![Temporary Agency Workers in Italy and the UK]( "Temporary Agency Workers in Italy and the UK")
Book
Bertolini, A. (2020)
This book offers a comparative exploration of the various disadvantages experienced by a category of atypical workers compared to standard employees, in the UK and Italy, and …
Available Formats:
Hardcover
eBook
![Governing Social Protection in the Long Term]( "Governing Social Protection in the Long Term")
Book
Ramia, G. (2020)
This book examines the comparative evolution of social protection in Australia and New Zealand from 1890 to the present day, focusing on the relationship between employment …
Available Formats:
Hardcover
eBook
![Trade Union Cooperation in Europe]( "Trade Union Cooperation in Europe")
Book
Furåker, B., Larsson, B. (2020)
This open access book discusses transnational trade union cooperation in Europe – its forms, focuses, conditions, and obstacles. It provides an overview of existing trade union …
Available Formats:
Hardcover
eBook
![Design Thinking and the New Spirit of Capitalism]( "Design Thinking and the New Spirit of Capitalism")
Book
Seitz, T. (2020)
An ethnographic study on Design Thinking, this book offers profound insights into the popular innovation method, centrally exploring how design thinking’s practice relates to the …
Available Formats:
Hardcover
eBook
![Chinese Migrant Workers and Employer Domination]( "Chinese Migrant Workers and Employer Domination")
Book
Siu, K. (2020)
This book explores three major changes in the circumstances of the migrant working class in south China over the past three decades, from historical and comparative perspectives. …
Available Formats:
Hardcover
eBook
![The Social Meaning of Extra Money]( "The Social Meaning of Extra Money")
Book
Naulin, S. (Ed), Jourdain, A. (Ed) (2020)
Why do ordinary people who used to engage in domestic and leisure activities for free now try to make a profit from them? How and why do people commodify their free time? This …
Available Formats:
Hardcover
eBook
![Insecurity, Precarious Work and Labour Markets]( "Insecurity, Precarious Work and Labour Markets")
Book
Choonara, J. (2019)
Precarity is a key theme in political discourse, in media and academic discussions of employment, and within the labour movement. Often, the prevailing idea is of an endless march …
Available Formats:
Softcover
Hardcover
eBook
![The Palgrave Handbook of Workers’ Participation at Plant Level]( "The Palgrave Handbook of Workers’ Participation at Plant Level")
Book
Berger, S. (Ed), Pries, L. (Ed), Wannöffel, M. (Ed) (2019)
Comprising the study, documentation, and comparison of plant-level workers’ participation around the world, this volume meets the challenge of offering a global perspective on …
Available Formats:
Softcover
Hardcover
eBook
![China's White-Collar Wave]( "China's White-Collar Wave")
Book
Jiang, C., Hong, Q. L., Qiu, L. (2019)
This book explores the move from manufacturing towards service industry jobs in China's economic development during the 12th Five-Year Plan period. The service industry now makes …
Available Formats:
Hardcover
eBook
![Trade Unions on YouTube]( "Trade Unions on YouTube")
Book
Jansson, J., Uba, K. (2019)
This open access book investigates how trade unions representing different social classes use YouTube videos for renewal purposes. Information and communication technology has …
Available Formats:
Hardcover
eBook
![Collective Mobilization in Changing Conditions]( "Collective Mobilization in Changing Conditions")
Book
Axelsson, J., Karlsson, J. C., Skorstad, E. J. (2019)
This book presents the first published account in English of Sverre Lysgaard's theory of the ‘worker collectivity’ – a theory of an informal protective organisation among …
Available Formats:
Hardcover
eBook
![Labour in Contemporary Capitalism]( "Labour in Contemporary Capitalism")
Book
Huws, U. (2019)
In this long-awaited book, Ursula Huws brings together the results of decades of prescient research on labour market transformation to provide an authoritative overview of the …
Available Formats:
Hardcover
eBook
![Time, Freedom and the Self]( "Time, Freedom and the Self")
Book
Shir-Wise, M. (2019)
While abundant research has investigated time use, much less attention has been given to the cultural meanings attached to free time and what these may express with regard to …
Available Formats:
Hardcover
eBook
![Creative Hubs in Question]( "Creative Hubs in Question")
Book
Gill, R. (Ed), Pratt, A. C. (Ed), Virani, T. E. (Ed) (2019)
Creative hubs have become a cornerstone of economic and cultural policy with only the barest amount of discussion or scrutiny. This volume offers the first interrogation of …
Available Formats:
Hardcover
eBook
![Stress and Suffering at Work]( "Stress and Suffering at Work")
Book
Loriol, M. (Ed) (2019)
This edited collection explores different strands of social constructionist theory and methods to provide a critique of the prevailing discourse of work stress, and introduces a …
Available Formats:
Hardcover
eBook
![Localized Global Economies on the Northern Borderlands of Mexico and Morocco]( "Localized Global Economies on the Northern Borderlands of Mexico and Morocco")
Book
Trinidad Requena, A. (Ed), Soriano-Miras, R. M. (Ed), Solís, M. (Ed), Kopinak, K. (Ed) (2019)
This comparative study examines the processes of development and the configurations of export industries in northern Morocco and on the northern border of Mexico. As the …
Available Formats:
Hardcover
eBook
Softcover
![Creating the New Worker]( "Creating the New Worker")
Book
Durand, J. (2019)
This book explores the relationship between the changing nature of capitalism and the creation of the new worker. In a changing global economy, work - as the activity that …
Available Formats:
Hardcover
eBook
Softcover
![Digital Entrepreneurship, Gender and Intersectionality]( "Digital Entrepreneurship, Gender and Intersectionality")
Book
Leung, W. (2019)
This book details qualitative research focusing on Internet startups, digital entrepreneurship, race and sex discrimination, and the sharing economy. Addressing the intersections …
Available Formats:
Hardcover
eBook
Softcover
![The Deconstruction of Employment as a Political Question]( "The Deconstruction of Employment as a Political Question")
Book
Serrano-Pascual, A. (Ed), Jepsen, M. (Ed) (2019)
The wide-ranging European perspectives brought together in this volume aim to analyse, by means of an interdisciplinary approach, the numerous implications of a massive shift in …
Available Formats:
Hardcover
eBook
Softcover
![Crossborder Care]( "Crossborder Care")
Book
Bahna, M., Sekulová, M. (2019)
This book analyses the circular migration of care workers in Central Europe using the example of Slovak carers in 24-hour care provision for the elderly in Austria. Challenging …
Available Formats:
Hardcover
eBook
Softcover