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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454735603321

Autore

Hira Ron

Titolo

Outsourcing America [[electronic resource] ] : what's behind our national crisis and how we can reclaim American jobs / / Ron Hira And Anil Hira

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : AMACOM, c2008

ISBN

1-282-09114-X

9786612091148

0-8144-1628-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HiraAnil

Disciplina

331.12

Soggetti

Manpower policy - United States

Offshore outsourcing - United States

Labor market - United States

Electronic books.

United States Commercial policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Rev. ed. of: Outsourcing America : what's behind our national crisis and how we can reclaim American jobs / Ron Hira and Anil Hira. 2005.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-261) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowlegments; Chapter 1: What Outsourcing Means for America; Chapter 2: Outsourcing in a Larger Context; Chapter 3: The Public Debate on Outsourcing Is Misleading; Chapter 4: Outsourcing of High-Wage Jobs; Chapter 5: Why Companies Are Moving Jobs Overseas; Chapter 6: The Far-Reaching Effects of Outsourcing on the U.S. Economy; Chapter 7: The Human Face of Outsourcing: The Impact on Individual Workers and Communities; Chapter 8: How Our Dysfunctional Immigration Policy Fuels Outsourcing; Chapter 9: How Developing Countries Attract American Jobs

Chapter 10: Outsourcing in Europe and CanadaChapter 11: Ten Policy Recommendations; Appendix A: Defining Outsourcing; Appendix B: Analysis of Key Outsourcing Studies; Appendix C: Legislation Introduced Related to Outsourcing; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Revised and expanded- the book that exposed the hidden ways



outsourcing affects us all.