Sociology: Work & Labour

This title was first published in 2003. Fields traces the origins of recent economic growth in Ireland over a long period of development. In doing ...

This title was first published in 2001. A comparative sociological examination of artisans, exploring historical examples and theoretical reference...

This title was first published in 2001. Addressing a significant gap in existing literature, this book presents a gender-informed analysis of the p...

This title was first published in 2002. Throughout much of the developing world and especially in Africa and Latin America, the informal employment...

This title was first published in 2003. The working poor of the world are observed to engage in long hours in hard jobs and to work more if wages a...

The destruction of the Covid-19 pandemic has marked every society with deep-seated wounds whose scars have only begun to heal. Yet, even as societi...

What fuels capitalism and what stops it from collapsing? Does marketing communications support and sustain the economic and political status quo?Th...

Catholic Labor Movements in Europe narrates the history of industrial labor movements of Catholic inspiration in the period from the onset of World...

The Science of People and Office Design: Planning for Thinking, Discussing and Achieving has been written for practitioners who would like to apply...

The Science of People and Office Design: Planning for Thinking, Discussing and Achieving has been written for practitioners who would like to apply...

Since 1991, the National Research Council, under the auspices of the Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy, has undertaken a program of...

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program is one of the largest examples of U.S. public-private partnerships, and was established in 19...

Since its founding in 1982, the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program has become the largest and most comprehensive public research and...

The extraction of mineral resources provides the raw materials necessary to produce the products and technologies on which the global economy depen...

Today's knowledge economy is driven in large part by the nation's capacity to innovate. One of the defining features of the U.S. economy is a high ...

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs provide federal research and development fundi...

The market for high-skilled workers is becoming increasingly global, as are the markets for knowledge and ideas. While high-skilled immigrants in t...

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs provide federal research and development fundi...

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program is one of the largest examples of U.S. public-private partnerships, and was established in 19...

Recent years have yielded significant advances in computing and communication technologies, with profound impacts on society. Technology is transfo...

Skilled technical occupationsdefined as occupations that require a high level of knowledge in a technical domain but do not require a bachelor's de...

The Manufacturing USA initiative seeks to reinforce U.S.-based advanced manufacturing through partnerships among industry, academia, and government...

Inextricably linked to neoliberal market economies, public relations influence in our promotional culture is profound. Yet many aspects of the prof...

Institutions shape states, society, businesses, and the interactions between them. Understanding how these interactions shape the growth paths of d...