Industrial relations, occupational health and safe Books

Since the terrorist attacks on 9/11, the political roles of religious institutions and groups have captured inernational attention. This book examines how religious institutions and organizations in various Asian countries are influencing democratic...

This timely work examines the scale and root causes of terrorism across Southeast Asia, including the role of al-Qaeda's ascendancy in the region. It begins with an overview of the analytical and theoretical framework for discussing the subject...

The implications of globalization for labour are more often asserted than analyzed. This collection, and its companion volume The Global Economy, National States and the Regulation of Labour edited by by Paul Edwards and Tony Elger, seek to remedy this...

The aim of Mechano-Electric Correlations in the Human Physiological System is to present the mechanical and electrical properties of human soft tissues and the mathematical models related to the evaluation of these properties in time, as well as their...

With close attention to the spheres of sport and religion as important sites of moral currency, this book draws on media coverage of major cases of hypocrisy, attending to differing meanings and consequences of hypocrisy within the US, France and Iceland...

In this book, the author argues that a new form of capitalism is emerging at the threshold of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. He asserts that we are in the midst of a transition from democratic capitalism to feudal capitalism and highlights how...

Work Under Capitalism synthesizes recent institutionalist and Marxist ideas about the organization of production, situating production within a social context. Starting with the transaction rather than the individual, it builds upon a coherent theory and...

In Latino Professionals in America, Maria Chávez combines rich qualitative interviews, auto-ethnographic accounts, and policy analysis to explore the converging oppressions that make it difficult for Latinos to become professionals and to envision...

As a product of its time, the call centre utilises new developments in telecommunications and information technology to offer cost-efficient delivery systems for customer care. Efficiency, productivity and flexibility are all embodiments of neoliberal...

The high growth performance of the Indian economy since the launch of economic reforms in the early 1990s has been much lauded. But how much of this growth has made its way to the poor? In a radical assessment ofinclusive growth this book probes the...

This book contains the 9th Inaugural Lecture Series 2018 of the University of Lagos, Nigeria, delivered by Dafe Otobo on 4 July 2018. According to Professor Otobo, “this is a small part in the on-going attempt at placing state policies,...

Le moyen-âge présente un singulier phénomène. La société est assaillie par des maux sans nombre ; une plainte amère et profonde sort de chaque siècle : cette plainte, d'âge en âge, est répétée par l'histoire, et jusqu'à la renaissance, parmi ceux qui...

Master's Thesis from the year 2018 in the subject Sociology - Social System and Social Structure, grade: 4, Stockholm University, language: English, abstract: This study seeks to examine the socio-economic changes experienced in the Kibbutz Amir in...

Diplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich VWL - Arbeitsmarktökonomik, Note: 1,7, Hochschule Schmalkalden, ehem. Fachhochschule Schmalkalden (FB Wirtschaft), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Diplomarbeit untersucht den gegenwärtigen Zustand und die...

Capitalism and Confrontation offers current, original analyses of the crisis in its financial, ecological, and political dimensions and the ways people are fighting back.The contributors, from a variety of scholarly, political, and activist perspectives,...

With the reverberations of the Great Recession still wreaking havoc throughout much of the world, this issue of Alternate Routes brings together articles based on their dedication to critical social research in critical times. Articles range from an...

To plan, build, monitor, maintain, and dispose of products and assets properly, maintenance and safety requirements must be implemented and followed. A lack of maintenance and safety protocols leads to accidents and environmental disasters as well as...

One of the horrors of the capitalist system is that slave labor, which was central to the formation and growth of capitalism itself, is still fully able to coexist alongside wage labor. But, as Karl Marx points out, it is the fact of being paid for one's...

This is the second Images of America book showcasing the rich history of the town of Burrillville. Incorporated in 1806, the town grew in prosperity because of the many woolen mills that sprang up along its rivers and streams. This photographic history...

The book develops a cross-disciplinary paradigm, with economics at its core, to better understand gender in China and women in management in the Chinese business context.

This book provides an effective reference source for the readers involved in investigation workplace accidents and high potential near miss incidents in a single volume. It will an ideal text for professionals and graduate students in the fields of...

The sports agent has become a significant figure in contemporary sports business. Drawing on extensive empirical research into football around the world, this book explains what agents do, how their role has changed, why this is important for future...

In the present age of temp work, telecommuting, and outsourcing, millions of workers in the United States find themselves excluded from the category of "employee"--a crucial distinction that would otherwise permit unionization and collective...

Confusing, inadequate instructions for setting up and using consumer products are not only unhelpful, but potentially dangerous. They may contain wrong information, poor warnings, and no pictures or illustrations. Standards are either non-existent or...

This book provides a penetrating new study of the Labour Party's thinking on international relations, which probes the past, present and future of the party's approach to the international stage. The foreign policy of the Labour Party is not only...

This handbook presents comprehensive theoretical, empirical and historical accounts of the political economy of informal work from the late twentieth century to the present. It examines the rich and varied analysis and critique of the informalization of...

Patients have always been encouraged to be active participants in managing their health. New technologies, cultural shifts, trends in healthcare delivery, and policies have brought the patients' role in healthcare to the forefront. This volume provides a...

This book investigates the world of leading indicators and explores how they can effectively be used, providing the 21st Century safety professionals with alternative metrics and guidance to enable them to make a difference in managing risk within an...

Workplace safety and health (WSH) is an important area of any business or organisation. A serious accident or ill health incident can cause much suffering and distress to workers, co-workers, and the victims' family and friends. In addition, the...

The 6th book in the series, Cape Safety, Inc. - S. H. E. - Safety, Health & Environmental, captures over 50 headline interventions involving the diverse cast of characters better known as the E. H. & S. consultants of C.S.I. Once...

Die Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Politik Hamburg ist schon seit Jahren auf ver­ schiedenste Art und Weise mit dem Thema "Frau" befaßt. Seit 1978 gibt es einzel­ ne Lehrveranstaltungen mit frauenspezifischen Themenstellungen...

Arbeit rur aIle - immer noch eine realistische Perspektive? In den letzten J ahren hat die Arbeitslosigkeit in der Bundesrepublik dramatisch zugenommen; die Zahl der Arbeitslosen liegt gegenwartig im Jahresdurchschnitt bei rund...

Die hier vorgelegte Studie uber Berufsbiographien von Industriearbeitern stutzt sich auf empirisches Material, das im Rahmen eines Forschungsprojektes an der FU Berlin zwischen 1972 und 1974 erhoben wurde. Zwischen 1971 und...

Wer sich mit dem raschen, in allen Bereichen der modernen Gesellschaft in die Augen springenden und in seinen Erscheinungsformen iiberaus vielfaltigen sozialen Wandel befaBt, der wird versucht sein, Bewegungen, die sich...

"Die Arbeitszeit" hat in den letzten Jahren zunehmend Offentliche Beachtung erfah­ reno Mehrere Stromungen trafen hierbei zeitlich zusammen: Traditionelle Bestre­ bungen zur Verkiirzung der Lebensarbeitszeit als ein Element der...