Employment & Unemployment
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Writing Unemployment: Worklessness, Mobility, and Citizenship in Twentieth-Century Canadian Literatures
Jody MasonCurrent price €56.69Original price €62.99This landmark study explores the cultural and literary history of unemployment in Canada from the 1920s to the 1970s, which were crucial decades in...
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Profits and Power: Navigating the Politics and Geopolitics of Oil
David A. DetomasiCurrent price €25.65Original price €28.50Oil fuels the global economy and remains a staple of our energy system. Yet, its production and use continue to draw negative criticism, and an inc...
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Employment Conditions of Business in Slovakia
Helena BarancováCurrent price €51.29Original price €56.99Cross-border movement of employees and services creates a very difficult environment for employers entrepreneurs expanding to foreign markets, whi...
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Million Jobs a Year: Case for Planning Full Employment
Andrew GlynCurrent price €12.59Original price €13.99Current price €12.59Original price €13.99Save 10% -
The Passion Economy: The New Rules for Thriving in the Twenty-First Century
Adam DavidsonCurrent price €22.53Original price €26.50'His book injects some grounded, non-jargon-laden reality into the bland corporate-speak around notions of passion, engagement and purpose.' Financ...
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Principles of Macroeconomics: Activist vs. Austerity Policies
Howard J. ShermanCurrent price €64.79Original price €71.99In the years since 2007 the U.S. economy has endured a severe financial crisis, a Great Recession, and continuing heavy unemployment. These events ...
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Against Labor: How U.S. Employers Organized to Defeat Union Activism
University of Illinois PressCurrent price €26.99Original price €29.99Against Labor highlights the tenacious efforts by employers to organize themselves as a class to contest labor. Ranging across a spectrum of unders...
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The Changing Mind: A Neuroscientist''s Guide to Ageing Well
Daniel LevitinCurrent price €14.44Original price €16.99THE NEW YORK TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE ORGANIZED MIND 'Everyone we know needs this remarkable book ... Essential for...
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Investment and Employment Opportunities in China
Jeffrey Yi-Lin ForrestCurrent price €129.59Original price €143.99Presenting the most recent statistical data, Investment and Employment Opportunities in China provides first-of-its-kind coverage of the regional e...
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Women Have Always Worked: A Concise History
Alice Kessler-HarrisCurrent price €19.79Original price €21.99A classic since its original publication, Women Have Always Worked brought much-needed insight into the ways work has shaped female lives and sensi...
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No Justice Without a Struggle: The National Unemployed Workers Movement in the North East of England 1920-1940
Don WatsonCurrent price €23.85Original price €26.50This is a remarkable account of the unemployed movement in North East England in the two decades between the wars. It covers, in an exceptionally c...
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Migrants, Markets, and Mayors: Rising above the Employment Challenge in Africa''s Secondary Cities
World Bank PublicationsCurrent price €41.35Original price €46.99In a rapidly urbanizing world, mayors often see migrants as a burden to their cities' labor markets and a threat to their development. Drawing on n...
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Education, Work and Social Change: Young People and Marginalization in Post-Industrial Britain
L. RussellCurrent price €50.39Original price €55.99Drawing on a longitudinal study of the lives of NEET young people, this book looks beyond dominant discourses on youth unemployment to provide a ri...
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Education, Work and Social Change: Young People and Marginalization in Post-Industrial Britain
L. RussellCurrent price €50.39Original price €55.99Drawing on a longitudinal study of the lives of NEET young people, this book looks beyond dominant discourses on youth unemployment to provide a ri...
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Employee Engagement: A Practical Introduction
Emma BridgerCurrent price €28.79Original price €31.99How can I create engagement strategies that will empower employees to succeed? This book offers a practical resource for developing an effective en...
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Employee Engagement: A Practical Introduction
Emma BridgerCurrent price €71.27Original price €80.99How can I create engagement strategies that will empower employees to succeed? This book offers a practical resource for developing an effective en...
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U.S. Minimum Wage: Issues & Potential Effects of an Increase
Nova Science Publishers IncCurrent price €77.18Original price €82.99Current price €77.18Original price €82.99Save 7% -
Factors in Studying Employment for Persons with Disability: How the Picture can Change
Emerald Publishing LimitedCurrent price €88.39Original price €103.99The current literature regarding employment among persons with disabilities produces research results dependent on definitions of work disability, ...
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Unemployment: Trends, Variables, & Assistance
Nova Science Publishers IncCurrent price €139.49Original price €154.99The unemployment rate has greatly increased since the onset of the recession in December 2007, when it measured 5.0%. The rate peaked at 10.1% in O...
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Income Distribution in the United States: Measures, Trends & Analyses
Nova Science Publishers IncCurrent price €159.29Original price €176.99The distribution of income in the United States features heavily in congressional discussions about the middle class, program funding and effective...
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Minimum Wages: Overview of State Provisions & Federal Policy
Nova Science Publishers IncCurrent price €159.29Original price €176.99The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), enacted in 1938, is the federal legislation that establishes the general minimum wage that must be paid to all...
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Veterans & Employment: Trends & Programs
Nova Science Publishers IncCurrent price €163.79Original price €181.99Veterans'' employment outcomes in the civilian sector are an issue of ongoing congressional interest that has received particular attention during ...
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Degraded Work: The Struggle at the Bottom of the Labor Market
Marc DoussardCurrent price €26.99Original price €29.99Critics on the left and the right typically agree that globalization, the loss of manufacturing jobs, and the expansion of the service sector have ...
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Robots and Immigrants: Who Is Stealing Jobs?
Denny PenchevaCurrent price €30.59Original price €33.99Who steals jobs? Who owns jobs? Focusing on the competitive labour market, this book scrutinises the narratives created around immigration and aut...
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Fintech Explained: How Technology Is Transforming Financial Services
Michael KingCurrent price €66.87Original price €75.99Fintech Explained provides a rigorous, accessible introduction to the landscape of fintech. Michael R. King explains the customer focus, innovation...
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Inside Affirmative Action: The Executive Order That Transformed America''s Workforce
Karin Williamson PedrickCurrent price €49.49Original price €54.99Affirmative action is still a reality of the American workplace. How is it that such a controversial Federal program has managed to endure for more...
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Gigged: The Gig Economy, the End of the Job and the Future of Work
Sarah KesslerCurrent price €15.36Original price €18.50_______'Excellent' Martin Wolf, Financial Times Books of the Year'Essential' Daniel Pink, author of Drive'Wonderful' Martin Ford, author of The Ris...
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Elusive Search for Job Security: A Historical Inquiry into Dismissals in the US Workplace
Matthias BeckCurrent price €191.69Original price €212.99For the majority of employees in the US and elsewhere, their job is by far their most important property; with jobs providing not only a principal ...
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Agricultural Labor in the United States: Considerations & Select Research
Nova Science Publishers IncCurrent price €155.69Original price €172.99This book explores the possible economic implications of large shifts in the supply of foreign-born, hired farm labour that could result from subst...
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High Unemployment: Select Analyses
Nova Science Publishers IncCurrent price €88.19Original price €97.99The rate of unemployment in the United States has exceeded 8 percent since February 2009, making the past three years the longest stretch of high u...
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Wages & Employment: Economics, Structure & Gender Differences
Nova Science Publishers IncCurrent price €203.39Original price €225.99There is little doubt that significant income inequality persists across as well as within countries, and that wage differential exists between mal...
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Technology''s Impact on Employment Opportunities for People with Disabilities: Analysis & Recommendations
Nova Science Publishers IncCurrent price €187.19Original price €207.99This book examines the importance of social media and other information technologies in connecting people to job opportunities. Not surprisingly, d...
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Workforce Investment Act: Skilled Job Fulfillment, Meeting Local Needs & Collaborative Efforts
Nova Science Publishers IncCurrent price €160.88Original price €172.99The economy is recovering from the recession, but employers are still having difficulty filling certain jobs. The Department of Labor''s (DOL) Work...
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Immigration of Temporary Lower-Skilled Workers: Programs, Policies & Considerations
Nova Science Publishers IncCurrent price €88.19Original price €97.99U.S. employers in various industries argue that they need to hire foreign workers to perform lower-skilled jobs, while others maintain that many of...
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American Jobs Act: Outline & Select Provisions
Nova Science Publishers IncCurrent price €68.99Original price €74.99In response to continuing high rates of unemployment and a weak economy, President Obama announced his American Jobs Act on September 8, 2011. As s...
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