New books in economics
J - Labor and Demographic Economics

• Ageing labour forces : promises and prospects / ed. by Philip Taylor. -
  Cheltenham [u.a.] : Elgar, c 2008. - IX, 227 S. : graph. Darst.
  ISBN 1-8454-2425-5=978-1-8454-2425-1 (hbk.)
  Schlagworte: Bevölkerungsentwicklung / Alternde Bevölkerung / Ältere Arbeitskräfte / Arbeitsbedingungen / Arbeitsmarktpolitik / Industriestaaten
  Standort: B 355522
• Bowe, John: Nobodies : modern American slave labor and the dark side of the new global economy / John Bowe. -
  1. ed. - New York, NY : Random House, c 2007. - XXII, 304 S.
  Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-282) and index
  ISBN =978-1-400-06209-6
  Schlagworte: Sklaverei / Globalisierung / Zwangsarbeit / Schwarzarbeit / USA
  Standort: B 355782
• Global unions : challenging transnational capital through cross-border campaigns / ed. by Kate Bronfenbrenner. -
  Ithaca, NY [u.a.] : ILR Press, 2007. - XI, 261 S. : graph. Darst.
  (Frank W. Pierce memorial lectureship and conference series ; 13)
  Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-248) and index. - Enth. 10 Beitr. - Beating global capital : a framework and method for union strategic corporate research and campaigns / Tom Juravich -- "Due diligence" at APM-Maersk : from Malaysian industrial dispute to Danish cross-border labor campaign / Peter Wad -- Indian labor legislation and cross-border solidarity in historical context / Ashwini Sukthankar and Kevin Kolben -- Struggle, perseverance, and organization in Sri Lanka's export processing zones / Samanthi Gunawardana -- Organizing in the banana sector / Henry Frundt -- Dockers versus the directives : battling port policy on the European waterfront / Peter Turnbull -- Going national or European? : local trade union politics within transnational business contexts in Europe / Valeria Pulignano -- Labor-community coalitions, global union alliances, and the potential of SEIU's global partnerships / Amanda Tattersall -- International framework agreements : opportunities and challenges for global unionism / Dimitris Stevis and Terry Boswell -- Beyond workers' rights : transnational corporations, human rights abuse, and violent conflict in the global South / Darryn Snell
  ISBN 0-8014-7391-8=978-0-8014-7391-3
  Schlagworte: Internationale Gewerkschaft / Gewerkschaftspolitik / Gewerkschaftsbewegung / Arbeiterbewegung / Globalisierung / Multinationales Unternehmen / Welt
  Standort: B 355640
• Growing the virtual workplace : the integrative value proposition for telework / Alain Verbeke; Robert Schulz; Nathan Greidanus; Laura Hambley. -
  Cheltenham [u.a.] : Elgar, 2008. - XI, 261 S. : graph. Darst.
  Includes bibliographical references and index. - Introduction -- Telework impacts: the employee perspective -- Telework impacts: the organizational perspective -- Telework impacts: the societal perspective -- Telework tracking: the employee perspective -- Telework tracking: the organizational perspective -- Telework tracking: the societal perspective -- Telework implementation: the employee perspective -- Telework implementation: the organizational perspective Telework implementation: the societal perspective -- Telework adoption : an employee perspective -- Telework adoption: an organizational perspective -- Telework adoption: a societal perspective
  ISBN =978-1-8472-0389-2
  Schlagworte: Telearbeit
  Standort: B 355768
• Kirkegaard , Jacob Funk: Accelerating decline in America's high-skilled workforce : implications for immigration policy / Jacob Funk Kirkegaard. -
  Washington, DC : Peterson Inst. for Internat. Economics, 2007. - XI, 132 S. : graph. Darst.
  (Policy analyses in international economics ; 84)
  ISBN =978-0-88132-413-6
  Schlagworte: Hochqualifizierte Arbeitskräfte / Ausländische Arbeitskräfte / Arbeitsnachfrage / Internationale Arbeitsmobilität / Migrationspolitik / Einwanderungsrecht / USA
  Standort: B 355632
• Migranten in Deutschland : Statistiken - Fakten - Diskurse / Helena Flam (Hg.) und das Leipziger Forschungsteam: Björn Carius ... -
  Konstanz : UVK Verl.-Ges., 2007. - 321 S. : graph. Darst.
  (Wissen und Studium : Sozialwissenschaften)
  Literaturverz. S. 298 - 314. - Enth. 10 Beitr.
  ISBN 3-89669-672-6=978-3-89669-672-4
  Schlagworte: Migranten / Soziale Integration / Ethnische Diskriminierung / Einwanderung / Soziologie / Deutschland
  Standort: A 252707
• Moses, Gary: Rural moral reform in nineteenth-century England : the crusade against adolescent farm servants and hiring fairs / Gary Moses.
  With a foreword by Alun Howkins. - Lewiston, NY [u.a.] : Mellen, 2007. - IX, 247 S. : Kt.
  Includes bibliographical references (S. [233] - 243) and index. - Introduction -- East Riding farm servants c. 1840-1880 -- Bargaining at hiring fairs c. 1850-1880 -- Hiring fairs and popular recreation -- The church critique of hiring fairs and farm service -- Reforming hiring fairs and farm service c 1850-1880 -- Conclusion
  ISBN 0-7734-5277-X=978-0-7734-5277-0
  Schlagworte: Landwirtschaftsberufe / Arbeitsnachfrage / Arbeitsmarkt / Wirtschaftsethik / Agrargeschichte / Feudalismus / Ländliche Armut / Yorkshire / Großbritannien
  Standort: B 355651
• Myers, Dowell: Immigrants and boomers : forging a new social contract for the future of America / Dowell Myers. -
  New York, NY : Russell Sage Foundation, c 2007. - XVIII, 356 S. : graph. Darst.
  Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-342) and index. - Knowing and making the future -- Demographic transition in California and the United States -- A dismal future? : the outlook in the early transition period -- California turnaround : a renewed basis for optimism -- Immigrant upward mobility : support for a more hopeful future -- The political lag during the demographic transition -- An evolving social contract with many strands -- Rediscovering the intergenerational social contract for the twenty-first century -- Growing the new skilled workforce and middle-class taxpayer base -- Sharing the American dream : the linked interests of older home sellers and younger home buyers
  ISBN 0-87154-636-1=978-0-87154-636-4
  Schlagworte: Einwanderung / Bevölkerungsentwicklung / Bevölkerungsstruktur / Migrationspolitik / Sozialvertrag / USA
  Standort: B 355766
• Seidman, Gay W.: Beyond the boycott : labor rights, human rights, and transnational activism / Gay W. Seidman. -
  New York, NY : Russell Sage Foundation, c 2007. - XVI, 176 S. : graph. Darst.
  (American Sociological Association's Rose series in sociology)
  A study of the impact of the Sullivan Code in South Africa, the Rugmark social labeling effort in the Indian handwoven carpet industry, and the COVERCO monitoring of the Guatemalan apparel industry. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Citizens, markets, and transnational labor activism -- Labor rights as human rights -- Monitoring multinationals : lessons from the anti-apartheid era -- Social labels, child labor, and monitoring in the Indian carpet industry -- Constructing a culture of compliance in Guatemala -- Citizenship at work
  ISBN =978-0-87154-761-3
  Schlagworte: Arbeiterbewegung / Internationale Sozialstandards / Menschenrechte / Arbeitsbedingungen / Jugendarbeitsschutz / Multinationales Unternehmen / Corporate Social Responsibility / USA / Entwicklungsländer / Indien
  Standort: B 355667
• Unequal chances : ethnic minorities in Western labour markets / ed. by Anthony F. Heath ... -
  Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford Univ. Press, 2007. - XIII, 715 S. : graph. Darst.
  (Proceedings of the British Academy ; 137)
  Enth. 15 Beitr.
  ISBN 0-19-726386-0=978-0-19-726386-0 (hbk.)
  Schlagworte: Internationale Arbeitsmobilität / Ethnische Diskriminierung / Arbeitsmarktdiskriminierung / Einkommensverteilung / Soziale Ungleichheit / Industriestaaten
  Standort: B 355381
• Women and labour organizing in Asia : diversity, autonomy and activism / ed. by Kaye Broadbent and Michele Ford. -
  London [u.a.] : Routledge, 2008. - XVII, 174 S.
  (Women in Asia series)
  Enth. 10 Beitr.
  ISBN =978-0-415-41315-2
  Schlagworte: Frauenerwerbstätigkeit / Arbeitsorganisation / Gewerkschaft / Asien
  Standort: B 355511