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Post-Cold War Trading System
Who's on First?
Av Sylvia Ostry
Häftad, 1997
308 kr
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With the ending of the Cold War, the search for a new international and economic order has begun. This text examines the role of key economic power brokers, particularly the USA, in the reconstruction and reconfiguration of an international economy after World War II. The author argues that the US …
You Don't Always Get What You Pay for
The Economics of Privatization
Inbunden, 2000
735 kr
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Today, nearly all public services—schools, hospitals, prisons, fire departments, sanitation—are considered fair game for privatization. Proponents of privatization argue that private firms will respond to competitive market pressures and provide better service at lower cost. While this assertion …
Mixed Signals
U.S. Human Rights Policy and Latin America
Inbunden, 2004
742 kr
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"Nowhere did two understandings of U.S. identity—human rights and anticommunism—come more in conflict with each other than they did in Latin America. To refocus U.S. policy on human rights and democracy required a rethinking of U.S. policy as a whole. It required policy makers to choose between …
Moving Up in the New Economy
Career Ladders for U.S. Workers
Inbunden, 2006
652 kr
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"The United States used to be a country where ordinary people could expect to improve their economic condition as they moved through life. For millions of us, this is no longer the case. Many Americans today have a lower standard of living as adults than they had in their parents' homes as …
New New Deal
How Regional Activism Will Reshape the American Labor Movement
Av Amy B. Dean, David B. Reynolds
Inbunden, 2009
749 kr
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A Century Foundation BookIn A New New Deal, the labor movement leaders Amy B. Dean and David B. Reynolds offer a bold new plan to revitalize American labor activism and build a sense of common purpose between labor and community organizations. Dean and Reynolds demonstrate how alliances organized …
Politics of Voter Suppression
Defending and Expanding Americans' Right to Vote
Av Tova Wang
Inbunden, 2012
298 kr
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The Politics of Voter Suppression arrives in time to assess actual practices at the polls this fall and to reengage with debates about voter suppression tactics such as requiring specific forms of identification. Tova Andrea Wang examines the history of how U.S. election reforms have been …
Mixed Signals
U.S. Human Rights Policy and Latin America
Häftad, 2007
417 kr
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"Nowhere did two understandings of U.S. identity—human rights and anticommunism—come more in conflict with each other than they did in Latin America. To refocus U.S. policy on human rights and democracy required a rethinking of U.S. policy as a whole. It required policy makers to choose between …
New New Deal
How Regional Activism Will Reshape the American Labor Movement
Av Amy B. Dean, David B. Reynolds
Häftad, 2010
298 kr
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A Century Foundation BookIn A New New Deal, the labor movement leaders Amy B. Dean and David B. Reynolds offer a bold new plan to revitalize American labor activism and build a sense of common purpose between labor and community organizations. Dean and Reynolds demonstrate how alliances organized …
New Unionism
Employee Involvement in the Changing Corporation with a New Introduction
Häftad, 1996
400 kr
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In his visionary analysis, Charles Heckscher argues for "associational unionism," a model outside the tradition of American labor law. Rejecting the usual boundary between workers and management, Heckscher defines a genuinely new system of representation that encourages multilateral negotiation …
You Don't Always Get What You Pay for
The Economics of Privatization
Häftad, 2001
429 kr
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Today, nearly all public services—schools, hospitals, prisons, fire departments, sanitation—are considered fair game for privatization. Proponents of privatization argue that private firms will respond to competitive market pressures and provide better service at lower cost. While this assertion …
