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“martin ruhs”

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  • The Price of Rights

    Regulating International Labor Migration

    by Martin Ruhs ...
    Many low-income countries and development organizations are calling for greater liberalization of labor immigration policies in high-income countries. At the same time, human rights organizations and migrant rights advocates demand more equal rights for migrant workers. The Price of Rights shows why you cannot always have both.Examining labor immigration policies in over forty countries, as well ... Read more

    Was $54.99 CAD Now $36.29 CAD

  • Bridging the Gaps

    Linking Research to Public Debates and Policy Making on Migration and Integration

    Edited by Martin Ruhs, Kristof Tamas, Joakim Palme ...
    What is the use of research in public debates and policy-making on immigration and integration? Why are there such large gaps between migration debates and migration realities, and how can they be reduced? Bridging the Gaps: Linking Research to Public Debates and Policy Making on Migration and Integration provides a unique set of testimonies and analyses of these questions by researchers and ... Read more

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  • Why Unions Matter

    by Michael D. Yates ...
    In this new edition of Why Unions Matter, Michael D. Yates shows why unions still matter. Unions mean better pay, benefits, and working conditions for their members; they force employers to treat employees with dignity and respect; and at their best, they provide a way for workers to make society both more democratic and egalitarian. Yates uses simple language, clear data, and engaging examples to ... Read more

    $15.39 CAD

  • The Leaderless Economy

    Why the World Economic System Fell Apart and How to Fix It

    by Peter Temin, David Vines ...
    A new way to understand financial crises—and a blueprint for tomorrow's recoveryThe Leaderless Economy reveals why international financial cooperation is the only solution to today's global economic crisis. In this timely and important book, Peter Temin and David Vines argue that our current predicament is a catastrophe rivaled only by the Great Depression. Taking an in-depth look at the history ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Co-operatives in a Post-Growth Era

    Creating Co-operative Economics

    Edited by Tom Webb, Sonja Novkovic ...
    For the past three decades, neoclassical doctrine has dominated economic theory and policy. The balance of power has shifted to protect private interests, resulting in unprecedented damage to the environment and society, with no solution in sight as more austerity and less government continues to be posited as the answer to the oncoming waves of crisis.It doesn't have to be this way. Featuring a ... Read more

    $37.09 CAD

  • Globalisation and Emerging Economies

    Brazil, Russia, India, Indonesia, China and South Africa

    by Collective ...
    OECD countries still dominate the world economy, but their share of world trade dropped from 73% in 1992 to 64% in 2005, and some of the world’s most important economies are not members of the OECD. Foremost among these are the so-called BRIICS: Brazil, Russia, India, Indonesia, China and South Africa.This book analyses key elements of the trade performance of the BRIICS in relation to the rest of ... Read more

    $44.99 CAD

  • Chasing the Harvest

    Migrant Workers in California Agriculture

    Edited by Gabriel Thompson ...
    Series series Voice of Witness
    Lives from an invisible community—the migrant farmworkers of the United StatesThe Grapes of Wrath brought national attention to the condition of California’s migrant farmworkers in the 1930s. Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers’ grape and lettuce boycotts captured the imagination of the United States in the 1960s and ’70s. Yet today, the stories of the more than 800,000 men, women, and ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD

  • Labor Standards in International Supply Chains

    Aligning Rights and Incentives

    by Daniel Berliner, Anne Regan Greenleaf, Milli Lake, Margaret Levi, Jennifer Noveck ...
    The authors examine developments in labor standards in global supply chains over the past thirty years, analyzing factors that create challenges and opportunities for improving working conditions. They illustrate the complex dynamics within and among key groups, including brands, suppliers, governments, workers and consumers.Using extended examples from China, Honduras, Bangladesh and the United ... Read more

    $40.79 CAD

  • Breaking Into New Markets: Emerging Lessons For Export Diversification

    by Newfarmer Richard; Shaw William; Walkenhorst Peter ...
    Since the 1950s when countries became concerned that specialization in primary products would lead to steady falls in the purchasing power of primary exports and slow growth, diversifying out of primary products into manufactures has been a major policy objective of developing countries. Indeed, since that time, developing countries generally have become more diversified, but many low income ... Read more

    $27.49 CAD

  • Multimodality, Meaning, and Institutions

    Edited by Markus A. Höllerer, Thibault Daudigeos, Dennis Jancsary ...
    Series Book 54 - Research in the Sociology of Organizations
    The insight that institutions, and the communicative practices that create, sustain, and challenge them, are multimodal accomplishments has garnered increasing attention from scholars in organization and management research over the last decade. Traditional understanding of social knowledge and meaning as being constituted primarily through verbal discourse has been challenged and extended by work ... Read more

    $156.09 CAD

  • Towards Industrial Freedom

    by Edward Carpenter ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals: The Collected Works of Edward Carpenter
    Originally published in 1917 in the midst of World War I, Carpenter argues that industry in pre-war Britain was simply exploitation of labour for private gain and attempts to look toward a future with more socialist values. The papers in this study explore the negative aspects of industrial life and suggest a new outlook with which the United Kingdom can move forward in industry. This title will ... Read more

    $39.84 CAD

  • Comparable Worth

    Theories and Evidence

    Edited by Paula England ...
    Series series Social Institutions and Social Change Series
    This volume provides a detailed description of the situation of women in employment in the early 1990s and considers how sociological and economic theories of labor markets illuminate the gap in pay between the sexes. ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD