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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457845703321
• 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.

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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910790729703321
• Autore: Lyons J
• 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.