Examining how youths in fourteen industrialized societies make the transition to adulthood in an era of globalization and uncertainty, this book features an array of international contributions, and includes case studies and original empirical data.
Equal Time, Equal Value is the first systematic investigation of Time Banking in the United States. Drawing upon detailed case studies and making use..
Reproduced here in facsimile, this volume was originally published in 1958 and is available individually. The collection is also available in a number..
The book explores the macroeconomic and sectoral employment implications (in agriculture, industry and services) of China's World Trade Organisation a..
Research from Australia, Europe, and the UK is used to examine the differences between the image and reality of work in the software development indus..
A long-term study providing rare insights into the precarious careers and ordinary working culture of professional footballers, away from the unreal a..
One of the "hottest" concepts in international academic social-science research, social capital refers to the ways in which people make use of social ..
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Inspired by the work of the philosopher Judith Butler, influenced by Marx’s theory of alienation and intrigued by theories of death, this book..
Informal work – family care, voluntary work, and undeclared or unregulated work – is a critical form of labor in today’s economy, yet it remains under..
The book uses data from a range of European countries as well as comparisons with Asia and the USA in examining the ‘consequences’, or more accurately..
Through an examination of trade union interventions in the call center industries located in Canada and India, this book contributes to research on po..
In this basic introduction to the sociology of professions, occupations and work, first published in 1975, David Dunkerley provides a theoretical basi..
ntil this study was published in 1976, barely any evidence existed against which to assess the claim that gambling has become a major social problem. ..