Throughout the “New South,” relationships based on race, class, social status, gender, and citizenship are being upended by an influx of Latina/o residents. This book examines these issues as they play out in the microcosm of a community health center in North Carolina that prev…
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Rifkin argues that we are entering a new phase in history characterized by the steady and inevitable decline of jobs, as sophisticated computers, robotics, telecommunications, and other cutting-edge technologies replace human beings in virtually every sector and industry -- from…
Provides a comprehensive introduction to the tourism industry. Discusses, inter alia, supply and demand, economic, social and environmental implications, planning issues, and the role of government.
Discusses hypothetical links between the growth of trade with non-OECD countries and increasing tension in the labour markets of Western Europe, Japan and the USA.
Labour process theory is consolidated in Working Life to develop a credible account of the relationships between capitalist political economy, work systems and the strategies and practices of actors in the employment relationship. Beyond this, the book explores the future of lab…
An essential account of the current employment landscape, Working Life features significant contributions from leading international researchers in the fields of employment, labour relations and organization studies. Following on from the influential Workplaces of the Future an…
Labour process theory is consolidated in 'Working Life' to develop a credible account of the relationships between capitalist political economy, work systems and the strategies and practices of actors in the employment relationship. Beyond this, the book explores the future of l…
Labour process theory is consolidated in 'Working Life' to develop a credible account of the relationships between capitalist political economy, work systems and the strategies and practices of actors in the employment relationship. Beyond this, the book explores the future of l…
"India initiated liberal economic reforms in 1991 to transform a slow-growing, large, inward-oriented, state-led economy into an open, market-led, export-oriented industrialising economy, seeking to emulate the East Asian success story. After nearly three decades, however, the o…
"India initiated liberal economic reforms in 1991 to transform a slow-growing, large, inward-oriented, state-led economy into an open, market-led, export-oriented industrialising economy, seeking to emulate the East Asian success story. After nearly three decades, however, the o…
Forget the old concept of retirement and the rest of the deferred-life plan--there is no need to wait and every reason not to, especially in unpredictable economic times. Whether your dream is escaping the rat race, experiencing high-end world travel, earning a monthly five-figu…
The popularity of neoliberal economic policies is based, in part, on the argument that the liberalization of markets promotes growth and increases employment opportunities for women. Although the latest research bears this out, it also presents a grim portrait of the state of wo…
Examines traditional theories of monopoly capitalism and world systems analysis and puts forward the concept of global capitalism as a new stage in capitalist development during the past 20 years. Presents case studies which illustrate the impact of global capitalism on the stru…