Sociology: work and labour

The 21st century is the age of "e;neo-liberalism"e; - a time when the free market is spreading to all areas of economic, political and social life.

As China has evolved into an industrial powerhouse over the past two decades, a new class of workers has developed: the dagongmei, or working girls.

This book examines how technological modernisation and innovation policies have been implemented in Russia from the Soviet era to the present day.

This book examines the theoretical foundations relevant to existential issues in educational leadership and management, taking inspiration from Munch's painting The Scream.

The Scale Model does one thing: makes it easy for business entrepreneurs to grow their businesses.

The position and role of the business school and its educational programmes have become increasingly prominent, yet also questioned and contested.

The book discusses new and emerging economic models, that respond to 'Pulling' and 'Pushing' forces.

At a time when the gap between rich and poor has been increasing, Poverty, Riches and Social Citizenship provides an accessible introduction to current debates about inequality, exclusion and the nature of citizenship, while also presenting an innovative exploration of popular beliefs and values in Britain.

Healthcare IT is under tremendous pressure in today's environment: Budgets are shrinking; staff are in short supply; cloud, mobile, and data are driving expansion and innovation.

Die vorliegende Studie geht der Frage nach, ob universalistische Wohlfahrtsstaaten und deren wohlfahrtsstaatliche Institutionen den Einfluss von Deprivation und Desintegration auf rechtsextreme Einstellungen abschwächen können, da sie für eine soziale und ökonomische Absicherung der Bevölkerung sorgen.

The growth of global corporations has led to the development of new business strategies whose complexity and configuration rest on corporate networks; corporate cross-culture and intangible corporate and product assets.

An accessible, rigorous presentation of Marx''s argument in the three volumes of Capital and of longstanding debates in Marxist economics.

Solar energy is a substantial global industry, one that has generated trade disputes among superpowers, threatened the solvency of large energy companies, and prompted serious reconsideration of electric utility regulation rooted in the 1930s.

Employability has become an increasingly widespread concept both in management and policy, but its meaning remains somewhat enigmatic and ambiguous.

This book exposes how inequalities based on class and social background arise from employment practices in the digital age.

Research for Development offers a comprehensive guide to commissioning, managing and undertaking research in development work.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

In no other society in the world have urbanisation and industrialization been as comprehensively based on migrant labour as in South Africa.

The large-scale extraction of natural resources for sale in capitalist markets is not a new phenomenon, but in recent years global demand for resources has increased, leading to greater attention to the role of resource extraction in the development of the exporting countries.

This book marks a critical contribution to the intercultural dialogue about immigration.

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This is a study of the impact of the economic crisis and subsequent adjustment policies in the African economies on the scientific and technological capabilities in those countries.

'Pop-up' is a fully-fledged, new urbanism.

​In diesem Band wird die in der wissenschaftlichen Debatte bislang wenig beachtete Wechselbeziehung zwischen Interaktions- und Koordinationsarbeit am Beispiel sozialer Dienstleistungen beleuchtet: Koordinationsarbeit bildet beispielsweise eine wesentliche Voraussetzung für gelungene Interaktionsarbeit; Koordinationsarbeit beinhaltet selbst auch Interaktionsarbeit.

What are the possibilities for a radical politics of universal humanity, at a time when the politics of identity increasingly defines the agenda of the left?

Innovation is the means by which organizations survive and thrive in uncertain and turbulent conditions.

Media coverage consistently features examples of organizations engaging in unethical or illegal behavior.

First published in 1989, this re-issue concerns itself with the relevance of Max Weber's sociology for the understanding of modern times.

Many governments seek to attract skilled migrants into the top occupational groups and now have significant groups of overseas-born professionals in their workforces.

Leadership in innovation is essential to U.

Der Band befasst sich mit den gewandelten Aufgaben der Industriegewerkschaften in einem veränderten Arbeitsumfeld.

The Communication, Navigation and Surveillance (CNS) systems provide air traffic controllers with the information necessary to ensure the specified separation between aircraft and efficient management of airspace, as well as assistance to flight crew for safe navigation.

This collection examines the work of the Italian economist and social theorist Vilfredo Pareto, highlighting the extraordinary scope of his thought, which covers a vast range of academic disciplines.

This book introduces readers to emerging issues of sport innovation.

This book explores the significant impact of FinTech on the financial industry and how it could be used to promote legitimate development in the global economy.

This title, originally published in 1925, provides a scientific exploration of some of the forms of co-operative organisation which had attained considerable development in other countries, but were little known to English students of the movement.

Aims to increase awareness about the specific circumstances of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) diversity.

This book explores the changing nature of growing-up working-class in post-Soviet Russia, a country dislocated by the experience of neo-liberal economic reform.

A groundbreaking book that sheds new light on the vital importance of teams as the fundamental unit of organization and competition in the global economy.

This book brings together three essays of Dr Chelliah on reforms and poverty alleviation.

How and why did credible scientists, engineers, government officials, journalists, and others collectively give rise to a drastic failure to control the threat to the population of the Fukushima disaster?

This book offers a new framework for conceptualizing and managing organizations when using new information and communication technologies, for example decision support and artificial intelligence.

During World War II, unprecedented employment avenues opened up for women and minorities in U.

The insights of complexity science can allow today's managers to embrace the challenges and uncertainty of the twenty-first century, and successfully oversee organizational change and development.

The world is at a critical juncture where our industrial and economic principles have to be reshaped.

Based upon classical and contemporary theory and empirical research, this text forms a sociological analysis of organizations, focusing on the impacts that organizations have upon individuals and society.