1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457845703321

Titolo

China [[electronic resource] ] : from an active employment policy to employment promotion law : coping with economic restructuring and labour market adjustments

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Geneva, : International Labour Office, 2011

ISBN

92-2-125443-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (85 p.)

Disciplina

331.0952

331.110951

Soggetti

Manpower policy - China

Unemployment - China

Labor laws and legislation - China

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Based on a study by the Institute for Labour Studies."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Title page; Copyright page; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Contents; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; Tables; Table 1.1; Table 1.2; 2. Economic reforms and labour market developments in China; 2.1 Reform of the employment system in SOEs through implementation of an employment contract system; 2.2 Implementation of a re-employment scheme to facilitate the structural adjustment and reform of SOEs; 2.3 Implementing an orderly migration programme for the rural labour force; 2.4 Implementing an AEP to facilitate the transformation from a planning to a market system; 2.5 The laid-off worker: a profile

BoxesBox 2.1; Tables; Table 2.1; Table 2.2; Table 2.3; Table 2.4; Table 2.5; Table 2.6; 3. Re-employment of the laid-off workers: the origins of China's employment policy; 3.1 The origin and development of the re-employment scheme; 3.2 The main contents of the re-employment scheme; 3.3 Implementing a basic living guarantee system for the laid-off workers from SOEs; 3.4 Establishment of re-employment service centres at the enterprise level; 3.5 The re-employment scheme in community services; 3.6 The re-employment assistance plan for



workers leaving the centres

3.7 Laid off and then unemployed: shifts in worker statusBoxes; Box 3.1; Tables; Table 3.1; 4. China's active employment policy: the framework; 4.1 The background and context; 4.2 China's AEP: the fundamental elements; Boxes; Box 4.1; 5. The AEP: implementation and adjustments; 5.1 The AEP and the implementation and monitoring of the re-employment policy; 5.2 Adjustment to the AEP during implementation; 5.3 Conducting assessment of AEPs; 5.4 Broadening in the AEP canvas: improvements and adjustments; Tables; Table 5.1; 6. Considerations toward the design of China's employment promotion law

6.1 The impact of growth and AEP on the labour market6.2 Towards a legal framework on employment promotion; 6.3 Initial thoughts on employment promotion legislation; Tables; Table 6.1; Table 6.2; Table 6.3; Figures; Figure 6.1; 7. China's employment promotion law; 7.1 The legislation process of the EPL; 7.2 The significance of the EPL; 7.3 The main content of the EPL; 7.4 Legislation on the government's obligation toward employment promotion; 7.5 The global financial crisis: a test case for the EPL; 8. China's future employment challenges; 8.1 The employment challenge

8.2 The target of ""full employment"" in China8.3 china's comprehensive employment-friendly development strategy; References

Sommario/riassunto

China has enjoyed spectacularly high GDP growth rates for over more than three decades, thanks to the massive economic, social and institutional reforms put in place during a period of intensifying globalization.' Based on a study by the Institute for Labour Studies Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, People's Republic of China, this report provides a unique account of China's move towards increased participation in the market economy and how the Government coped with the massive labour adjustments that came with the restructuring process.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790729703321

Autore

Lyons J

Titolo

America in the British Imagination [[electronic resource] ] : 1945 to the Present / / by J. Lyons

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2013

ISBN

1-137-37679-1

1-137-37680-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (277 p.)

Disciplina

941.085

Soggetti

America—History

World politics

Social history

Great Britain—History

Europe—History

History, Modern

History of the Americas

Political History

Social History

History of Britain and Ireland

European History

Modern History

Great Britain Civilization American influences

Great Britain Social life and customs 1945-

Great Britain Social conditions 1945-

Great Britain Relations United States

United States Relations Great Britain

United States Civilization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Architect of Modern Britain: The Influence of the United Stateson Britain, 1945-



1963; 2 Terra Incognita: The United States in the British Imagination, 1945-1963; 3 The BritishWorking Class and the United States, 1963-1979; 4 The United States and the Politics of Thatcherism, 1979-1990; 5 Culture Wars: American Global Supremacy and British Nationalism, 1990-2001; 6 September 11 and After: From Hostility to Indifference, 2001-2013; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

How was American culture disseminated into Britain? Why did many British citizens embrace American customs? And what picture did they form of American society and politics? This engaging and wide-ranging history explores these and other questions about the U.S.'s cultural and political influence on British society in the post-World War II period.