Employment & unemployment books

The Austerity State provides a critical examination of the accepted discourse around austerity measures and explores...  Read More >>

India’s employment policy over the past three decades provides an important case study for understanding how government...  Read More >>

This book is a collection of original works by authors from all over the world on aspects of unemployment and job...  Read More >>

Some 10 million migrant workers cross national borders each year. This book examines the businesses that move low-skilled...  Read More >>

Welfare-to-work or activation policies refer to programmes aimed at promoting the employability, labour-market and...  Read More >>

This book examines the vocational aspirations and working experiences of young Arab–Australian men within highly...  Read More >>

Exploring topics such as the fairness of the current social system, the focus on individual competition in an unequal...  Read More >>

Exploring topics such as the fairness of the current social system, the focus on individual competition in an unequal...  Read More >>

This title was first published in 1978  Read More >>

Offers a challenging interpretation of the ways in which young people's non-participation is becoming marginalised...  Read More >>

Managing psychological health of the workforce in developing countries has more challenges than in developed nations....  Read More >>

For many years, government policy has associated young people ‘being NEET’ (Not in Education, Employment or Training)...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1991 this book provides a multi-faceted analysis of German unemployment between 1873 and...  Read More >>

This book explores the nature of employers’ associations in the major countries of Asia. It considers how employers’...  Read More >>

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Climate Change, Gender and Work in Rich Countries is unique in that it covers a wide range of issues dealing with...  Read More >>

Climate Change, Gender and Work in Rich Countries is unique in that it covers a wide range of issues dealing with...  Read More >>

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With China’s rapid advancements in urbanization and industrialization, there has been significant labor movement...  Read More >>

Based on the available literature, this study explores wide-ranging decent work concerns in the fisheries and aquaculture...  Read More >>

The book offers a rigorous theoretical framework based on human capital theory of labour economics and econometric...  Read More >>

Taking a unique comparative approach to the respective development paths of India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA),...  Read More >>

When the world of work defines us as individuals and societies, what happens when that world changes for ever? To...  Read More >>

This title, first published in 1973, covers the period of 1959 to 1968. The study suggests that government policies...  Read More >>