes Glossary Index

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Book SynopsisThe Multilevel Politics of Trade presents a timely comparative analysis of eight federations (plus the European Union) to explore why some sub-federal actors have become more active in trade politics in recent years. As the contributing authors find, there is considerable variation in the intensity and modes of sub-federal participation. This they attribute to three key factors: the distinctive institutional features of federal systems; the nature and scope of trade policy and trade agreements; and the extent of social mobilization that accompanies a particular trade policy conversation. As a whole, The Multilevel Politics of Trade argues that sub-federal actors’ interests (jurisdictional, political, and economic) are what motivate them to participate in trade debates. However, institutional configurations, coupled with the influence of civil society actors, political parties, and others determine the nature and scope of that participation. Informed by Table of Contents1. Introduction: The Evolution of Multilevel Trade Politics Jörg Broschek and Patricia Goff Section I. Canada in North America 2. Federalism and Trade Negotiations in Canada: CUSFTA, CETA, and TPP Compared Stéphane Paquin 3. Implementation of Twenty-First-Century Trade Agreements in Canada: CETA and Intergovernmental Cooperation Christian Hederer and Patrick Leblond 4. Reconceptualising Provincial Development: Evolving Public Procurement Practices in Quebec Sophie Schram 5. Multilevel Trade in the United States: Federalism, Internal Markets, and Intergovernmental Relations Michelle Egan 6. Mexican Sub-Federal Governments and the Negotiation and Implementation of Free-Trade Agreements Jorge A. Schiavon and Marcela López-Vallejo 7. Civil Society, Multilevel Governance, and International Trade in North America Christopher Kukucha Section II. Europe and Australia: Multilevel Trade Politics in Comparative Perspective 8. Federalism in Times of Increased Integration: The Participation of Cantons in Swiss Trade Policy Andreas R. Ziegler 9. Parallel Pathways? The Emergence of Multilevel Trade Politics in Austria and Germany Jörg Broschek, Peter Bußjäger, and Christoph Schramek 10. Trade Politics and the Australian States and Territories Annmarie Elijah 11. From Nada to Namur: National Parliaments’ Involvement in EU Trade Politics and the Case of Belgium Yelter Bollen, Ferdi De Ville, and Niels Gheyle Section III. The European Union: A Distinct Federation 12. Multilevel Politics of Trade in the European Union in the Aftermath of the Lisbon Treaty Maria Garcia 13. The Multilevel Politics of Trade: The Case of the Social Democrats in the European Parliament and the German SPD Myriam Gistelinck 14. Municipal Level Trade Contestation: Activists and Local Governments from the MAI to TTIP Gabriel Siles-Brügge and Michael Strange 15. Conclusion Jorg Broschek and Patricia Goff

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Book SynopsisExamining innovative business models, Fintech Explained illuminates how financial technology companies are transforming the customer experience in financial services.Table of ContentsSection One: Fintech Toolbox 1. Foundations of Fintech 2. Fintech Economics, Strategies, and Business Models 3. Funding of Early-Stage Fintech Companies 4. The Valuation of Fintech Companies Section Two: Fintech Products and Services 5. Bitcoin, Blockchain, and Cryptocurrencies 6. Ethereum and Decentralized Finance 7. Alternative Finance, Online Lending, and Crowdfunding 8. Digital Banking and the Response of Incumbents 9. Robo-advisors and Digital Wealth Management 10. Payments and Insurtech 11. Techfins and Bigtechs in Financial Index

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Book SynopsisThe Cap brings the economic history of professional basketball to life by going behind-the-scenes to tell the story of the deal between the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association that created, in 1983, the salary capthe first in all of sports.Trade Review“Mendelsohn combines exhaustive research and a smooth narrative to tell the complex story of the salary cap, full of remarkable characters, unpredictable twists, and unforgettable anecdotes. . . . Basketball and sports fans interested in what goes on behind their favorite team’s closed doors will find this an important and accessible account of the NBA’s salary cap and how it has affected professional sports, for better or worse. A unique history.”—Library Journal“To follow the NBA one must follow the money. To follow the money and to understand how and why players earn the staggering sums they do, intricate knowledge of the league’s labyrinthian salary cap is required. In The Cap Joshua Mendelsohn delivers a most comprehensive and well-written history and breakdown of the NBA’s economic bylaws and, in effect, a compelling evolutionary tale of the professional game, its principal characters, and the guiding fiscal policies behind its explosive global growth.”—Harvey Araton, author of When the Garden Was Eden"A legal thriller, a close account of the tortuous 10-month negotiations, in the mid-1980s, for the big play that eventually put both the NBA's players and the owners in the win column."—David M. Shribman, Wall Street Journal“Although focused on the drama and dynamics of the 1983 agreement with the players’ union . . . Mr. Mendelsohn manages to highlight a number of attributes that still distinguish the [NBA] league. . . . The ability of the NBA’s players and executives to take on an outsized role in the response to the killing of George Floyd reflects the rise of the league’s economic and social importance. Understanding how it has been able to secure so much cultural capital—and then use it so much more effectively than man other leagues—deserves attention as the sports industry looks to maintain its relevance in a post-pandemic world.”—New York Times"Thanks to Joshua Mendelsohn’s new book The Cap, we now have a clearer picture of how exactly the financial framework of the modern NBA was built—and what that means today. It’s worth a read for historians and fans alike."—Daniel Reynolds, SB Nation“In The Cap we get a blow-by-blow description of the maneuvering, threatening, striking, chaos, and even outright war that forged today’s relationship between the league and its players. Most important, we learn the stories of the people who made it happen, including Bob Cousy, David Stern, Oscar Robertson, Larry O’Brien, Bob Lanier, and Larry Fleisher—the first capologist. It’s a fascinating read for anyone interested in the history of the NBA and anyone interested in its Collective Bargaining Agreement.”—Larry Coon, NBA salary cap expert and writer for ESPN.com“The salary cap is a fixture in today’s pro sports. The Cap chronicles the story of how Larry Fleisher and David Stern—two men locked in a bitter NBA labor dispute—forged a partnership that shaped the future of pro basketball and other sports leagues for years to come. This lively and authoritative account of that battle fought decades ago is a must-read for any true sports junkie interested in sports history. It is all true. I know. I was there.”—Jim Quinn, union lawyer for the NBPA, NFLPA, NHLPA, and MLBPA and author of Don’t Be Afraid to Win: How Free Agency Changed the Business of Pro Sports"This is a book about the business side of sports that will one that every sports fan should read."—Guy Who Reviews Sports BooksTable of ContentsIntroduction Persons of Note in the 1982–1983 NBA Collective Bargaining Negotiations 1. No Final Victories 2. Pleasantries and Unpleasantries, July 1982 3. Survivors, August 1982 4. That Brave Group of Guys Who Said “Fuck You,” January 1964 5. Larry 6. The Sport of the ’70s 7. The Cap, 1979–1980 8. The Right of First Refusal, Summer 1981 9. David 10. The Moses Signing, September 1982 11. The Big Item, October 1982 12. Strike Date, January 1983 13. War, February 1983 14. Unbounded Pessimism and Cautious Optimism, March 1983 15. Peace, April 1983 Epilogue Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe Cap brings the economic history of professional basketball to life by going behind-the-scenes to tell the story of the deal between the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association that created, in 1983, the salary capthe first in all of sports.Trade Review“Mendelsohn combines exhaustive research and a smooth narrative to tell the complex story of the salary cap, full of remarkable characters, unpredictable twists, and unforgettable anecdotes. . . . Basketball and sports fans interested in what goes on behind their favorite team’s closed doors will find this an important and accessible account of the NBA’s salary cap and how it has affected professional sports, for better or worse. A unique history.”—Library Journal“To follow the NBA one must follow the money. To follow the money and to understand how and why players earn the staggering sums they do, intricate knowledge of the league’s labyrinthian salary cap is required. In The Cap Joshua Mendelsohn delivers a most comprehensive and well-written history and breakdown of the NBA’s economic bylaws and, in effect, a compelling evolutionary tale of the professional game, its principal characters, and the guiding fiscal policies behind its explosive global growth.”—Harvey Araton, author of When the Garden Was Eden"A legal thriller, a close account of the tortuous 10-month negotiations, in the mid-1980s, for the big play that eventually put both the NBA's players and the owners in the win column."—David M. Shribman, Wall Street Journal“Although focused on the drama and dynamics of the 1983 agreement with the players’ union . . . Mr. Mendelsohn manages to highlight a number of attributes that still distinguish the [NBA] league. . . . The ability of the NBA’s players and executives to take on an outsized role in the response to the killing of George Floyd reflects the rise of the league’s economic and social importance. Understanding how it has been able to secure so much cultural capital—and then use it so much more effectively than man other leagues—deserves attention as the sports industry looks to maintain its relevance in a post-pandemic world.”—New York Times"Thanks to Joshua Mendelsohn’s new book The Cap, we now have a clearer picture of how exactly the financial framework of the modern NBA was built—and what that means today. It’s worth a read for historians and fans alike."—Daniel Reynolds, SB Nation“In The Cap we get a blow-by-blow description of the maneuvering, threatening, striking, chaos, and even outright war that forged today’s relationship between the league and its players. Most important, we learn the stories of the people who made it happen, including Bob Cousy, David Stern, Oscar Robertson, Larry O’Brien, Bob Lanier, and Larry Fleisher—the first capologist. It’s a fascinating read for anyone interested in the history of the NBA and anyone interested in its Collective Bargaining Agreement.”—Larry Coon, NBA salary cap expert and writer for ESPN.com“The salary cap is a fixture in today’s pro sports. The Cap chronicles the story of how Larry Fleisher and David Stern—two men locked in a bitter NBA labor dispute—forged a partnership that shaped the future of pro basketball and other sports leagues for years to come. This lively and authoritative account of that battle fought decades ago is a must-read for any true sports junkie interested in sports history. It is all true. I know. I was there.”—Jim Quinn, union lawyer for the NBPA, NFLPA, NHLPA, and MLBPA and author of Don’t Be Afraid to Win: How Free Agency Changed the Business of Pro Sports"This is a book about the business side of sports that will one that every sports fan should read."—Guy Who Reviews Sports BooksTable of ContentsIntroduction Persons of Note in the 1982–1983 NBA Collective Bargaining Negotiations 1. No Final Victories 2. Pleasantries and Unpleasantries, July 1982 3. Survivors, August 1982 4. That Brave Group of Guys Who Said “Fuck You,” January 1964 5. Larry 6. The Sport of the ’70s 7. The Cap, 1979–1980 8. The Right of First Refusal, Summer 1981 9. David 10. The Moses Signing, September 1982 11. The Big Item, October 1982 12. Strike Date, January 1983 13. War, February 1983 14. Unbounded Pessimism and Cautious Optimism, March 1983 15. Peace, April 1983 Epilogue Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book is about the employment of people with disabilities in the United States and the important role of employer practices. Nearly one in five people report some form of disability, and they are only half as likely to be employed as those without disabilities. With the aging workforce and returning military veterans both contributing to increasing number of disabilities in the workplace, there is an urgent need for better ways to address continuing employment disparities for people with disabilities. Examining employer behaviors is critical to changing this trend. It is essential to understand the factors that motivate employers to engage this workforce and which specific practices are most effective. Disability and Employer Practices features research-based documentation of workplace policies and practices that result in the successful recruitment, retention, advancement, and inclusion of individuals with disabilities. The Cornell team whose work is featured in tTrade Review[T]his book provides valuable information to academic researchers, industrial employers, and policy makers. Researchers can use this book as a guide-line of seeking collaboration with employers who can provide data for academic studies. Employers can use this book to gain benchmark information and practical recommendations for recruiting and accommodating employees with disabilities.And policy makers can use this book to think through multiple elements when formulating a new policy regarding disability in the workplace. -- Xin Xuan Che & Weiwei Liu * Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy *Table of Contents1. Disability and Employment: Framing the Problem, and Our Approach Susanne M. Bruyère, Sara VanLooy, Sarah von Schrader, and Linda Barrington 2. Engaging Employers as Stakeholders Linda Barrington 3. Exploring National Survey Data William A. Erickson, Arun Karpur, and Kevin F. Hallock 4. Using Administrative Data Hassan Enayati and Sarah von Schrader 5. Surveying Employers and Individuals with Disabilities William A. Erickson, Sarah von Schrader, and Sara VanLooy 6. Conducting Case Studies Lisa H. Nishii and Susanne M. Bruyère 7. Translating Knowledge to Practice, and the Way Forward Susanne M. Bruyère, Ellice Switzer, Sara VanLooy, Sarah von Schrader, and Linda Barrington

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Book SynopsisWhat explains Eurozone member-states' divergent exposure to Europe's sovereign debt crisis? Deviating from current fiscal and financial views, From Convergence to Crisis focuses on labor markets in a narrative that distinguishes the winners from the losers in the euro crisis.Trade ReviewJohnston uses theory, statistical analysis, and case studies to argue that each country's relative wage moderation compared to other European Monetary Union (EMU) members determines how susceptible the country has been to the debt crisis. The case studies analyze wage negotiation changes in Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Ireland, and Spain, mostly focusing on 1979 to 2008. Finally, Johnston argues, post-2008 austerity conditions for loans to countries on the verge of default have tended to exacerbate declines. She suggests supranational wage coordination and wage increases in creditor EMU nations to promote recovery. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty. -- E. J. Peterson * Choice *[This book] examines the European debt crisis, the effects of labor-market politics before the 2008 global financial crisis, and how the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) created circumstances that economically advantaged low-inflation northwest European member economies over high-inflation peripheral economies. [Johnston] presents a labor-market approach that views the euro crisis as a holistic problem and delineates the role of the EMU North in crisis recovery and in providing a solidaristic approach to EU recovery. * Journal of Economic Literature *Johnston's book traces the development of wage rate bargaining institutions over time and across member states of the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). Her argument is as intuitive as it is compelling. -- Ari Ray, University of Zurich * EuropeNow *Table of Contents1. Incomplete Monetary Union and Europe's Current Crisis 2. From Order to Disorder: How Monetary Union Changed National Labor Markets 3. Monetary Regimes, Wage Bargaining, and the Current Account Crisis in the EMU South: Empirical Evidence 4. National Central Banks and Inflation Convergence: Danish and Dutch Corporatism Inside and Outside of Monetary Union 5. Strength in Rigidity: Public Sector Employment Reform and Wage Suppression in Germany, the Netherlands and Italy 6. Sheltered Sector Dominance under a Common Currency: Irrational Exuberance in Ireland and Fragmentation in Spain 7. EMU, the Politics of Wage Inflation, and Crisis: Implications for Current Debates and Policy

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Book SynopsisIn High Tech and High Touch, James E. Coverdill and William Finlay invite readers into the dynamic world of headhunters, personnel professionals who acquire talent for businesses and other organizations on a contingent-fee basis. In a high-tech world where social media platforms have simplified direct contact between employers and job seekers, Coverdill and Finlay acknowledge, it is relatively easy to find large numbers of apparently qualified candidates. However, the authors demonstrate that headhunters serve a valuable purpose in bringing high-touch search into the labor market: they help parties on both sides of the transaction to define their needs and articulate what they have to offer.As well as providing valuable information for sociologists and economists, High Tech and High Touch demonstrates how headhunters approach practical issues such as identifying and attracting candidates; how they solicit, secure, and evaluate search assignments from client compTrade ReviewFrom archival and interview data—1,106 industry publications articles and interviews with 33 headhunters, 7 of whom were also informants for the first book—a fascinating case study emerges of an occupation markedly shaped by the evolutions of the last 20 years.... this is a fascinating and consequential look into the behavior of one group who sits on the fault line between the impending forces changing the face of the labor market as we know it. The rich descriptions speak to the evolution of an occupation under the impact of technology. * Work and Occupations *[High Tech and High Touch] provides a fascinating account of an infrequently studied profession at [a] significant moment in time that will deepen your understanding of how labor markets work. * Social Forces *Finlay and Coverdill help shine a light on the social aspects of this market, in which personal characteristics matter more and the actively employed are potentially considered as candidates. Their work highlights that the full implications of the technological and cultural revolution undergirding the "new economy" are only beginning to be understood. * American Journal of Sociology *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Getting Clients and Job Orders 2. Qualifying Clients and Job Orders 3. Constructing Candidates and Securing Placements 4. Evolution or Revolution? 5. Booms, Busts, and Changing Labor Markets 6. Being a Headhunter Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisIn High Tech and High Touch, James E. Coverdill and William Finlay invite readers into the dynamic world of headhunters, personnel professionals who acquire talent for businesses and other organizations on a contingent-fee basis. In a high-tech world where social media platforms have simplified direct contact between employers and job seekers, Coverdill and Finlay acknowledge, it is relatively easy to find large numbers of apparently qualified candidates. However, the authors demonstrate that headhunters serve a valuable purpose in bringing high-touch search into the labor market: they help parties on both sides of the transaction to define their needs and articulate what they have to offer.As well as providing valuable information for sociologists and economists, High Tech and High Touch demonstrates how headhunters approach practical issues such as identifying and attracting candidates; how they solicit, secure, and evaluate search assignments from client compTrade ReviewFrom archival and interview data—1,106 industry publications articles and interviews with 33 headhunters, 7 of whom were also informants for the first book—a fascinating case study emerges of an occupation markedly shaped by the evolutions of the last 20 years.... this is a fascinating and consequential look into the behavior of one group who sits on the fault line between the impending forces changing the face of the labor market as we know it. The rich descriptions speak to the evolution of an occupation under the impact of technology. * Work and Occupations *[High Tech and High Touch] provides a fascinating account of an infrequently studied profession at [a] significant moment in time that will deepen your understanding of how labor markets work. * Social Forces *Finlay and Coverdill help shine a light on the social aspects of this market, in which personal characteristics matter more and the actively employed are potentially considered as candidates. Their work highlights that the full implications of the technological and cultural revolution undergirding the "new economy" are only beginning to be understood. * American Journal of Sociology *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Getting Clients and Job Orders 2. Qualifying Clients and Job Orders 3. Constructing Candidates and Securing Placements 4. Evolution or Revolution? 5. Booms, Busts, and Changing Labor Markets 6. Being a Headhunter Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisInformal Workers and Collective Action features nine cases of collective action to improve the status and working conditions of informal workers. Adrienne E. Eaton, Susan J. Schurman, and Martha A. Chen set the stage by defining informal work and describing the types of organizations that represent the interests of informal workers and the lessons that may be learned from the examples presented in the book. Cases from a diverse set of countriesBrazil, Cambodia, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Georgia, Liberia, South Africa, Tunisia, and Uruguayfocus on two broad types of informal workers: waged workers, including port workers, beer promoters, hospitality and retail workers, domestic workers, low-skilled public sector workers, and construction workers; and self-employed workers, including street vendors, waste recyclers, and minibus drivers.These cases demonstrate that workers and labor organizations around the world are rediscovering the lessons of early labor organizers onTrade ReviewInformal Workers and Collective Action: A Global Perspective is innovative in its scope and claims.... This volume shows that workers around the world are finding new and old ways to organize, and I join the editors in hoping that their stories will inspire others to do the same. * Work and Occupation *This book is extremely important and timely, as it demonstrates that it is possible to achieve measurable benefits for vulnerable workers through collective action even in dire circumstances. Authors convincingly argue that workers' organizations need to take advantage of structural resources as well as their associational power by collaborating with other domestic and international unions and/or social movements. * ILR Review *This book added greatly to my understanding of the various forms of informal work and the difficulties that informal workers face in securing recognition and rights.... By the end of the book, it is evident that collective bargaining can involve many categories of both formal and informal workers, government entities, and employer representatives. The way forward may be slow, but these case studies show that progress is possible. * Monthly Labor Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction, Adrienne E. Eaton, Martha A. Chen, and Susan J. SchurmanPart I. Formalizing or Reformalizing Distanced Employment Relationships1. Port Workers in Colombia: Reinstatement as Formal Workers, Daniel Hawkins2. Retail and Hospitality Workers in South Africa: Organized by Trade Union of Formal Workers to Demand Equal Pay and Benefits, Sahra Ryklief3. Haitian Migrant Workers in the Dominican Republic: Organizing at the Intersection of Informality and Illegality, Janice Fine and Allison J. Petrozziello4. Domestic Workers in Uruguay: Collective Bargaining Agreement and Legal Protection, Mary R. Goldsmith5. Beer Promoters in Cambodia: Formal Status and Coverage under the Labor Code, Mary Evans6. Informalized Government Workers in Tunisia: Reinstatement as Formal Workers with Collective Bargaining Rights, Stephen Juan KingPart II. Securing Recognition and Rights for the Self-Employed7. Minibus Drivers in Georgia: Secure Jobs and Worker Rights, Elza Jgerenaia and Gocha Aleksandria8. Waste Pickers in Brazil: Recognition and Annual Bonus, Sonia Maria Dias and Vera Alice Cardoso Silva9. Street Vendors in Liberia: A Written Agreement With Authorities and a Secure Workplace, Milton A. Weeks and Pewee ReedConclusion: Expanding the Boundaries of Labor Organizing and Collective Bargaining,Susan J. Schurman, Adrienne E. Eaton, and Martha A. Chen

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