"Examines effects of the 2008-09 financial downturn on all workers with particular attention to low-income older workers who stand to suffer the most, often retiring early because of lack of work; discusses the real effects of the stock market decline, falling house prices, and …
"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…
A searing account of George Orwell's experiences of working-class life in the bleak industrial heartlands of Yorkshire and Lancashire, The Road To Wigan Pier is a brilliant and bitter polemic that has lost none of its political impact.
"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 …
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…
This text provides a comprehensive survey of the implications of population ageing, in countries across the world, relative to a range of specific interrelated issues - social security schemes, employer pensions, educational attainment, wage growth and distribution, retirement a…
El Máster Laboratorio de la vivienda del siglo XXI presenta una publicación que recoge buena parte de la metodología y los planteamientos analíticos que ha venido desarrollando desde el curso 2004-2005. Se trata del manual Herramientas para habitar el presente. La vivienda del s…
