Disintegrating Democracy at Work. Labor Unions and the Future of Good Jobs in the Service Economy, Paperback - Virginia Doellgast

Virginia Doellgast contends that high pay and good working conditions are possible even for marginal service jobs. This outcome, however, depends o...

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Is crowdsourcing the future of work? This book offers a lively and critical account of the gig economy: its promises and realities, what is at stak...

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With the notion of work transforming at a faster rate than it has in centuries, }Gigged{ offers a timely dissection of conventional work's possible...

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Anthony (RMIT University, Australia) ForsythNumber of pages: 312Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 16...

Healing Labor is an ethnography of how adult Japanese women working in Tokyo's sex industry experience and understand the contradictions that defin...

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Kiran Mirchandani explores the experiences of the men and women who work in Indian call centers through one hundred interviews with workers in Bang...

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This book captures a year's worth of learning about service automation based on a survey, in-depth client case studies, and interviews with service...

Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election produced the biggest political scandal in a generation. An essential guide for anyone int...

Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election produced the biggest political scandal in a generation. An essential guide for anyone int...

Publisher: Hatje CantzAuthor(s): Francesca BriaNumber of pages: 64Collection: Critical TheoryPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 209 x 141 x 13Cover ...

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Why women's voices are outnumbered online and what we can do about it, by a New York Times comment moderator. If you've read the comments posted by...

Democratic practices - participation, citizenship rights, and an inclusionary state - enhance human development. The book uncovers how local democr...

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This widely acclaimed book, first published in 1974, was a classic from its first day in print. Written in a direct, inviting way by Harry Braverma...

Labor unions are groups of organized individuals that aim to protect and further their rights and interests. Before there were labor unions, there ...

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This book offers a unique and holistic perspective on the future of work in the context of industry 4.0. It discusses the globalization of capital ...

Reveals the important role of Muslim Americans in American politics Since the 1950s, and especially in the post-9/11 era, Muslim Americans have pla...

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This book explores the fundamental shift that has occurred in America and Britain as elites accumulate unprecedented capital and influence and a me...

Reducere. To thrive on the other side of the pandemic, companies will need diversity, equity, and inclusion programs that are strategic and proactive, with u...

Reducere. DescriptionTrade unionist and Marxist politician William Z. Foster explains the organization and failure of the steel strike in 1919, an action whi...

For every person who reads this text on the printed page, many more will read it on a computer screen or mobile device. It's a situation that we in...

Publisher: University of Minnesota PressAuthor(s): Kasturi RayIllustration(s): 3 black & white illustrationsNumber of pages: 208Publication date: 2...

Reducere. Greta Thunberg. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Anita Sarkeesian. Emma Gonzalez. When women are vocal about political and social issues, too-often they a...

From one old woman's prayer a young girl was brought to faith, a missionary was sent to Africa and then a church was born from among the people of ...

John Dewey was America's greatest public philosopher. A prolific and influential writer for both scholarly and general audiences, he stands out for...

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University PressAuthor(s): Jennifer RuthNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 161 x 239 x 32Cover type: Ha...

Reducere. This is... A book about work, at a time when there are too few jobs; A book about labor at a time when hardly anyone belongs to a union; A book abo...

From longtime labor organizer Jane McAlevey, a vital call-to-arms in favor of unions, a key force capable of defending our democracyFor decades, ra...

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The fall of the Berlin wall was seen by many as the final triumph of liberal democracy over communism. But now, in the wake of the great financial ...

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DescriptionThere's a problem with school lunch in America. Big Food companies have largely replaced the nation's school cooks by supplying cafeteri...