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Encyclopedia of American Prisons
Av Marilyn D. McShane, Frank P. Williams
Inbunden, 1996
4781 kr
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Original essays by corrections experts The United States has the lightest incarceration rate in the world and crime is one of the major driving forces of political discourse throughout the country. Information about penal institutions, imprisonment, and prisoners is important to everyone, from …
Asian and Hispanic Immigrant Women in the Work Force
Implications of the United States Immigration Policies since 1965
Inbunden, 1996
2190 kr
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Data from the Current Population Survey were used in a unique analysis of migration and economic adaptation in a nationally representative sample of Asian and Hispanic immigrant women. The study describes migration patterns and compares the labor market adaptation experiences of women who migrated …
Immigrants and Cultural Adaptation in the American Workplace
A Study of Muslim Employees
Inbunden, 1997
2578 kr
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Today's managers must deal with a wide variety of employee differences in ethnic backgrounds, values, lifestyles, and needs. This book presents a model of employee acculturation, investigating how Muslim employees adapt to U.S. national and organizational cultures The study investigates the …
Development and Main Outlines of Rawls's Theory of Justice
Philosophy of Rawls
Av Henry Richardson, Paul Weithman
Inbunden, 1999
3055 kr
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John Rawls is the pre-eminent political philosopher of our time. His 1971 masterpiece, A Theory of Justice, permanently changed the landscape of moral and political theory, revitalizing the normative study of social issues and taking stands about justice, ethics, rationality, and philosophical …
Underemployment Among Asians in the United States
Asian Indian, Filipino, and Vietnamese Workers
Inbunden, 1998
2504 kr
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Contrary to the stereotype which depicts them as economic successes, Asian workers have a high incidence of underemployment when compared to white workers. This book integrates immigration and labor market trends into an analysis of the economic assimilation of Asians in the U.S. It examines four …
Racial Conflicts and Violence in the Labor Market
Roots in the 1919 Steel Strike
Av Cliff Brown
Inbunden, 1998
2578 kr
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This book focuses on community-level race relations during the 1919 Steel Strike, when intense job competition contributed to racial conflict among the nation's steel workers. As the Great Migration brought thousands of black workers to northern cities, their lower labor costs generated racially …
Trade Unions and the Betrayal of the Unemployed
Labor Conflicts During the 1990's
Inbunden, 1998
1562 kr
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This book examines the problematic relationship between unions and the unemployed in New York City during the 1990's. Historically, trade unions in the U.S. have had an interest in the political mobilization of the jobless to expand unemployment insurance and lessen the threat of lower wages, …
Mexican Migration to the United States
The Role of Migration Networks and Human Capital Accumulation
Inbunden, 1999
1562 kr
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Contrary to the thinking of some U.S. policymakers, changing macroeconomic conditions in the both the U.S. and Mexico have little effect on Mexican migration. This book evaluates the importance of family networks and human capital accumulation in the migration decisions of Mexican households.Family …
Assimilation of Immigrants in the U.S. Labor Market
Employment and Labor Force Turnover
Inbunden, 1998
1562 kr
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This book analyzes the labor market adjustment processes of immigrants in the United States. Newly-arrived immigrants earn less, work fewer weeks, and have higher rates of unemployment than native-born workers. After a period of assimilation, these conditions later converge to, and often surpass, …
Race, Space and Youth Labor Markets
Inbunden, 1999
2126 kr
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The purpose of this book is to examine whether physical distance from jobs or racial discrimination in youth labor markets explains a greater part of minority youth’s employment problems. First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
New Labor Radicalism and New York City's Garment Industry
Progressive Labor Insurgents During the 1960s
Inbunden, 1999
2578 kr
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First published in 2000. This study examines how Progressive Labor, an antirevisionist offshoot of the Communist Party USA, attempted to revolutionize the labor front in New York City’s garment industry during the 1960s. An ideologically driven group, whose founders were loyal to Stalinism and …
Immigrant Women's Lives
Weaving Garment Work and Legislative Policy
Inbunden, 1999
2504 kr
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First published in 1999. Driven by the interest of the author this study looks at the lives of immigrant women in central New York who are working in the garment industry in hope that by raising awareness Congress will current review legislation when its highlighted how it affects these women and …
Necessity of Organization
Mary Kenney OOSullivan and Trade Unionism for Women, 1892-1912
Inbunden, 1999
2504 kr
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The Necessity of Organization describes Mary Kenney O'Sullivan's struggle to improve labor conditions through trade unionism. Appointed the first woman organizer for the American Federation of Labor in 1892, she went on to be a co-founder of the Women's Trade Union League, formed in 1903 as a …
Grounded
Reagan and the PATCO Crash
Inbunden, 1999
3168 kr
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This book analyses the rhetorical background and strategies of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) and those of Ronald Reagan in reference to the 1981 strike. Was firing 11,000 federal employees the only option, or the best option available? The work examines the …
Divided Loyalties
American Unions and the Vietnam War
Inbunden, 1999
2578 kr
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This book explores the international leadership of the AFL-CIO, the UAW and UAW Local 600, the world's largest union local, and reveals that overall, working-class response to the Vietnam War mirrored that of the American society as a whole.
Strategic Model of Temporary Staffing
Av Kay Glasgow
Inbunden, 2001
3147 kr
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This book examines the relationship between competitive strategies and the use of temporary employees.
Racial Conflicts and Violence in the Labor Market
Roots in the 1919 Steel Strike
Av Cliff Brown
Häftad, 2015
829 kr
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This book focuses on community-level race relations during the 1919 Steel Strike, when intense job competition contributed to racial conflict among the nation's steel workers. As the Great Migration brought thousands of black workers to northern cities, their lower labor costs generated racially …
Race, Space and Youth Labor Markets
Häftad, 2019
500 kr
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The purpose of this book is to examine whether physical distance from jobs or racial discrimination in youth labor markets explains a greater part of minority youth’s employment problems. First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Immigrant Women's Lives
Weaving Garment Work and Legislative Policy
Häftad, 2015
805 kr
Lägg i varukorg
First published in 1999. Driven by the interest of the author this study looks at the lives of immigrant women in central New York who are working in the garment industry in hope that by raising awareness Congress will current review legislation when its highlighted how it affects these women and …
Grounded
Reagan and the PATCO Crash
Häftad, 2015
829 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book analyses the rhetorical background and strategies of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) and those of Ronald Reagan in reference to the 1981 strike. Was firing 11,000 federal employees the only option, or the best option available? The work examines the …
Divided Loyalties
American Unions and the Vietnam War
Häftad, 2015
829 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book explores the international leadership of the AFL-CIO, the UAW and UAW Local 600, the world's largest union local, and reveals that overall, working-class response to the Vietnam War mirrored that of the American society as a whole.
Necessity of Organization
Mary Kenney OOSullivan and Trade Unionism for Women, 1892-1912
Häftad, 2019
246 kr
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The Necessity of Organization describes Mary Kenney O'Sullivan's struggle to improve labor conditions through trade unionism. Appointed the first woman organizer for the American Federation of Labor in 1892, she went on to be a co-founder of the Women's Trade Union League, formed in 1903 as a …
New Labor Radicalism and New York City's Garment Industry
Progressive Labor Insurgents During the 1960s
Häftad, 2019
216 kr
Lägg i varukorg
First published in 2000. This study examines how Progressive Labor, an antirevisionist offshoot of the Communist Party USA, attempted to revolutionize the labor front in New York City’s garment industry during the 1960s. An ideologically driven group, whose founders were loyal to Stalinism and …
Mexican Migration to the United States
The Role of Migration Networks and Human Capital Accumulation
Häftad, 2016
590 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Contrary to the thinking of some U.S. policymakers, changing macroeconomic conditions in the both the U.S. and Mexico have little effect on Mexican migration. This book evaluates the importance of family networks and human capital accumulation in the migration decisions of Mexican households. …
Strategic Model of Temporary Staffing
Av Kay Glasgow
Häftad, 2016
844 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book examines the relationship between competitive strategies and the use of temporary employees.
Underemployment Among Asians in the United States
Asian Indian, Filipino, and Vietnamese Workers
Häftad, 2019
635 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Contrary to the stereotype which depicts them as economic successes, Asian workers have a high incidence of underemployment when compared to white workers. This book integrates immigration and labor market trends into an analysis of the economic assimilation of Asians in the U.S. It examines four …
Assimilation of Immigrants in the U.S. Labor Market
Employment and Labor Force Turnover
Häftad, 2016
573 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book analyzes the labor market adjustment processes of immigrants in the United States. Newly-arrived immigrants earn less, work fewer weeks, and have higher rates of unemployment than native-born workers. After a period of assimilation, these conditions later converge to, and often surpass, …
Trade Unions and the Betrayal of the Unemployed
Labor Conflicts During the 1990's
Häftad, 2019
426 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book examines the problematic relationship between unions and the unemployed in New York City during the 1990's. Historically, trade unions in the U.S. have had an interest in the political mobilization of the jobless to expand unemployment insurance and lessen the threat of lower wages, …
Ideology of the Socialist Party of America, 1901T1917
Inbunden, 1997
1657 kr
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Examining the propaganda literature issued by the Socialist Party before World War I, this study investigates how the party shaped its appeal to an American audience. With the rise of an anti-monopoly reform movement after 1908 that rejected all notions of class, and socialist success in some city …
