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Cover Global Youth Unemployment
Global Youth Unemployment
History, Governance and Policy
Ross Fergusson and Nicola Yeates
This timely book introduces a fresh perspective on youth unemployment by analysing it as a global phenomenon. Ross Fergusson and Nicola Yeates argue that only by incorporating analysis of the dynamics of the global economy and global governance can we make convincing, comprehensive sense of these developments. The authors present substantial new evidence spanning a century pointing to the strong relationships between youth unemployment, globalisation, economic crises and consequent harms to young people’s social and economic welfare worldwide. The book notably encompasses data and analysis spanning the Global South as well as the Global North.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
20 Apr 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789900422
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Sociology, Social Policy and Education 2021
Cover Research Handbook on Development and the Informal Economy
Research Handbook on Development and the Informal Economy
Editor: Jacques Charmes
This Research Handbook on Development and the Informal Economy captures the magnitude of the informal economy for the global labour force. It unravels numerous concepts, definitions and methods of data collection to offer valuable insight into the differences between the informal, non-observed and shadow economies.
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Handbook
Publication Date:
18 Sep 2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788972802
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Social and Political Science 2020
Cover Industrial Relations in Emerging Economies
Industrial Relations in Emerging Economies
The Quest for Inclusive Development
Editors: Susan Hayter and Chang-Hee Lee
This book examines industrial and employment relations in the emerging economies of Brazil, China, India, South Africa and Turkey, and assesses the contribution of industrial relations institutions to inclusive development. The book uses real-world examples to examine the evolution of industrial relations and of organised interest representation on labour issues. It reveals contested institutional pathways, despite a continuing demand for independent collective interest representation in labour relations.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
07 Apr 2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788114387
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Economics 2018
Cover Handbook on In-Work Poverty
Handbook on In-Work Poverty
Editors: Henning Lohmann and Ive Marx
There has been a rapid global expansion of academic and policy attention focusing on in-work poverty, acknowledging that across the world a large number of the poor are ‘working poor’. Taking a global and multi-disciplinary perspective, this Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of current research at the intersection between work and poverty.
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Handbook
Publication Date:
26 Jan 2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781784715632
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Social and Political Science 2018
Cover Regulating for Equitable and Job-Rich Growth
Regulating for Equitable and Job-Rich Growth
Editors: Colin Fenwick and Valérie Van Goethem
This book offers a critical reflection on the operation and effects of labour regulation. It articulates the broad goals and extensive potential for it to contribute to inclusive development, while also considering the limits of some areas of regulation and governance.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
29 Dec 2017
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788112673
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Economics 2017
Cover Labour Markets, Institutions and Inequality
Labour Markets, Institutions and Inequality
Building Just Societies in the 21st Century
Editor: Janine Berg
Labour market institutions, including collective bargaining, the regulation of employment contracts and social protection policies, are instrumental for improving the well-being of workers, their families and society. In many countries, these institutions have been eroded, whilst in other countries they do not exist at all.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
30 Jan 2015
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781784712105
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Economics 2015
Cover Gendered Lives
Gendered Lives
Gender Inequalities in Production and Reproduction
Editors: Jacqueline Scott, Shirley Dex, and Anke C. Plagnol
The focus of the book is on inequalities in production and reproductive activities, as played out over time and in specific contexts. It examines the different forms that gendered lives take in the household and the workplace, and explores how gender equalities may be promoted in a changing world. Gendered Lives offers many novel and sometimes unexpected findings that contribute to new understandings of not only the causes of gender inequalities but also the ongoing implications for economic well-being and societal integration.
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Monograph Book
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31 May 2012
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781849806275
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Social And Political Science 2012
Cover Immigration and Nation Building
Immigration and Nation Building
Australia and Israel Compared
Editors: Andrew Markus and Moshe Semyonov
This insightful study explores the growth of the two largest post-industrial immigrant nations since the Second World War – Australia and Israel. Almost one in four Australians were born outside the country, more than one in three Israelis.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
28 Dec 2010
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781849806190
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Social And Political Science 2010 and before
Cover Gender Inequalities in the 21st Century
Gender Inequalities in the 21st Century
New Barriers and Continuing Constraints
Editors: Jacqueline Scott, Rosemary Crompton, and Clare Lyonette
Both women and men strive to achieve a work and family balance, but does this imply more or less equality? Does the persistence of gender and class inequalities refute the notion that lives are becoming more individualised? Leading international authorities document how gender inequalities are changing and how many inequalities of earlier eras are being eradicated. However, this book shows there are new barriers and constraints that are slowing progress in attaining a more egalitarian society. Taking the new global economy into account, the expert contributors to this book examine the conflicts between different types of feminisms, revise old debates about ‘equality’ and ‘difference’ in the gendered nature of work and care, and propose new and innovative policy solutions.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
31 Mar 2010
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781849805568
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Social And Political Science 2010 and before
Cover The Working Poor in Europe
The Working Poor in Europe
Employment, Poverty and Globalization
Editors: Hans-Jürgen Andreß and Henning Lohmann
For a long time in-work poverty was not associated with European welfare states. Recently, the topic has gained relevance as welfare state retrenchment and international competition in globalized economies has put increasing pressures on individuals and families. This book provides explanations as to why in-work poverty is high in certain countries and low in others.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
30 Sep 2008
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781848443761
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Social And Political Science 2010 and before