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Record Nr.

UNINA9910968762203321

Titolo

Are "green" jobs decent?

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Geneva, : International Labour Office, 2012

ISBN

92-2-127502-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

p. 131-248 : ill

Collana

International journal of labour research ; ; vol.4, no.2

Disciplina

363.7023

Soggetti

Job creation

Women in sustainable development

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Editorial: What policies for a green economy that works for social progress? -- Green Growth and Green New Deal policies in the Republic of Korea: Are they creating decent green jobs? -- Green and decent? Working conditions in the waste sector in Europe and implications for trade union policy -- The reality and challenges of green jobs in China: An exploration -- Working conditions in "green jobs": Women in the renewable energy sector -- Climate jobs and manufacturing in South Africa.

Sommario/riassunto

This issue of the International Journal of Labour Research focuses on the question of whether the jobs that are emerging in the efforts to reach sustainable development can be described as "decent". A series of case studies is presented which demonstrates that this seems to be far from the case.