In this new volume from the International Food Policy Research Institute, economists, demographers, sociologists, and anthropologists collaborate in the study of how resources are allocated within households in developing countries and why it matters from a policy perspective. S…
"Work and Family - Allies or Enemies? offers a fresh new lens for viewing the real struggles that business professionals face in their daily battle to find ways of "getting a life" and "having it all." Based on a pioneering study that surveyed more than 800 business professional…
Looking for accurate, up-to-date data on development issues? 'World Development Indicators' is the World Bank's premier annual compilation of data about development. This indispensable statistical reference allows you to consult over 800 indicators for more than 150 economies an…
Textbook on the theory and methodology of rank correlation statistical analysis and probability - includes a bibliography pp. 167 to 171 and statistical tables.
Report on a research project aimed at the development and experimentaltesting of organizational innovations and their impacts on workers participation in four enterprises in Sweden - covers job enrichment and the formation of semi-autonomous group work units, etc. Diagrams, refe…
Reference book on contract preparation with regard to data processing in the USA - constitutes a guide to the structure, contents and negotiation of contracts, and covers feasibility studies, costs and charges, legal aspects, etc. Diagram and statistical tables.
History, working class, proletarianization, labour market segmentation, USA, since 1820 - industrial growth, capital formation, capital worker ratio, production relations, working conditions, labour movement, strikes, discrimination, trade unionism, labour policy. Bibliography, …
"Japan has a healthy population compared with the rest of the world, yet the Japanese pay relatively little for medical care. This book analyzes how Japan's health-care system works and how it came into being. Although the authors discuss the drawbacks to Japan's stringent cost-…
Survey report on sociological aspects of social integration of migrant workers in existing social structures in France, Germany, Federal Republic, the UK and Switzerland - formulates a socialist theory relating to position in the working class, human relations and labour relatio…
Borders in Cyberspace investigates issues arising from national differences in law, public policy, and social and cultural values in light of the emerging global information infrastructure. The contributions include detailed analyses of some of the most visible issues, including…
""Globalization" has become a loaded term. Should we in the West believe, literally, that trade with poor nations can be blamed for our "impoverishment"? In this book, Daniel Cohen claims that there is practically no foundation for such an alarmist position. We need to reverse t…
"The main thesis of the book is that the welfare state cannot have a sustainable future, given the overburdened state budget, unless it is managed by a strategic planning process. The book deals, moreover, with the new emergence of a nonprofit private sector that feeds a kind of…
In this book the author examines and ultimately rejects the conventional economic view that workers who have more dangerous jobs accept their risks voluntarily and are compensated through higher wages. In doing so, he attacks widely used techniques for assigning a monetary value…
Comparison of the economies of Ghana, the Gambia, and the nine French speaking African countries of West Africa, with particular reference to the role of European foreign investment therein - covers the historical impact of colonialism on economic development, the dependence on …
Focuses on the period from 1980 to 1990.
Evaluates a research programme of the Swedish Work Environment Fund, called "Leadership, Organization and Codetermination," concerning strategies for change and development in working life and the role of active participation in workplace development.
Monograph presenting a case study in social and cultural anthropology of slum populations in the san juan urban area to illustrate the effect of economic growth and social change on poverty-stricken urban populations in Puerto Rico - includes illustrations, references and statis…
"A New York roofer requests payment in cash. A Bogota car mechanic sets up "shop" on a quiet side street. Four Mexican immigrants assemble semiconductors in a San Diego home. A Leningrad doctor sells needed medicine to a desperate patient. All are part of a growing worldwide phe…
Education is a key area for knowledge-based, globalising economies. McMahon develops a new approach for measuring the social benefits of education and finding more cost effective policies.
The past twenty years have been an era of economic disappointment in the United States. They have also been a time of intense economic debate, as rival ideologies contend for policy influence. Above all, they have been the age of the policy entrepreneur - the economic snake-oil …
