Using two cross-national surveys (22 and 18 countries) for the period 1976-1994, examines the effect of female representation on employment and wage protection policy and social policy, on one hand, and on equal wage legislation, on the other.
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Comprises 14 papers. Considers the increase in disability, the efforts towards prevention and rehabilitation, and the need to reconcile the provision of benefits with economic sustainability.
Examines changes in Canada's immigration policies and regulations since 1945, the impact these changes have on immigrant intake, and the roles post-war immigrants and their children have played in Canada's labour force.
USA. Monograph on the nature of management control over the working class through capitalist work organization - illustrates with historical case studies, the failure to establish workers self management, and social implications of automatic control, monopoly, personnel manageme…
Reviews the evolution of the Iranian trade unions from 1906 to 1963 in the political development context. Criticises the removal of trade union leaders from political life by the government autocracy. Affirms the relationship between political development and social and economic…
Monograph on forced labour, expropriation of indigenous landowners and the evolution of the African worker in colonial French-speaking Africa. Covers historical and sociological aspects of colonialism and capitalism in Central Africa, economic and social implications of the Cong…
USA. Textbook on analytical techniques useful in financial management - covers financial statements, forecasting techniques, planning, control, evaluation techniques, capital investment budgeting, estimating investment return, determining financial mix, shareholder dividend poli…
Study of trends in educational needs and the educational system of developed countries and developing countries in the 1970s and 1980s - considers population dynamics, spread of informal education, impact of technological change on educational technology, compression of educatio…
Examines the impact of technology and international trade policy alternatives on mature or declining industries through an examination of the domestic steel industry in the USA. Includes a comparison of international production costs, the trends in production of steel, domestic …
Even though women have made substantial progress in a number of formerly male occupations, sex segregation in the workplace remains a fact of life. This volume probes pertinent questions: Why has the overall degree of sex segregation remained stable in this century? What informa…
This volume deals with the nature of wage determination and the problem of securing an economically appropriate development of money incomes in an open economy over the medium term.
Comparison of the role of Europe, role of USSR, role of Canada and role of Israel in Latin American affairs - analyses the foreign powers' objectives in respect of territoryal interests, defence relations, economic relations, political aspects, etc., examines the means of pursui…
Reference book on quality control principles and techniques - includes diagrams, graphs, illustrations, references and statistical tables.
Reviews the development and implementation of new information technologies in several clerical occupations and sectors, in order to identify its positive and negative consquences for women's employment. Considers the likely size, incidence, nature, and timing of these effects, a…
Women's employment is one of the most widely-discussed and widely-misunderstood issues of modern society. Are women today oppressed, or do they have the best of both worlds? Do women have to go out to work to gain equality with men? Or do they already do more than their share of…
Explores the diverse patterns of part-time work in selected countries of Europe and USA. Concludes that part-time work does equalize women's position vis--vis full time workers, nor does it leave women in part-time jobs wholly marginalized. Instead it shows that part-time jobs p…
"The period 1945-90 is analysed in terms of six main vectors: the interstate system, world production, the world labour force, world human welfare, the social cohesion of states, and the structures of knowledge. The book concludes with two global overviews: one for 1945-1990, an…
This report addresses a number of issues that have surfaced in the debates over the impact of technological change on employment. These issues include the effects of technological change on levels of employment and unemployment within the economy; on the displacement of workers …
Comprises nine essays grouped under three themes: Capitalism and welfare; Comparative social policies and welfare outcomes; and Social policy, the economy and alternative futures.