Books: labour policy

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• Forced labor: Coercion and exploitation in the private economy - Buy now
  26 August 2009 - PRAISE FOR FORCED LABOR "Excellent. . . . This state-of-the-art volume provides a first-rate analysis of the dynamics leading to the occurrence of forced labour, its global distribution,and different types of policy responses." -Jens Lerche, SOAS, University of London. Two centuries after the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade, at least 12. ...
• Flexicurity: A relevant approach in Central and Eastern Europe - Buy now
  25 January 2007 - This book argues, with case studies contributed by outstanding national experts, that the flexicurity approach is the most relevant for Central and Eastern European countries and suggests appropriate reforms of economic policy, institutional framework of the labour market, labour market policy and education and social policies in this region.

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• Globalization, Flexibilization and Working Conditions in Asia and the Pacific - Buy now
  08 October 2008 - This unique study reviews employment conditions in Asia and the Pacific in the context of globalization and the increasing pressures towards flexibilization. It places a strong focus on the divergent experiences of individual workers regarding their employment conditions...

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• Key indicators of the labour market (Fifth edition) with interactive CD-ROM (Trilingual English/French/Spanish) - Buy now
  04 February 2008 - KILM provides a valuable, wide-ranging reference tool to meet the ever-increasing demand for timely, accurate and accessible information on the rapidly changing world of work. It includes all the basic statistics used to calculate 20 key labour market indicators allowing researchers to compare and contrast between economies and within regions across time. ...

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• Trade union responses to globalization. A review by the Global Union Research Network - Buy now
  12 November 2007 - Bringing together papers from some of the leading national and international experts from the Global Union Research Network (GURN), this book provides a valuable overview of how trade unions around the world are responding to globalization.
• Trade and employment: Challenges for policy research - Buy now
  19 February 2007 - This study provides an impartial view of what can be said, on the relationship between trade and employment, an often contentious issue of public debate. Its focus is on the connections between trade policies, and labour and social policies. ...