Discusses the impact of economic growth on political change in the region and in 11 States from the date of their foundation (or similar significant date) up to 1998.
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Carles Boix shows that an increasingly interdependent world economy and recent technological shocks have exacerbated the dilemmas faced by governments in choosing amongst various policy objectives, like job creation and reducing income inequality.
Monograph analyzing the social status of women in Arab country, with special emphasis on Egypt - considers historical trends in sex discrimination in relation to physical integrity, value systems (religion), social roles (family), the woman worker, etc., and relates the feminist…
Presents the findings of an international comparative study in six European countries, chosen to represent social-democratic, liberal and conservative regimes, of informal work in the areas of child care and elder care in the private houshold, undeclared work, and voluntary work…
Examines the role of the International Labour Organization (ILO) in tackling forced labour in Myanmar. Comments on Myanmar's violations of the Forced Labour Convention 1930 (No. 29). Describes ILO's complaints mechanism and diplomatic strategy during related ILO missions. Conclu…
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Two public health researchers prove that the recent economic crises around the world have had calamitous effects on people's health, citing increases in suicide rates, HIV transmissions, and heart disease during times of bad fiscal policy.
"Focuses on the fastest-growing immigrant populations among "second-tier" metropolitan areas. Examines the changes wrought by these new suburban settlement patterns and provides comparative analysis of immigration trends and local policy responses in these gateways. Case example…
"Indigenous peoples constitute a large and distinct portion of Latin America's population. They are more likely to be poor than any other group. This book documents their socioeconomic situation, and trends over the last decade, and shows that while progress has been achieved in…
Examines the interrelationship between labour market performance and the tax and social security systems through the development of a general equilibrium model called MIMIC (Micro Macro model to analyse the Institutional Context). Simulations cover the period 1987 to 2017.
"An expanded and revised edition of an essential reference work for university libraries, research laboratories, government institutions and consultancies concerned with the environmental sciences."--
"The Global Report 2001 is an assessment of the world's cities and a tool and reference for academics, researchers, planners and public authorities and civil society organizations around the world. The 2001 Report highlights the impacts of globalization in removing barriers and …
Focuses on rurla-to-urban migration of young women serving as domestic workers for urban families in China from fall 1998 up to spring 2000.
Argues that current "common sense" in management forms a historically and culturally specific way of thinking about work and society which is highly unlikely to be appropriate for the 21st century. Considers: some aspects of social relationships in the US in the period 1790-1870…
In contrast to the common image of Cuba as a totalitarian dictatorship, Linda Fuller argues that, as Cuban socialism has matured, important democratic advances also have been made. Tracing the path of reform in the area of workplace democracy in Cuba over the last thirty years, …
Several aspects of the social division of labour and food insecurity in Tanzania 1919-1985 are studied in this book. These range from maize and millet shifting, cultivation of woodland and wooded grassland areas, to government labour policy and the male migrant bachelor wage lab…
"Putnam's work shows how social bonds are the most powerful predictor of life satisfaction. For example, he reports that getting married is the equivalent of quadrupling your income and attending a club meeting regularly is the equivalent of doubling your income. The loss of soc…