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Book Synopsis''Gracie tells the story of her struggle and eventual triumph as a way of encouraging us, of changing our society, of giving us all courage . . . Equal is a very important book'' Sandi ToksvigEqual pay has been the law for half a century. But women often get paid less than men, even when they''re doing equal work.Mostly they don''t know because pay is secret. But what if a woman finds out? What should she do?In Equal, award-winning journalist Carrie Gracie covers her own experience of holding her employer - the BBC - to account and investigates why we''re still being paid unequally. Equal will open your eyes, fix your resolve and give you the tools to act - and act now.''Equal tells a personal story that changed the public debate'' Guardian''Pulls no punches'' Sunday Times''Full of sound advice for women'' Observer''A gripping personal story told with warmth and wit'' Julia Trade ReviewPart instruction manual, part howl of rage, Equal tells a personal story that changed the public debate . . . The book is full of advice for others - there is a separate section at the end for employers, men and women . . . [Carrie Gracie's] decision to use her personal story for the public good has put the issue of equal pay firmly on the agenda * Guardian *The BBC's former China editor recounts her hard-fought battle with the broadcaster for equal pay, artfully weaving in the history of gender inequality and tips for women - and men - who wish to continue her campaign for equitable treatment * Financial Times (Best Books of 2019) *Carrie Gracie's pragmatic and honest tone hugely boosts her aim of inspiring millions of women 'who are at grave risk of being underpaid and undervalued at some stage in their working lives, if not throughout it' * Mail on Sunday *Carrie Gracie pulls no punches in this account of how she clashed with the BBC over gender-pay inequality . . . In the book, which is written with great clarity and backed up by a good deal of research, Gracie not only details her own experience but also weaves in studies showing how unconscious bias and gender stereotyping leave women undervalued at work * Sunday Times *An instructive account of a gruelling battle for equal pay at the BBC . . . [Equal] is about more than just well-heeled media folk. Gracie paints a broader picture of the historical, academic and legal context of women's fight for equality . . . [It's] a tribute to the power of collective action * Financial Times *[Carrie Gracie's] important account of her struggle to win equal pay is full of sound advice for women . . . Gracie understands all the various ways in which pay inequality can play havoc with a person's self-belief and peace of mind, and in her book she staples them to the page . . . For me, the most resonant parts of her book have to do with her self worth. "Carrie, it's always such a joy to see you," says James Harding, the then director of news at the BBC, when she sees him for a meeting in 2015. "You deliver so much and ask so little." -- Rachel Cooke * Observer *She quit her job as the BBC's China editor over pay discrimination. Now, in a personal and campaigning book, Carrie Gracie explains how to achieve true equality - both in terms of pay and in life * Red *The story of [Carrie Gracie's] campaign - and why it matters * The Times *What I admire about Carrie Gracie is not just her bravery, though that is amazing, but more that she tells the story of her struggle and eventual triumph as a way of encouraging us, of changing our society, of giving us all courage. She shows what can happen when women work together to call out blatant injustice and to insist that all women are fairly and equally paid. It's hard to believe we're still having these conversations in 2019 but we are and that is why we need heroes like Carrie. EQUAL is a very important book -- Sandi ToksvigA gripping personal story told with warmth and wit, combined with a 'how to' guide for anyone who wants to ensure women are paid as true equals -- Julia Gillard, former Australian Prime MinisterEqual is an inspiring memoir exploring why women often find it difficult to assert their value in the workplace, as well as a practical guide to what women and men - employees and employers - can do to achieve pay equality for women now and inthe future * Stylist *

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Book SynopsisEqual is an inspiring, personal and campaigning book about how we should and can fight for equal pay and other kinds of equality in the workplace, by former BBC China editor Carrie Gracie.

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Modern Labor Economics: Theory and Public Policy, now in its fourteenth edition, continues to be the leading text for one-semester courses in labor economics at the undergraduate and graduate levels.It offers a thorough overview of the modern theory of labor market behaviour and reveals how this theory is used to analyze public policy. Designed for students who may not have extensive backgrounds in economics, the text balances theoretical coverage with examples of practical applications that allow students to see concepts in action.The authors believe that showing students the social implications of the concepts discussed in the course will enhance their motivation to learn. As such, this text presents numerous examples of policy decisions that have been affected by the ever-shifting labor market. This new edition continues to offer: a balance of relevant, contemporary examples; coverage of the current economic climate; introd

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Book SynopsisHow, and why, did human trafficking out of Russia escalate at the beginning of the twenty-first century? Why did some labour migrants from Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan find happy work situations in Russia whereas others became trapped in forced labour? This book focuses on human trafficking out of the Russian Federation since the collapse of the Soviet state and on labour migration into it from Central Asia, and on some internal movement. It looks at the socio-economic reasons behind labour flows and examines key social, political, legislative and policy responses. Discussion includes how the Russian press covers these topics and what politicians, experts and the public think about them. Based on interviews, polls and focus groups in Russia, this book is rich in original research which highlights different Russian perspectives on exploitation in unfree labour. It gives examples of entrapment in prostitution, construction work, on farms, and in begging rings.Trade Review'Mary Buckley's path-breaking book illuminates timely and under studied issues related to human trafficking and labour migration flows, including how official governmental policy toward migrant streams from Central Asia and Eastern Ukraine has evolved as well as the rise of hostile public attitudes toward migrant labourers. The author pulls together a rich tapestry of evidence - government documents, interviews with key state actors, policy experts, NGO activists, newspaper articles, and personally designed survey research and focus groups - to provide the reader with a thorough and compelling picture of how Russia grapples with 'unfree labour'.' Carol Nechemias, Associate Professor Emerita of Political Science and Public Policy, Pennsylvania State University'In this wide-ranging and impressively written book, Mary Buckley puts the phenomena of forced labour, migration and human trafficking in Russia in their historical, contemporary and geographic contexts. In doing so, she gives readers a nuanced and deeper understanding of the dynamics of unfree labour in this important region of the world. Using a multi-pronged approach that looks at expert opinion, public attitudes, news coverage, law and policy, Buckley investigates to what extent Russians perceive trafficking and unfree labour to be a problem and how their opinions have been constructed by media portrayals. In addition to its many other contributions, Unfree Labour does a tremendous service in helping to reveal why the sense of moral outrage that has driven anti-trafficking policies elsewhere in the world has often been missing in the Russian context. Overall, this exciting and accessible book is a timely and important contribution for understanding the dynamic processes of human trafficking and labour migration in Russia today.' Lauren McCarthy, University of Massachusetts Amherst'… The Politics of Unfree Labour in Russia is a wealth of interesting and insightful findings from years of research by one of the most prominent scholars in the field. The timespan of the research combined with the variety of qualitative methods used in this book (interviews, surveys, focus groups, discourse analysis) are remarkable. … I believe this will be a required volume to anyone who studies migration flows in Eurasia. It would be of interest to social scientists as well as scholars interested in rule of law, gender, and the history of labor in Russia. I also believe that this book is an excellent example of different kinds of complementary qualitative methods and how to combine them into a cohesive narrative that paints a compelling story of trafficking and unfree labor in Russia.' Laura Dean, The Soviet and Post-Soviet Review'Buckley's book convinces with its diverse data material, which gives new insights into how exploitation and violations of rights are handled in Russian society.' Julia Glathe, Journal Of European Asia StudiesTable of ContentsList of tables; Map; Acknowledgments; Note; Introduction; 1. Unfree labour in Russian history; 2. The politics of getting human trafficking onto agendas; 3. Press reporting on human trafficking out of Russia; 4. Public attitudes on human trafficking; 5. How the public talks about human trafficking; 6. Expert narratives on human trafficking; 7. Migration flows into Russia and reports on forced labour; 8. Policy and legislation on labour migrants; 9. Migration experts talking; 10. Public opinion on migrant labour; 11. Conclusion; Glossary; Select bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisInequality is a global concern, for its social and human consequences, and its impact on the pace and pattern of economic growth. In India and Brazil, this issue has received increasing attention in recent years. In Brazil, inequality grew until the 1980s, when it reached extreme levels, but has since been declining, especially during the first decade of the twenty-first century. In India, inequality showed little change up to the 1980s, but has since been rising. These differences result from a variety of economic, social and political factors, which are examined in depth in this comparative study. The book examines inequality in overall distributions of income and expenditure, and disparities across gender, region, caste, race, and access to education. It compares the experience of the two countries, and draws conclusions on the types of policy frameworks and institutions that might lead to a more equitable pattern of growth.Table of ContentsList of tables; List of graphs and maps; Preface and acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. Brazil and India: a mirror image of each other?; 2. Approach and method 3. India and Brazil in the decades; 4. India and Brazil from 1980 until the present; 5. Key divides and cleavages: ruptures, continuities, or adaptation?; 6. Inequality in social and economic context; 7. Post-script; Index.

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Book SynopsisOver the last fifty years in the United States, unions have been in deep decline, while income and wealth inequality have grown. In this timely work, editors Richard Bales and Charlotte Garden - with a roster of thirty-five leading labor scholars - analyze these trends and show how they are linked. Designed to appeal to those being introduced to the field as well as experts seeking new insights, this book demonstrates how federal labor law is failing today''s workers and disempowering unions; how union jobs pay better than nonunion jobs and help to increase the wages of even nonunion workers; and how, when union jobs vanish, the wage premium also vanishes. At the same time, the book offers a range of solutions, from the radical, such as a complete overhaul of federal labor law, to the incremental, including reforms that could be undertaken by federal agencies on their own.Trade Review'Charlotte Garden and Rick Bales have brought together an impressive group of experts to provide a comprehensive look at how our labor laws could and should be strengthened to give workers more collective bargaining power. This book is a valuable contribution to the public debate around a critically important issue at a critically important time.' Lynn Rhineheart, Economic Policy Institute, and former general counsel, AFL-CIO'At a time of increasing income inequality and declining union power, this much-needed volume provides many smart and provocative ideas on how to overhaul our nation's labor laws in order to strengthen unions, increase worker power, and, most important, lift America's more than 150 million workers. In this book, a who's who of labor experts provide one thoughtful essay after another on many of the key issues that unions and workers face today.' Steven Greenhouse, long-time labor journalist and author of Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor'In a year of teacher strikes for the public good, private-sector flight attendants standing strong on behalf of locked-out federal workers, and New York state farmworkers just winning a century-long struggle for collective bargaining rights, this book is exceptionally timely and relevant. Richard Bates and Charlotte Garden have chosen an outstanding group of scholars who are refreshingly forward-looking while still being grounded in the daily reality faced by workers and unions.' Kate Bronfenbrenner, Cornell University'The Cambridge Handbook of US Labor Law for the Twenty-First Century is an important resource. It provides a range of opinion and is rich in thought-provoking ideas. It should soon be on the bookshelves of practitioners, scholars, policy makers, and activists - indeed, anyone interested in labor law and policy, worker rights and activism, unions and employers, collective bargaining, economic fairness, and democracy.' Wilma B. Liebman, former chairman, National Labor Relations Board, and professor, author, and advisor on labor law and workplace policy'The Cambridge Handbook of U.S. Labor Law for the Twenty-First Century represents a highly valuable tool for both the scholars and the practicing lawyers to address practical issues and de lege ferenda policies surveying a wide range of topics in a synthetic and clear way, whose analysis is frequently neglected or underestimated by most.' Prof. Dr Andrea Borroni, Contemporary Labour Law Review'The Handbook of US Labor Law for the Twenty-First Century performs several valuable roles: it is a primer on the current state of the organized labor movement and on the economic, political, social, and cultural consequences of its weakness … In assembling such a large and diverse group of contributors, the Handbook can realistically claim to represent the best of what is on offer in addressing all of these crucial topics for discussion and action.' Christopher Tomlins, Law & Social InquiryTable of ContentsList of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I. Introduction: 1. Union trends Richard Bales; 2. The consequences of union decline Jake Rosenfeld; Part II. Labor Law Is Out of Date: 3. Yesterday's labor law and today's challenges Cynthia Estlund; 4. The National Labor Relations Board in the twenty-first century William B. Gould, IV; 5. Beyond the race to the bottom: reforming labor law preemption to allow state experimentation Charlotte Garden; 6. Union rights for all: towards sectoral bargaining in the United States Kate Andrias; 7. Public sector innovations: valuing voice Ann C. Hodges and Martin H. Malin; 8. Combatting union monopoly power: the contrast between pre- and post-new deal legal regimes Richard A. Epstein; 9. The case for repealing the firm exemption to antitrust (a modest proposal; or, a response to Professor Epstein) Sanjukta Paul; 10. Make labor organizing a civil right Richard Kahlenberg and Moshe Marvit; Part III. The 'Fissured' Workplace: 11. Some problems with NLRA coverage: independent contractors and joint employers Joseph Slater; 12. Reinventing employers Jeffrey Hirsch; 13. The problem of 'misclassification' or how to define who is an 'employee' under protective legislation in the information age Kenneth G. Dau-Schmidt; 14. Rupture and invention: the changing nature of work and the implications for social policy Katherine V. W. Stone; 15. Contemplating new categories of workers: technology and the fissured workplace Miriam A. Cherry; 16. Balancing flexibility and rigidity: do unions make sense in the on-demand economy? Seth Oranburg and Liya Palagashvili; Part IV. Barriers to Forming a Collective Bargaining Relationship: 17. Tactical mismatch in union organizing drives Charlotte Garden; 18. The power of place Michael M. Oswalt; 19. Assembly and collective rights Marion Crain; 20. Leveraging secondary activity within and outside legal boundaries Anne Marie Lofaso; 21. Captive audience meetings: the right not to attend Paul M. Secunda; Part V. Barriers to Bargaining a Good Contract: 22. Obtaining a first contract after winning recognition David Rosenfeld; 23. Advancing global labor standards: potential and limits of international labor law for worker-rights advocacy in the United States Lance Compa; 24. Organizing for workplace rights when immigration law discourages it Leticia M. Saucedo; 25. The central role of the right to strike Julius Getman; 26. Organizational power for workers within the firm Matthew T. Bodie; 27. Returning members-only collective bargaining to the American workplace: how to restore labor's countervailing power Charles J. Morris: Part VI. Unions, Civil Society, and Culture: 28. Can labor law reform encourage robust economic democracy? Brishen Rogers; 29. Union security for the twenty-first century Catherine L. Fisk; 30. Union membership and the Ghent system Matthew Dimick; 31. Principled hope: labor law reform from an alt-labor perspective Cesar F. Rosado Marzan; 32. Politically engaged unionism: the culinary workers union in Las Vegas Ruben J. Garcia; 33. Union commitment to racial diversity Michael Z. Green; 34. The economics of minimum wage regulations Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde; 35. The role of labor research and education in the labor movement of the twenty-first century: the UCLA Labor Center and the CLEAN Carwash Campaign Victor Narro; Index.

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Book SynopsisLimits of Bargaining is an original addition to the political economy analysis of capital-labour relations in the organised industrial sector in the context of economic liberalisation in India. It analyses the dynamics of the capital-labour bargaining process in the context of the changing nature of the state and market as a result of adoption of policies of liberalisation and globalisation for the last two and half decades. It examines the nature of collective bargaining and analyses the underlying structural-political conditions that shape the capital-labour relations. Based on original empirical material from West Bengal, a state long considered pro-labour, the book presents bargaining between capital and labour as endogenous to the interplay of the triad of the market, technology and the institutions of the state. It illustrates everyday interactions between labour and management, different unions and outside actors that shape collective bargaining, and highlights the negotiation, Table of ContentsList of tables; List of figures; Preface; 1. Contextualising trade unions and collective bargaining; 2. Collective bargaining in India: an overview; 3. Everyday processes of collective bargaining in West Bengal; 4. Industrial stagnation due to 'labour militancy'? A critical look at the macro evidence; 5. Trade unions and working-class politics in contemporary West Bengal; 6. The state and collective bargaining; 7. Conclusion; References; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the changing gender patterns of work in a global retail environment associated with the rise of contemporary retail and global sourcing. This has affected the working lives of hundreds of millions of workers in high-, middle- and low-income countries. The growth of contemporary retail has been driven by the commercialised production of many goods previously produced unpaid by women within the home. Sourcing is now largely undertaken through global value chains in low- or middle-income economies, using a 'cheap' feminised labour force to produce low-price goods. As women have been drawn into the labour force, households are increasingly dependent on the purchase of food and consumer goods, blurring the boundaries between paid and unpaid work. This book examines how gendered patterns of work have changed and explores the extent to which global retail opens up new channels to leverage more gender-equitable gains in sourcing countries.Trade Review'We live in a world of global value chains, which link thousands of firms, large and small, across multiple cultural and political boundaries. Global value chains have changed how consumers interact with global corporations and their suppliers, and impacted the working conditions of millions of people employed in farms, factories and retail stores across the world. Building on years of detailed empirical research across different industries and in several countries, Barrientos shows how global values chains are also reshaping the gender profile of work across several middle- and low-income countries. Gendered patterns of work in these global value chains can both relegate women workers to poorly paid and unrecognized labor or lead to economic empowerment and enhanced worker rights. The conditions and mechanisms that lead to these alternative outcomes are beautifully detailed in this cutting edge piece of research. Gender and Work in Global Value Chains is a tour de force that will fundamentally change the way we think of the world of work and the gendered dynamics shaping the global economy.' Richard M. Locke, Brown University, Rhode Island'Based on over ten years of research across the globe and case studies from Africa, Asia and Latin America, Gender and Work in Global Value Chains provides an illuminating study of contemporary working relations and gender discrimination. Exploitation and low and uncertain wages are rife but not all is gloom and doom. Some women producers and progressive firms (as a consequence of the research) have recognised that women's 'socialised skills' increase product quality and speed of delivery. While the firms capture most of the gains, by organising, some women have improved their working conditions and secured support for domestic work and care.' Diane Perrons, London School of Economics and Political Science'Based on her excellent work on Capturing the Gains research programme, this book introduces global chains in a balanced, sophisticated and highly intelligent way. Barrientos is passionate about using GVCs to improve conditions of work of those who labour along these chains through advocating a stronger regulation of capital. She argues that this can be done only through a 'constant process of engagement, bargaining and contestation'. This book will be an excellent contribution to the debates on GVCs and their importance in understanding production, exploitation, and the campaigns to improve the way we consume. Shirin Rai, University of Warwick'This empirically rich, multi-layered and insightful book breaks down the barriers around global value chain analysis to demonstrate how these chains have been shaped by and are reshaping gender relations across the wage production and social reproduction divide. Importantly, it allows for women's agency and for gender relations to open to change by exploring not only the very considerable evidence of exploitation and undervaluation of women's work but also evidence of the contestation of these conditions and associated gendered norms.' Jill Rubery, University of ManchesterTable of ContentsList of tables; List of figures; List of abbreviations; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Retail shift and global sourcing; 3. Gender patterns of work in global retail value chains; 4. Global (re)production network analysis; 5. Smallholder (dis)articulations: the cocoa–chocolate value chain; 6. Mixed outcomes: downgrading and upgrading in African horticulture; 7. Contested terrain: the limits of social compliance in Asian apparel; 8. Upgrading strategies: innovation, skills and rights; 9. Governance challenges: promoting gender-equitable value chains; 10. Concluding reflections: future of work; References; Index.

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Book SynopsisUrbanisation in the literature of development economics is expected to bring in a spectrum of social and economic transformations. With this framework in mind, this book focuses on various aspects of urbanisation in India and its impact on socio-economic variables. The study has been conducted at various levels of disaggregation such as state, district and city and the data is sourced from population census, NSSO's surveys on employment-unemployment schemes and results and consumption expenditure, and primary surveys on slum households conducted by the author. Urbanisation is studied as a process particular to developing countries, contextualising it within the study of India. While this brings about gradual changes contributing to overall growth, the pace is remarkably slow. It brings to the forefront the resilience of the social system that can be mitigated through significant interventions into some of the economic variables. Various policy implications of the evidence based researcTrade Review'This volume is unique in terms of its interdisciplinary focus and empirical rigor on well-being across space starting from macro and meso - to micro level … this book stands out as a unique exercise in unraveling the structure of urban morphology and its associated characteristics and must be read by students, teachers, and scholars of social sciences and humanities.' Naresh Kumar, Eurasian Geography and EconomicsTable of ContentsList of tables; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Assessing the quality of cities and towns; 3. New patterns and new strategies in Indian urbanization; 4. Growth, informal sector employment and poverty; 5. Upward mobility of the disadvantaged sections; 6. Erosion of the caste factor?; 7. Changes in a cultural variable; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book highlights accounts of women workers to capture the domains of gendered mobility, which challenges the exalted status conferred on women in the Kerala model of development. It contests and deconstructs the development discourse which considers women''s work mobility as an indicator of autonomy and agency using Capability Approach. The concept of ''transformational mobility'' and its measurement introduced in the book advances the understanding of mobility, autonomy and agency and the intersectionality in the context of gender and work. Through an in-depth exploration of lived experiences of informal women workers the author illustrates how patriarchal structures are shaped and reinforced by work places, markets and the state. The central question is - can we steer development policies to facilitate collective capabilities for women where informal work arrangements are becoming the norm?Trade Review'Menon questions prevailing assumptions that women's mobility, their freedom and ability to move beyond their households into paid work, necessarily enhances their autonomy and empowerment. She draws on Sen's capability approach to theorize her innovative concept of 'transformational mobility' to assess whether women's work mobility is empowering. Her inter-disciplinary analysis is applied to a fascinating comparison of informal women working in seafood processing versus self-employed fish vendors in Kerala, India. Her findings demonstrate that paid work outside the household is not sufficient to enhance women's agency and autonomy. Transformational mobility is more likely under circumstances where women have greater collective agency and ability to bargain over their working conditions. Menon's book is essential reading for all researchers, practitioners and policy makers focusing on women's work in domestic and global production. It advances an insightful analysis of transformational mobility applicable to assessing a range of occupations. It provides a challenging contribution to current thinking on constraints and potential for women's social and economic empowerment.' Stephanie Barrientos, University of Manchester'Menon's book shatters the myths regarding the exalted status of women in Kerala by drawing attention to the deprivation, segregation in low skilled work, gender gaps in wages and poor working conditions suffered by women engaged in informal work in fisheries. Drawing attention to the constraints imposed on women by patriarchal social structures in Kerala, she questions the prevailing arguments that translate mobility into autonomy and agency. She compares this constrained state with what she calls 'Transformational mobility' or freedom in the real sense, a state of non-domination. The pathways to autonomy of women are fraught with several challenges which can be addressed with better understanding of the underlying gender norms, which this book attempts to unravel. The book is a must-read for anyone working in the field of development and gender.' Aasha Kapur Mehta, Institute for Human Development, New Delhi'The work on Mobility as Capability reflects on a wide range of issues, enhancing our understanding of mobility, autonomy, and agency, and the intersectionality in the context of gender and work. Situating informal work by women in some of the dynamic activities in Kerala the volume envisages women's work mobility as an indicator of autonomy and agency in terms of capability approach. The work displays commendable originality and innovative thinking, which will stir our reasoning and encourage future research in this direction to help policy initiatives happen in an effective manner.' Arup Mitra, Institute of Economic Growth, New DelhiTable of ContentsList of Tables; List of Figures; 1. Transformational Mobility as Capability; 2. Reflections on Transformational Mobility, Autonomy and Women's Work; 3. Women in 'Kerala Model': Myths and Realities; 4. Situating Informal Work by Women in Fisheries in Kerala; 5. 'Measuring Mobility' of Women: Unravelling the 'Explicit' and the 'Implicit'; 6. Pathways to Transformational Mobility of Women Workers: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis; 7. 'Subordinating Self': 'Maneuvering Patriarchy' among Women Workers; 8. Self Categorisation, Group Identity and Agency among Women Fish Vendors; 9. Transformational Mobility: From Individual to Collective Agency of Informal Women Workers; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisInpatriates have become an important means of knowledge transfer within multinational companies. As such, the authors of Expatriates: Perspectives and Challenges of the 21st Century attempt to extract information regarding the knowledge transfer processes and inpatriates'' behavioral patterns. To provide a rich understanding of these processes from the inpatriates'' perspective, critical incidents reported by 22 inpatriates are content-analyzed. The expansion of expatriates has been associated with multinational corporations'' offshore production strategies. As livable built environments can attract and retain these expatriate workers in the host city, this compilation investigates how foreign direct investment flows are associated with human capital flows in a case study of Koreans in Suzhou, China. The concluding chapter discusses how, despite corporate globalization and the evolution of technology over the last 2 decades, we have observed a continuous increase in the number of employees deployed on international assignment. In fact, according to Finaccord, expatriate growth has been at a compound annual rate of 5.8% since 2013 and by 2021 the number forecast is 87.5 million. Since scholastic study abroad programs are now included in the curriculum of most post-secondary schools it is no surprise that 8.5% of expatriates are in this sector.

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Book SynopsisThis work covers all major areas which have had a destructive impact against America''s business/manufacturing job market. Strategy and techniques are clearly described, indentified and detailed for rebuilding America''s full time permanent job market.

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Book SynopsisAs the members of the "baby boom" generation -- people born between 1946 and 1964 -- approach retirement, the demographic profile of the U.S. workforce will undergo a substantial shift: a large number of older workers will be joined by relatively few new entrants to the labour force. According to the Census Bureau, while the number of people between the ages of 55 and 64 will grow by about 11 million between 2005 and 2025, the number of people who are 25 to 54 years old will grow by only 5 million. This trend could affect economic growth because labour force participation begins to fall after age 55. In 2007, 91% of men and 75% of women aged 25 to 54 participated in the labour force. In contrast, just 70% of men and 58% of women aged 55 to 64 were either working or looking for work in 2007. The rate of employment among persons age 55 and older is influenced by general economic conditions, eligibility for Social Security benefits, the availability of health insurance, and the prevalence and design of employer-sponsored pensions. Labour force participation among people 55 and older may, for example, be affected both by the trend away from defined-benefit pension plans that offer a monthly annuity for life to defined contribution plans that typically pay a lump-sum benefit. The declining percentage of employers that offer retiree health insurance also may result in more people continuing to work until they are eligible for Medicare at 65.

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Book SynopsisThe economy is recovering from the recession, but employers are still having difficulty filling certain jobs. The Department of Labor''s (DOL) Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Adult and Dislocated Worker programs are designed to help jobseekers find employment and to help employers find the skilled workers they need. This book addresses how local workforce areas have identified occupations that are in demand and how they have guided participants toward training for them; and what challenges local workforce areas have faced in helping employers fill certain jobs.

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Book SynopsisWorkers'' compensation insurance covers nearly all workers in the U.S. and provides those who are injured or become ill as a result of work with medical treatment, a portion of lost wages, and a lump sum for some permanent impairments. Nonetheless, there are limitations to conducting studies that rely on workers'' compensation records since not all injuries and illnesses result in claims being filed. Furthermore, the data that are collected are not readily combined if obtained from multiple sources since requirements vary substantially among the states. This book was written to help describe elements of the workers'' compensation insurance programs in the U.S. and the potential to utilise the records for public health purposes. This book also focuses on several key policy issues facing the program, including the disproportionate share of claims and program costs attributed to postal workers, the payment of FECA benefits after retirement age, the overall level of FECA disability benefits as compared with those offered by the states, and the administration of the FECA program.

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Book SynopsisHow can federal programs support low-income and low-skilled individuals find and keep employment? Searching for a job is a universal experience for nearly all Americans, but for some low-income and low-skilled individuals, job search may be especially difficult. To support these individuals as they look for employment, many federal programs offer short-term and relatively low-intensity services, known as job search assistance. This book describes an overarching framework for thinking about job search assistance programs, including an overview of service delivery methods, key program components, and the steps that make up the job search process. This book also reviews research related to the relative effectiveness of various job search methods and the components of job search assistance (JSA) programs, including federally-funded programs. The book provides an overview of current JSA programs and the existing literature related to JSA, with a focus on low-income and disadvantaged workers and heads of households.

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Book SynopsisJob satisfaction is a central concept in work and organizational psychology as it is associated with important individual as well as organizational outcomes. Work is the number one activity that occupies most of adults'' waking time. Being satisfied with one''s job, which is defined as a pleasurable or positive emotional state resulting from the appraisal of one''s job or job experience, is related to important work-related and health-related outcomes (e.g., higher job performance, organizational commitment, organizational citizenship behavior, life satisfaction, lower absenteeism and lower counterproductive work behavior). This book discusses determinants of job satisfaction as well as workplace implications and the impact job satisfaction has on the psychological well-being of individuals.

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Book SynopsisLabour market differences among the race and ethnicity groups are associated with many factors, not all of which are measurable. These factors include variations across the groups in educational attainment; the occupations and industries in which the groups work; the geographic areas of the country in which the groups are concentrated, including whether they tend to reside in urban or rural settings; and the degree of discrimination encountered in the workplace. This book describes the labor force characteristics and earnings patterns among the largest race and ethnicity groups living in the United States -- Whites, Blacks, Asians, and Hispanics -- and provides detailed data through a set of supporting tables. The book also includes a limited amount of data for American Indians and Alaska Natives and for Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders, people who are of Two or More Races, detailed Hispanic ethnicity and, for the first time, detailed Asian groups. This book also discusses minimum wage worker characteristics from 2013.

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Book SynopsisWomen''s participation in labor force activities has greatly expanded since the end of World War II. Immediately following the war, less than one-third of women were in the labour force. However, women soon began to participate in greater numbers, and their labor force participation rose rapidly from the 1960s through the 1980s before slowing in the 1990s. By 1999, women reached the peak of their labor force participation, 60 percent. Since then, however, labor force participation among women has declined. Nonetheless, women''s labor force participation remains relatively high by historical standards, particularly among women with children, and a large share of women work full time and year round. This book presents historical and recent labor force and earnings data for women and men from the Current Population Survey (CPS). It examines statistical data and a view of female self-employment of working women in the United States.

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Book SynopsisRecent incidents, including the collapse of a factory building in Bangladesh, have highlighted poor working conditions overseas. According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), millions of children worldwide are engaged in labour that hinders their development. The Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) provides technical assistance mainly through international and nongovernmental organisations to improve working conditions by supporting worker rights and combating child labour. This book examines how ILAB develops its technical assistance projects; how ILAB selects recipients of its funding; and how the Department of Labor manages its grant award documentation.

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Book SynopsisThis book analyses the regulations and outcomes of labor markets. Chapter One studies the minimum wage effects on selectivity and job specialisation by using a matching model in which agents are horizontally differentiated and where the nature of jobs is endogenous. It discusses the interactions between public policies and a firms'' technological choice. Chapter Two answers the question of whether labor market models should be unrealistic and false, or realistic and true. The third chapter focuses on occupational welfare in Denmark.

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Book SynopsisWomen make up almost half of the nation''s workforce, yet research shows that they continue to hold a lower percentage of corporate board seats compared to men. Research highlights advantages to gender diverse boards, and some countries have taken steps to increase board gender diversity. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requires companies to disclose certain information on board diversity. This book examines the representation of women on boards of U.S. publicly-traded companies and factors that may affect it; and selected stakeholders views on strategies for increasing representation of women on corporate boards. Furthermore, this book discusses women in combat, and includes a discussion of the impact of women in Congress as well as historical information.

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Book Synopsis"The poems in Millrat are full of blessed and flawed humanity, based on author Michael Casey’s experience working in a textile mill in Lowell, Massachusetts, in the 1960s. This is a 25th anniversary edition of the book, with additional poems plus commentary by early reviewers and contemporary writers. The book gained national attention when first released in 1996. Poet Michael Casey writes, “My writing about the mills stemmed from the jobs during summers from college, undergrad school at the Lowell Technological Institute (LTI, now University of Massachusetts, Lowell) and then later when on leave from the State University of New York in Buffalo. A friend told me not to give the phony impression that the jobs there were at that time my career. Mention that here in compliance. I did not always work at a textile mill but for a book’s setting in Lowell, the textile mill was appropriate. Lowell was where the other American revolution began. History. The Industrial Revolution. For any writer at any time you are apt to write about what you are doing. I have to say think of Robert Frost and apple picking or Fred Voss at the airplane factory and writing about factory work is not restricted to men. I can recommend here the wonderful books by Inez Holden. Author Jeanne Schinto wrote in The Nation magazine: “In 1972, when Michael Casey was twenty-four, he won the Yale Younger Poets award with a book called Obscenities. Stanley Kunitz called it “the first significant book of poems written by an American to spring from the war in Vietnam.” . . . “Casey didn’t see action in Vietnam; he was in the military police, assigned to the highway patrol and gate-guard duty. So it’s no wonder that very little of Obscenities is about combat; instead, many of the poems illuminate the Army’s pecking order and its hyper-logical nonsense. In Millrat, Casey explores the mill hierarchy, at times even more complex than the military’s, since the rules there are less rigid and the consequences of disobeying them less certain. You may not lose your job, but you may lose face, which is often more valued. . . .” Poet Helena Minton says, “Michael Casey’s Millrat, first published twenty-five years ago by Adastra Press in western Massachusetts, is a novel distilled, spoken in a series of distinctly American voices. These laconic, but visceral poems, with their blunt language, immerse us in the world of a textile mill, featuring characters whose mishaps, trials and escapades sometimes land them “on the outside lookin in.” “In deceptively simple, yet startlingly original lines, Casey uses true sleight-of-hand. The job at the mill involves heavy machinery, dangerous chemicals and working with others who can’t be counted on for much of anything. Even moments of downtime—at the coffee truck, a softball game, a picnic, or signing up for the company betting pool, with its byzantine rules—are fraught with complications. On first reading, we might be tempted look at the world of the millrat as absurd, but it is all too real, and we laugh at our own peril. Thanks to Loom Press, Millrat will remain in print. It already has the feel of a classic, and should be widely read and re-read."

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Book SynopsisAs the world emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, this book explores current migration and integration challenges. Against the background of long-term migration trends, it asks whether the pandemic has changed the patterns observed, transformed the circumstances international migrants face at destination or whether the opportunities and challenges for integration have been altered. Twenty-four researchers have contributed to this volume with research attention on how COVID-19 has affected transnationalism and identity, labour market employment, and impacted the discrimination of migrants in a variety of ways. Loyalties and tensions created by the need to include also hesitant migrant groups in vaccination programmes are explored. The role of cosmopolitanism and welfare chauvinism in narratives on inward migrations flows, the stance of trade unions on migration, the complexities of implementing return policies, and the challenges faced by unaccompanied refugee youth from Afghanistan are also discussed.Table of ContentsIntroduction to Migration and Integration in a Post-pandemic World.The Shape of Things to Come: International Migration in the 21st X Century.New Perspectives on Migrant Transnationalism in the Pandemic Era.Cosmopolitanism and Welfare Chauvinism in Sweden.Binds and Bridges to Protection in Crisis: The Case of Unaccompanied Refugee Youth from Afghanistan in Sweden.The Tricky Thing of Implementing Migration Policies: Insights from Return Policies in Sweden.Migration, Trade Unions and the Re-making of Social Inclusion: The Case of Territorial Union Engagement in France, Italy and Spain.Swedish Trade Unions and Migration: Challenges and Responses.Unemployed Marginalised Immigrant Women: Work Integrating Social Enterprises as a Possible Solution.Skill Requirements and Employment of Immigrants in Swedish Hospitality.Ethnic Discrimination During the Covid-19 Pandemic.Model Minority and Honorary White? Structural and Individual Accounts on Being Asian in Sweden.Loyalty and Integration among Young Adults with Minority Backgrounds in Norway.Immigrant Integration and Vaccine Hesitancy among Somali Immigrants in Stockholm.Conclusion to Migration and Integration in a Post-pandemic World.

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Book SynopsisThis book takes a close look at the interrelated phenomena of international business migrants and rural migrant workers in Shanghai. Through separate case studies it observes them in parallel and sheds light on the spatial implications of both groups' migrant status. The authors' uncovering of harsh and inadequate living and working conditions affecting rural migrant workers in the construction industry in Shanghai leads to the development of a concept of "Fair Building", a socially-conscious architecture that calls for accountability in ensuring that stakeholders involved in the construction process contribute to a sustainable urbanization.

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