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Viewing work/family conflicts from the perspective of today's families, chapter five looks at family members while chapter six and seven cover childcare and elder dependent care. Chapter eight identifies society's megaconflicts, chapter nine outlines the types of initiatives which have begun in response to these conflicts.

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Helen Tsiganou's study explores the enormous diversity of worker participation schemes across national contexts.

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Represents the work of a cross-section of specialists in labour economics, industrial relations specialists, and social scientists who are engaged in research on the transformation of work in Canada, the United States, and Great Britain.

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Communities are facing increasing and contrasting problems, with high levels of unemployment or conflict arising from suburbanisation and the arrival of newcomers. This book provides a strategic framework for dealing with these issues, with a model for planning and practising rural community work.

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Explores the phenomenon of the 'great resignation' and the change in work culture underpinning the new refusal of work.

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Scotland is closely tied to climate change and fossil capitalism, having played a pivotal role in its spread. Journalist Dominic Hinde travels between its Highlands, islands and cities, drawing parallels between his personal recovery and the uncertain transition from fossil fuels. He asks: can past lessons guide a sustainable future

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This is a book about what it is like to live and work with 'the canon' and how this shapes the way we think about intellectuals now. In contemporary global academia, what does it mean to write 'with' the canon and what is at stake if you don't, can't, or won't

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In work, as in other areas of life, it is not always clear what standards we are being judged by or how our worth is being determined. Drawing on the notion that "perplexing situations" provide opportunities for innovative inquiry, this title argues that the dissonance of diverse principles can lead to discovery.

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How Marx and Spinoza can explain our perverse attachment to the indignities of work

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John Berger introduces a new edition of his seminal study of migrant workers, illustrated by photographer Jean Mohr.

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A consensus-shattering account of automation technologies and their effect on workplaces and the labor market

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Deciding when and how to retire are among the most important decisions most people make. Can they be depended on to plan with foresight and make sound decisions According to standard economic analysis the answer is a qualified ""yes.

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Emerging from Turbulence tells the stories of Boeing workers whose lives underwent dramatic shifts as a result of recent changes in the American economy. Workers' own words show the shifting landscape of the American workplace as pension funds evaporate, corporations buy each other out, and companies like Boeing stop seeing themselves as a family.

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Emerging from Turbulence tells the stories of Boeing workers whose lives underwent dramatic shifts as a result of recent changes in the American economy. Workers' own words show the shifting landscape of the American workplace as pension funds evaporate, corporations buy each other out, and companies like Boeing stop seeing themselves as a family.

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For most of us, the better we perform the more attention we receive. Yet for many professionals whose role is critical to whatever enterprise they're a part of - it's the opposite: the better they do their jobs the more they disappear. This book shows us how of superstar CEOs and assorted varieties of genius, are fine with remaining anonymous.

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An hilarious and terrifying expose of the brave new world of work, explaining why it has all gone wrong and how we can regain our dignity.

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'Nickled and Dimed for the Amazon age,' (Salon) the bitingly funny, eye-opening story of finding work in the automated and time-starved world of hourly low-wage labor

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The bitingly funny, eye-opening story of a college-educated young professional who finds work in the automated and time-starved world of hourly labour.