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This is a sociological analysis of change and mobility in the labor force of thirteen of the largest textile factories in Peru. The book explores demographic and social variables such as age, sex, birthplace, migration, seniority, current and former occupations, and employment status as possible indices of rationality in the Peruvian labor market.

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Turning to an examination of ethnic discrimination under communism, the contributors analyze the problems faced by gypsies in Eastern Europe, the politics of ethnicity and affirmative action in the Soviet Union, and labor market discrimination and ethnic tension in Yugoslavia.

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Many low-income countries and development organizations are calling for greater liberalization of labor immigration policies in high-income countries. At the same time, human rights organizations and migrant rights advocates demand more equal rights for migrant workers. The Price of Rights shows why you cannot always have both. Examining labor immi

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This important work offers a new view of the Wobblies by examining not only their connection to American culture but their relationship to early twentieth-century American religion. in American labor history and by scrutinizing the relationship between the Wobblies, progressives, and utopian novelists in the period prior to World War I.

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The object of this study is to clarify why and how it happened that women remained marginal in the processes of social change that took place during the development of Israeli society.

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The two historical debates studied here are concerned with the impact of technological change on unemployment and on the economy generally. The history of these 20th century debates has not previously been studied in detail, and the book provides valuable insight into the evolution of the understanding of a fundamental issue in the economy.

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Surveys the history of youth unemployment and identifies key issues underlying the current crisis.

The Youth Unemployment Crisis: A Reference Handbook examines the recent phenomenon in the United States wherein young workers ages 16 to 24 are unemployed or disconnected from the labor force at disproportionate rates.

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Housework and domestic service have become popular topics within the scholarly community. She systematically examines the psychology and nature of domestic work, union rejection of domestic laborers, employers' opposition to organization, and the frequent disagreements among the domestics themselves.

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Urban Illusions is the best first-hand account I know of the struggle to solve the employment problem in American cities.

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Wages for Caring examines policies and programs of compensation for family caregivers of the disabled elderly from a broad analytical perspective, weighing current policies of home care services against principles of access, equity, quality, and funding of long-term care.

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James Latimore considers the problem of good results or good reports in the context of his study of one small agency's transition from financial independence to government funding dependence. Latimore's study shows that the strengths of philanthropic intervention may be negated by the bureaucratic accountability that accompanies public funding.

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Those promoting economic development in the Third World often disregard the disadvantaged position of women or lack adequate information to assess the role of women.

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Is the cancer patient an object of job discrimination He has compiled the best available text on what is becoming a major social concern.

The book, divided into two major sections, first provides an in-depth review of the available data on the work history of the cancer patient.

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What kinds of work will be available in the 1980s The authors answer such questions by examining a multitude of factors that will affect work decisions in the coming decade. Their findings will alert decision-makers in both private organizations and the government to the employment issues that dominate the 1980s.

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Hilary Cottam, author of Radical Help about which the Guardian's Jonathan Freedland wrote, 'this might be the most important book you read this year' now turns to the subject of the future of work.

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