Labour Economics

South Africa's current political upheavals are the most significant since the transition from apartheid. Its powerful trade unions are playing a ce...

Drawing on a longitudinal study of the lives of NEET young people, this book looks beyond dominant discourses on youth unemployment to provide a ri...

Drawing on a longitudinal study of the lives of NEET young people, this book looks beyond dominant discourses on youth unemployment to provide a ri...

This book explores the combination of capital's changing composition and labour's subjective agency to examine whether the waning days of the 'swea...

Latinas on the Line provides a compelling analysis and historical and theoretical grounding of the oral histories, never before seen, of Latina inf...

The poems in Millrat are full of blessed and flawed humanity, based on author Michael Caseys experience working in a textile mill in Lowell, Massac...

Redundancies upend peoples lives, cause enormous stress, and lead to debilitating personal debt. The societal harm caused by mass layoffs has been ...

This open access book intends to contribute to the debate on migrant labour exploitation by exploring the extent to which the EU and the European c...

How can I create engagement strategies that will empower employees to succeed? This book offers a practical resource for developing an effective en...

How can I create engagement strategies that will empower employees to succeed? This book offers a practical resource for developing an effective en...

The creative sector is considered to impact on employment and creative sectors employment growth. Using a fixed effects model with time-lags, evide...

In response to the complexities of social change that have become evident in the 21st century, there is a need for innovation in career theory that...

Three million workers delivered health and social care in the UK in 2019, accounting for a tenth of the workforce. These frontline workers were the...

'Remi Adekoya is a welcome blast of unsentimental rigour into a race debate clogged up with emotion and moralism. His dissection of the economic un...

Transforming the economic lives of people in extreme poverty and vulnerability is a persistent challenge and drives economic inclusion programs wor...

This report puts the creation of more productive and better-paying jobs at the center of country growth strategies, presenting new data revealing h...

The complex and dramatic history of an illegal teachers strike that forever altered labor relations and Minnesota politics   When viewed from our t...

With a new preface and a new epilogue co-written with Jorge Ramirez-Lopez, this updated edition of Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies provides an intimate ...

The 1970s was a golden age for representations of African American life on TV sitcoms: Sanford & Son, Good Times, The Jeffersons. Surprisingly...

The current literature regarding employment among persons with disabilities produces research results dependent on definitions of work disability, ...