The book builds an innovative theoretical framework, through which previously neglected international factors are brought into the analysis of transitions to democracy.
This book examines the contribution of different Christian traditions to the waves of democratisation that have swept various parts of the world in recent decades.
Cultural warfare and trust: fighting the Mafia in Palermo concentrates on a central issue in research on democratic processes: the development of generalised trust.
Applications of Nuclear and Radioisotope Technology: For Peace and Sustainable Development presents the latest technology and research on nuclear energy with a practical focus on a variety of applications.
This edition of Health and safety in welding and allied processes has been extensively revised to take into recent account advances in technology and legislative changes both in the UK and USA.
This book is about the engineering management of hazardous industries, such as oil and gas production, hydrocarbon refining, nuclear power and the manufacture of chemicals and pharmaceuticals.
This volume provides extensive health (toxicological) and safety handling information and data on over 1,000 chemicals of commercial and industrial importance.
This guide demystifies the often invisible impacts of global tourism, one of the biggest industries in the world, from labor conditions to development by stealth, to the role of elites and the cultural impacts on both the visitor and the visited.
Activist, labor scholar, and organizer Ernesto Galarza (1905-1984) was a leading advocate for Mexican Americans and one of the most important Mexican American scholars and activists after World War II.
Late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century landowners in the hinterlands of Baltimore, Maryland, cobbled together workforces from a diverse labor population of black and white apprentices, indentured servants, slaves, and hired workers.
Political scientist Immanuel Ness thoroughly investigates the use of guest workers in the United States, the largest recipient of migrant labor in the world.
Providing incisive commentary on the historical and contemporary American working class experience, Banded Together: Economic Democratization in the Brass Valley documents a community's efforts to rebuild and revitalize itself in the aftermath of deindustrialization.
The book presents a novel, interdisciplinary approach to describe the role of advanced research and engineering in contemporary poultry science and poultry production.
In diesem Ratgeber macht Rainer Sachse Ihnen – auf Basis der klärungsorientierten Psychotherapie – Mut, bei Konflikt und Streit privat wie beruflich zu gegenseitigem Verstehen und tragfähigen Kompromissen beizutragen.
On August 3, 1981, over 12,000 members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Association (PATCO) walked off their jobs, striking for higher pay, shorter hours, and increased benefits.
Volume 20 of Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations (AILR) contains seven papers that deal with important aspects of employment relationships in a variety of industries, countries and research contexts.
As cyber threat actors have become more sophisticated, data breaches, phishing attacks, and ransomware are increasing, and the global cybercrime damage in 2021 was $16.
2024 George Perkins Marsh Prize Runner-up What happened to the loggers of America's past when lumbermen moved west and south in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?
Safety and Security Review for the Process Industries: Application of HAZOP, PHA, What-IF and SVA Reviews, Third Edition, describes the responsibilities, methods, and documentation required for the performance of qualitative hazard analysis for industrial and commercial processes, specifically Preliminary Hazard Analysis (PHA), What-If, and Hazard and Operability (HAZOP) reviews.
The collapse of Britain's powerful labor movement in the last quarter century has been one of the most significant and astonishing stories in recent political history.
The reasons behind Detroit's persistent racialized poverty after World War IIOnce America's "e;arsenal of democracy,"e; Detroit is now the symbol of the American urban crisis.
Despite occupational diseases in construction contributing to a significant proportion of fatalities, and permanent and temporary incapacities, they have not gained as much attention as occupational injuries from practitioners and researchers.
This concise overview of the labor movement in the United States focuses on why American workers have failed to develop the powerful unions that exist in other industrialized countries.
This Handbook presents opportunities, best practices, and case studies backed by cutting edge research on the drivers of continuous improvement of health, safety, and wellbeing in the architecture, engineering, construction, and facility management sector.
Pressurized Water Reactors, Volume Three in the JSME Series on Thermal and Nuclear Power Generation, compiles the latest research on Pressurized Water Reactors (PWRs) into a very comprehensive reference, beginning with its history.
Mantenimiento industrial aplicado es un libro didáctico destinado a crear una gestión de mantenimiento integral, orientada a la mejora y al desarrollo de la actividad industrial.
Aunque muchas veces estén expuestos a la hostilidad y la desconfianza públicas, y debilitados por las transformaciones económicas de las últimas décadas, los sindicatos argentinos siguen siendo llamativamente fuertes: mantienen su capacidad de movilización y presión política y, sobre todo, son un espacio genuino de militancia y contención para muchos trabajadores.
Este libro explica en forma didáctica cuáles son los principales derechos y obligaciones de los titulares de establecimientos educativos, de los docentes en general, de los profesores de Educación Física y de los padres, a la vez que señala las medidas necesarias para minimizar riesgos en aulas, patios, talleres, gimnasios, excursiones y salidas educativas.
