1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465337103321

Autore

Goods Caleb

Titolo

Greening auto jobs : a critical analysis of the green job solution / / Caleb Goods

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland ; ; London, England : , : Lexington Books, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-7391-9925-0

0-7391-8981-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (263 p.)

Disciplina

331.7/6292220994

Soggetti

Green movement - Australia

Job creation - Australia

Automobile industry and trade - Australia

Electronic books.

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

Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface and Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Ch01. Introduction; Ch02. What is a Green Job?; Ch03. Green Jobs as an Environmental and Economic Battleground; Ch04. The Response of Some Key Australian Unions to Green Jobs; Ch05. The Automotive Industry; Ch06. Crisis in the Global Automotive Industry and the Green Shift; Ch07. Green Cars, Green Jobs; Ch08. Analyzing the Green Shift; Ch09. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Greening Auto Jobs: A Critical Analysis of the Green Job Solution provides a major contribution to the growing and important field of environmental sociology and labor studies by providing a theoretical and practical understanding of how the broader political-economic relations of society affect the relationship between labor and the environment.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910792701203321

Autore

George Victor

Titolo

Major thinkers in welfare : contemporary issues in historical perspective / / Vic George [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol, UK ; Portland, OR : , : Policy Press, , 2010

ISBN

1-4473-0272-9

1-282-63736-3

9786612637360

1-84742-707-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 274 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

361

Soggetti

Public welfare - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 01 Sep 2022).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-265) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Classical Athens -- The Graeco-Roman world -- Early Christianity -- The Renaissance -- The Reformation -- Absolutism -- Liberalism -- Early feminism -- A welfare society -- The market, laissez-faire and welfare -- Democracy and welfare -- Classical Marxism and welfare -- Positive freedom and state welfare.

Sommario/riassunto

Focusing on a range of welfare issues this book examines the views, values and perceptions of a number of theorists from ancient times to the nineteenth century, including Plato, St Aquinas, Hobbes, Wollstonecraft and Marx.