Books: society

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• Concepts and strategies for combating social exclusion. An overview - Buy now
  05 November 2003 - Explores how the concept of social exclusion has emerged and how it responded to the socio-economic changes of the 1970s. Examines the manifestations of exclusion at the individual, group, social and spatial levels and discusses difficulties in its measurement and analysis. Reviews strategies for combating exclusion and identifies approaches which have been shown to give positive results.
• Challenging social exclusion. Rights and livelihood in Thailand (RS 107) - Buy now
  09 May 1996 - Contains three chapters which explore the social and structural dimensions of social exclusion in Thailand, and three case studies. The case studies explore social exclusion as related to peasants' land rights, slum dwellers housing rights, and workers' rights in the textile industry.

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• Edward Phelan and the ILO: Life and views of an international social actor - Buy now
  27 April 2009 - This book is a remarkable portrait of Edward J. Phelan (1888-1967), a man who dedicated his life to social justice and whose views and actions guided the work of the ILO for decades.
• Economic transition and social exclusion in Russia (RS 108) - Buy now
  09 May 1996 - Using a small sample survey data collected in Siberia, examines the ways in which social exclusion is developing as the transition to a market economy takes place in Russia.

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• GET ahead for women in enterprise. Training package and resource kit - Buy now
  15 November 2004 - Aims to assist ILO partner organizations in promoting enterprise development among women in poverty who want to start or are already engaged in small-scale business. Contains training modules and exercises on entrepreneurship, the business environment, including marketing, production, services, finance, and support. Explains essential business and financial terms. ...
• Goals for social integration and realities of social exclusion in the Republic of Yemen (RS 105) - Buy now
  09 May 1996 - This book is part of a series which describes and analyses trends within countries in terms of patterns and processes of social exclusion of individuals and groups from sources of livelihood and from citizen-ship rights. The concept of social exclusion is a com-plex one but it has recent-ly become central in Western European policy dis-course. ...

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• Promoting equity: Gender-neutral job evaluation for equal pay. A step-by-step guide - Buy now
  12 February 2009 - Significant gender disparities in pay are amongst the most resilient features of labour markets. This step-by-step guide sets out the various methodological components of the process and explains the criteria, which should be met in order to avoid discriminatory practices.
• Poverty and social exclusion in Tanzania (RS 109) - Buy now
  09 May 1996 -

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• Rural women in micro-enterprise development - Buy now
  20 February 1997 -

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• Social exclusion: An ILO perspective (RS 111) - Buy now
  07 December 1998 - Explores the relevance and value of the notion of social exclusion in a global context.
• Social exclusion: Rhetoric, reality, responses - Buy now
  15 January 1997 - This book comprises conceptual essays, literature reviews, and empirical studies focusing on the nature, magnitude and causes of exclusion. Explores the value of understanding poverty, deprivation and inequality in terms of the social exclusion of individuals and groups from sources of livelihood and from citizenship rights.
• Social exclusion from a welfare rights perspective in India (RS 106) - Buy now
  09 May 1996 - Explores the economic, social and political factors that have caused exclusion from fulfilment of basic needs with respect to education, health, housing, water supply, sanitation and social security.

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• The International Labour Organization and the quest for social justice, 1919-2009 - Buy now
  16 March 2009 - The International Labour Organization was founded in 1919 in the belief that peace and social justice go hand in hand. This book explores key ideas that the ILO has championed and applied through the political and economic upheavals of the last 90 years. ...

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• World of Work Report 2008 - Income inequalities in the age of financial globalization - Buy now
  17 November 2008 - Income inequalities have been growing significantly within countries over the past two decades or so. This new report from the International Institute for Labour Studies presents a timely assessment of this issue, based on new data and economic analysis and with full technical annexes. It looks at the extent of this phenomenon and ...