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Sustainable Work in Europe
Concepts, Conditions, Challenges
Av Kenneth Abrahamsson, Richard Ennals
Inbunden, 2022
784 kr
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Sustainable Work in Europe brings together a strong core of Swedish workinglife research, with additional contributions from across Europe, and discussionof current issues such as digitalisation, climate change and the Covid pandemic.It bridges gaps between social science and medicine, and adds …
Political Culture, Socialization, Democracy, and Education
Interdisciplinary and Cross-National Perspectives for a New Century
Av Daniel B. German, Henk Dekker m. fl.
Häftad, 2008
711 kr
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This interdisciplinary book has contributions from scholars in the US, the EU, Korea, and Hungary from the fields of political science and education, sociology, communications, social work, and psychology. The major topics are political culture and socialization, education and learning theory, and …
Social Innovation, the Social Economy and World Economic Development
Democracy and Labour Rights in an Era of Globalization
Av Denis Harrisson, György Széll m. fl.
Inbunden, 2009
863 kr
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The world of work and labour is in a permanent transformation affecting the various social groups in the different parts of the world quite unequally. Social innovations, related to the idea of economic progress and well-being, tackle the problems of employment leading to social exclusion and …
Quality of Life and Working Life in Comparison
Inbunden, 2009
882 kr
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The topic on the quality of life and working life in a comparative perspective between Japan and Germany is of high relevance for the sustainability of our societies. The interdisciplinary approaches from the diverse fields of social sciences, i.e. sociology, psychology, economics, political …
Ambivalent Character of Participation
New Tendencies in Worker Participation in Europe
Av Francesco Garibaldo, Volker Telljohann
Inbunden, 2010
1121 kr
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Participation is a social process, which is basically part of an exchange relationship. Thus, it is principally pluralist and ambiguous in its meaning. As a consequence, the reconciliation of voices needs innovative approaches to support balanced participation experiences. The ambivalent character …
Turning to Practice with Action Research
Av Benedicte Brøgger, Olav Eikeland
Inbunden, 2010
1172 kr
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Since the turn of the millennium, various ways of «turning to practice» have resurfaced as major concerns of organisational researchers. And once again, the call is out for relevant and actionable knowledge among management and organisational researchers. This book shows how action research and …
Labour and Sustainable Development
North-South Perspectives
Av Francesco Garibaldo, Dinghong Yi
Inbunden, 2012
942 kr
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This book takes up a critical and realistic perspective on what is happening in China, India and other Asian countries in comparison with Western countries. It avoids hiding problems and difficulties, but communicates a positive message on the possibility to proceed in achieving a better situation. …
Japan’s Transnational Environmental Policies
The Case of Environmental Technology Transfer to Newly Industrializing Countries
Av Rüdiger Kühr
Inbunden, 2011
541 kr
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This study examines Japan’s transnational environmental policy through environmental technology transfer to Newly Industrializing Countries (NICs) in the 1990s. It addresses the ability of Japan to take up the challenges in this transnational sphere. Social scientists differ in their assessment …
Collective Bargaining and Changing Industrial Relations in China.
Lessons from the U.S. and Germany
Av Siqi Luo
Häftad, 2013
804 kr
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This study focuses on the status and prospects of collective bargaining in China based on lessons learned from the post-war United States and Germany. The author regards collective bargaining as a type of core wage regulation that emerged from production regimes at the factory level and from …
E-Political Socialization, the Press and Politics
The Media and Government in the USA, Europe and China
Av Christ´l De Landtsheer, Daniel B. German
Inbunden, 2014
853 kr
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This book examines the state of print and electronic media in the United States of America, Europe, and China. The latest mass communication advances demonstrate that we live in an increasingly media-centric world. The chapters include theoretical and empirical studies that shed light on the …
Doctoral Experiences in Finland
Av Michael Szurawitzki, Jukka M. Krisp
Häftad, 2014
327 kr
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This volume is a collection of essays on the process of obtaining a PhD degree at a Finnish university. The contributors share the common background of coming to Finland from abroad especially for the purpose of taking up PhD studies. They hail from different countries and academic backgrounds and …
Capability Approach and Early Childhood Education Curricula
An Investigation into Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices
Häftad, 2016
657 kr
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This book explores the Capability Approach (CA) as an alternative critical lens through which to regard early childhood education (ECE) curricula. The CA framework is a counter narrative to the narrow instrumentalism that reduces education to a mere process of academic skills acquisition for a …
Greek Labour Relations in Transition in a Global Context
Inbunden, 2015
954 kr
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The book investigates Greek industrial relations in a global context at different periods. Combining sociological, institutional, political and social aspects, it discusses industrial relations from statism that prevailed up to the ‘80s, to policies after the early ‘90s requesting modernisation and …
Making Popular Participation Real
African and International Experiences
Av György Széll, Dasarath Chetty
Inbunden, 2018
716 kr
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The onset of democracy in South Africa provided South Africans with the opportunity to build a truly democratic, non-racial, non-sexist society in which there would be opportunity for all to make material, social and intellectual progress. This vision was enshrined in a Constitution intent on …
Peace, Safety and Security: African Perspectives
Av Nirmala Gopal, Dasarath Chetty m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
699 kr
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The universal quest for peace, safety, and security aptly captured in The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, approved by all United Nations Member States in 2015, serves as a collective outline for peace and prosperity for all citizens globally. Equally entrenched in the 17 UN Sustainable …
Working with Interdisciplinarity in Knowledge Communities
Av Karina Smed, Ana María Macías García m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
499 kr
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This anthology pinpoints how interdisciplinarity can strengthen democratic knowledge communities. The authors show that interdisciplinarity is not only a methodological choice but also a political and cultural stance. It challenges entrenched hierarchies of expertise, creates space for alternative …
New Forms of Work Organisation and Industrial Relations in Southern Europe
Av Francesco Garibaldo, Volker Telljohann
Häftad, 2007
804 kr
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The aim of interconnecting work organisation, innovation and employment provides a defining approach of the European Union to competitiveness. Although there is evidence of the social and economic benefits deriving from processes of organisational innovation and participation there seems to be a …
Dialogue in Working Life Research and Development in Finland
Av Jarmo Lehtonen, Satu Kalliola
Häftad, 2008
586 kr
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This book opens a view into the dialogical methods used in national policy programmes and in local action research projects in Finland. On the basis of versatile academic and facilitator experience the authors shed light on the theoretical-philosophical backgrounds of the methods and analyze the …
Deliberative Multiculturalism in Britain
A Response to Devolution, European Integration, and Multicultural Challenges
Inbunden, 2011
411 kr
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This book addresses the question of cultural pluralism and its implications for citizenship and national identity in post-war Britain. The author examines the role of underlying public philosophies reflected in laws, policies, and institutional arrangements. When a political community faces …
Supra-National Integration and Domestic Economic Growth
The United States and Italy in the Western Bloc Rearmament Programs 1945-1955
Av Simone Selva, Francesco Garibaldo
Inbunden, 2012
521 kr
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Through a detailed reconstruction of American rearmament programs to Italy from the birth of NATO through the implementation of multilateral military assistance during the early 1950s, this research challenges the idea that the end of reconstruction marked a striking American shift from economic …
Older Workers in a Sustainable Society
Av Richard Ennals, Robert H. Salomon
Inbunden, 2011
505 kr
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The challenges of an ageing population and workforce are increasingly recognised by policy makers, managers and workers in many countries. In this book, prominent researchers address these challenges. It deals with health and workability, and gives data and viewpoints on competitive advantages and …
