Managing the ageing workforce in the East and the West / / edited by Matt Flynn, Yuxin Li, Anthony Chiva |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bingley, [England] : , : Emerald Publishing Limited, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (285 pages) |
Disciplina | 331.398 |
Soggetto topico |
Older people - Employment
Age and employment Management BUSINESS & ECONOMICS - Labor POLITICAL SCIENCE - Labor & Industrial Relations |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-78743-000-6
1-78714-638-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910467410003321 |
Bingley, [England] : , : Emerald Publishing Limited, , 2018 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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New Labour/hard labour? : Restructuring and resistance inside the welfare industry / / edited by Gerry Mooney and Alex Law |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bristol, U.K. : , : Policy Press, , 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (313 p.) |
Disciplina |
306.36
361.60941 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
LawAlex
MooneyGerry <1960-> |
Soggetto topico |
Public welfare
Politics and government Industrial relations Human services personnel POLITICAL SCIENCE - Labor & Industrial Relations SOCIAL SCIENCE - Human Services POLITICAL SCIENCE - Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare Public welfare - Great Britain Industrial relations - Great Britain Human services personnel - Great Britain |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-74284-8
9786611742843 1-84742-277-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Liverpool social workers on strikeConclusions: resources of hope for a re-engaged social work; 10. Working 'for' welfare in the grip of the 'iron' Chancellor: modernisation and resistance in the Department for Work and Pensions; Introduction; 'Modernisation' and 'reform': the vision of a 'true opportunity society'; 'Prudence for a purpose': review, rationalisation, reform; Transforming welfare: transforming welfare work; Resistance and struggle: striking 'for' welfare?; Conclusions; 11. Working in the non-profit welfare sector: contract culture, partnership, Compacts and the 'shadow state'
Managerialism in higher educationRestructuring the academic labour process; Market competition for academic labour power; Academic trade unionism and resistance; Conclusions; 8. The paradox of 'professionalisation' and 'degradation' in welfare work: the case of nursery nurses; Introduction; Labouring for the 'social investment state'; Uncovering the nursery nursing labour process; Resisting New Labour: the 2004 Scottish nursery nurses strike; Legacies of the strike; Conclusions; 9. Social work today: a profession worth fighting for?; Introduction; Deskilling of social work IntroductionThe NHS and the nursing labour process in context; Direct and indirect forms of control over the nursing labour process; The labour process, moral management and professional self-regulation; Limits of control; Conclusions; 6. 'I didn't come into teaching for this!': the impact of the market on teacher professionalism; Introduction; 'Market, Market, Market'; Academy and trust schools; Reducing inequality: size matters; Conclusions; 7. Ambiguities and resistance:academic labour and the commodification of higher education; Higher education under New Labour The 'Third Way' and the employment relationship'Modernising government': work intensification the New Labour way; Delivering public services: 'best value' in police call handling; Conclusions; 4. Acts of distrust? Suppor tworkers' experiences in PFI hospital schemes; Introduction; Contracting out and PFI under New Labour; Changes to pay and conditions; Alienation, belonging and the quality of services; Class consciousness and individual forms of resistance; Collective forms of resistance; Conclusions; 5. Control and resistance at the ward-face: contesting the nursing labour process Cover; New Labour/Hard Labour?; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; List of contributors; 1. New Labour, 'modernisation' and welfare worker resistance; Introduction; New Labour and public sector 'modernisation'; Welfare workers: resisting New Labour; The organisation of the book; 2. Strenuous welfarism:restructuring the welfare labour process; Introduction; Models of X-inefficiency; A neo-Taylorist welfare labour process?; Neoliberalism and strenuous welfarism; Conclusions; 3. A 'Third Way'? Industrial relations under New Labour; Introduction |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451376303321 |
Bristol, U.K. : , : Policy Press, , 2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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New Labour/hard labour? : Restructuring and resistance inside the welfare industry / / edited by Gerry Mooney and Alex Law |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bristol, U.K. : , : Policy Press, , 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (313 p.) |
Disciplina |
306.36
361.60941 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
LawAlex
MooneyGerry <1960-> |
Soggetto topico |
Public welfare
Politics and government Industrial relations Human services personnel POLITICAL SCIENCE - Labor & Industrial Relations SOCIAL SCIENCE - Human Services POLITICAL SCIENCE - Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare Public welfare - Great Britain Industrial relations - Great Britain Human services personnel - Great Britain |
ISBN |
1-281-74284-8
9786611742843 1-84742-277-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Liverpool social workers on strikeConclusions: resources of hope for a re-engaged social work; 10. Working 'for' welfare in the grip of the 'iron' Chancellor: modernisation and resistance in the Department for Work and Pensions; Introduction; 'Modernisation' and 'reform': the vision of a 'true opportunity society'; 'Prudence for a purpose': review, rationalisation, reform; Transforming welfare: transforming welfare work; Resistance and struggle: striking 'for' welfare?; Conclusions; 11. Working in the non-profit welfare sector: contract culture, partnership, Compacts and the 'shadow state'
Managerialism in higher educationRestructuring the academic labour process; Market competition for academic labour power; Academic trade unionism and resistance; Conclusions; 8. The paradox of 'professionalisation' and 'degradation' in welfare work: the case of nursery nurses; Introduction; Labouring for the 'social investment state'; Uncovering the nursery nursing labour process; Resisting New Labour: the 2004 Scottish nursery nurses strike; Legacies of the strike; Conclusions; 9. Social work today: a profession worth fighting for?; Introduction; Deskilling of social work IntroductionThe NHS and the nursing labour process in context; Direct and indirect forms of control over the nursing labour process; The labour process, moral management and professional self-regulation; Limits of control; Conclusions; 6. 'I didn't come into teaching for this!': the impact of the market on teacher professionalism; Introduction; 'Market, Market, Market'; Academy and trust schools; Reducing inequality: size matters; Conclusions; 7. Ambiguities and resistance:academic labour and the commodification of higher education; Higher education under New Labour The 'Third Way' and the employment relationship'Modernising government': work intensification the New Labour way; Delivering public services: 'best value' in police call handling; Conclusions; 4. Acts of distrust? Suppor tworkers' experiences in PFI hospital schemes; Introduction; Contracting out and PFI under New Labour; Changes to pay and conditions; Alienation, belonging and the quality of services; Class consciousness and individual forms of resistance; Collective forms of resistance; Conclusions; 5. Control and resistance at the ward-face: contesting the nursing labour process Cover; New Labour/Hard Labour?; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; List of contributors; 1. New Labour, 'modernisation' and welfare worker resistance; Introduction; New Labour and public sector 'modernisation'; Welfare workers: resisting New Labour; The organisation of the book; 2. Strenuous welfarism:restructuring the welfare labour process; Introduction; Models of X-inefficiency; A neo-Taylorist welfare labour process?; Neoliberalism and strenuous welfarism; Conclusions; 3. A 'Third Way'? Industrial relations under New Labour; Introduction |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785074403321 |
Bristol, U.K. : , : Policy Press, , 2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Out of Work : Unemployment and Government in Twentieth-Century America / / Richard K Vedder and Lowell E. Gallaway ; foreword by Martin Bronfenbrenner |
Autore | Vedder Richard K. |
Edizione | [Updated edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : New York University Press, , [1997] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (336 p.) |
Disciplina | 331.13/7973/0904 |
Altri autori (Persone) | GallawayLowell E <1930-> (Lowell Eugene) |
Soggetto topico |
Unemployment
Employment (Economic theory) Economic history POLITICAL SCIENCE - Labor & Industrial Relations BUSINESS & ECONOMICS - Labor Unemployment - United States - History - 20th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | History |
ISBN | 0-8147-8846-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Foreword / Martin Bronfenbrenner -- Preface to the updated edition / Richard K. Vedder and Lowell E. Gallaway -- Preface to the first edition / Richard K. Vedder and Lowell E. Gallaway -- 1. The unemployment century -- 2. Unemployment in theory -- 3. The neoclassical/Austrian approach: an overview -- 4. The Gilded Age -- 5. From New Era to New Deal -- 6. The banking crisis and the labor market -- 7. The New Deal -- 8. The impossible dream come true -- 9. The gentle time -- 10. The Camelot years -- 11. "Pride goeth before a fall" -- 12. The winds of change -- 13. The natural rate of unemployment -- 14. Who bears the burden of unemployment? -- 15. Unemployment and the state -- 16. Afterword -- Appendix A. The extended theoretical model -- Appendix B. The technical aspects of the statistical analysis. |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996588063603316 |
Vedder Richard K. | ||
New York : , : New York University Press, , [1997] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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The politics of parental leave policies : Children, parenting, gender and the labour market / / edited by Sheila B. Kamerman and Peter Moss |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Portland, OR : , : Policy Press, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (296 p.) |
Disciplina |
331.25/5
331.25763094 |
Soggetto topico |
Föräldraledighet - Europa
Work and family Parental leave - Government policy Parental leave SOCIAL SCIENCE - Children's Studies POLITICAL SCIENCE - Labor & Industrial Relations BUSINESS & ECONOMICS - Labor Work and family - Europe Parental leave - Government policy - Europe Parental leave - Europe |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4473-0396-2
1-282-50161-5 9786612501616 1-84742-777-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
11. The Netherlands: bridging labour and care12. Norway: the making of the father's quota; 13. Portugal and Spain: two pathways in Southern Europe; 14. Sweden: individualisation or free choice in parental leave?; 15. The European directive: making supra-national parental leave policy; 16. Conclusion; Appendix; Index.
The politics of parental leave policies; Contents; List of tables and figures; Acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; 1. Introduction; 2. Australia: the difficult birth of paid maternity leave; 3. Canada and Quebec: two policies, one country; 4. Czech Republic: normative or choice-oriented system?; 5. Estonia: halfway from the Soviet Union to the Nordic countries; 6. Finland: negotiating tripartite compromises; 7. France: gender equality a pipe dream?; 8. Germany: taking a Nordic turn?; 9. Hungary and Slovenia: long leave or short?; 10. Iceland: from reluctance to fast-track engineering. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456963903321 |
Portland, OR : , : Policy Press, , 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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