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We have selected for you the following books and articles
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They are available in the ILO Library. A new list is prepared every two weeks.
- El accidente de trabajo en el sistema de seguridad social : su contradictorio proceso de institucionalización jurídica / José Antonio Fernández Avilés.
Barcelona : Atelier Lobros Jurídicos, 2007. 272 p.
Examina el régimen jurídico de protección frente a los accidentes de trabajo en el ámbito del sistema de la seguridad social.
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- Ageing labour forces : promises and prospects / edited by Philip Taylor.
Cheltenham ; Edward Elgar, 2008. ix, 227 p.
Examines current governments policies to extend working lives. Gives contributions from a number of OECD countries on retirement issues during the period 1970-2005. Argues that older workers have been at the forefront of industrialized society's efforts to respond to the crisis facing social welfare systems and the economic threats associated with population ageing.
Call number 108A254
- Approaches to flexicurity [electronic resource] : EU models / Kaia Philips and Raul Eamets ; European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions.
Luxembourg : Office for official publications of the European Communities, 2007. 64 p.
Compares the various flexicurity options in the EU Member States, including models of best practice, while looking at how flexicurity is measured and identifies the challenges related to its implementation. Three factors investigated as part of the flexicurity model are social protection, labour market adaptability/flexibility and social inclusion.
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- Babies and bosses [electronic resource] : reconciling work and family life : a synthesis of findings for OECD countries / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Paris : OECD, 2007. 213 p.
Based on OECD indicators, examines tax/benefit policies, parental leave systems, support for child and out-of-school-hours care, and workplace practices that help determine parental labour market outcomes and family groups across the OECD.
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- Between soft and hard law : the impact of international social security standards on national social security law / edited by Frans Pennings.
The Hague : Klewer Law International, 2006. xiv, 325 p.
Provides an overview of the characteristics of ILO standards compared with those of the Council of Europe and the European Union. Studies their legal impact, illustrated by a sample of countries with well-developed social security systems: Germany, Spain, France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Includes an ILO contribution by Ursula Kulke on the legal requirements of ILO standards in various branches of social security. Appends the texts of the Constitution of the ILO, the European Code of Social Security, and the texts of ILO Conventions, i.e. Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1952 (No.102); Maternity Protection Convention (Revised), 1952 (No. 103); Equality of Treatment (Social Security) Convention, 1962 (No.118); Employment Injury Benefits Convention, 1964 (No.121); Invalidity, Old-Age and Survivors' Benefits Convention, 1967 (No.128); Medical Care and Sickness Benefits, 1969 (No.130); Employment Promotion and Protection against Unemployment Convention, 1988 (No. 168); Maternity Protection Convention, 2000 (No.183).
Call number 108A172
- Building social dialogue over training and learning : European and national developments / Jonathan Winterton.
In European journal of industrial relations. (London : Sage Publications.) Vol. 13, no. 3 (Nov. 2007) p. 281-300
Discusses how to develop coherent European policies for increasing social partner influence in vocational training and lifelong learning. Argues that despite the diversity of national vocational education and training (VET) systems and structures of social dialogue, cross-national differences in social partner involvement appear to be less than anticipated. Comments on the "Framework of actions for the lifelong development of competencies and qualifications" by ETUC, UNIC/UEAPME and CEEP, 2002.
Call number 49340(2007-3)281-300
- Cohesión, riesgo y arquitectura de protección social en América Latina [electronic resource] / Fernando Figueira ; Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe, Division de Desarrollo Social.
Santiago de Chile : CEPAL, 2007. 67 p.
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- Conversations with practitioners : the challenges of market-led microfinance / Guy Winship.
London : MicroSave, 2007. vii, 118 p.
Focuses on issues to meet clients' financial needs by Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs). Comprises interviews, carried out in 2003 in Johannesburg and Kenya, with product specialists and heads of leading MFIs in sub-Saharan Africa. Covers topics such as: shift to market-led microfinance; practitioners, their organisations and the experts; concept of market-led; knowing your market; product development; pricing and costing; client satisfaction; human resource development and management. Gives quotations by practitioners and expert statements, including Craig Churchill (ILO Social Finance Programme).
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- Corporate responsibility : a critical introduction / Michael Blowfield and Alan Murray.
Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2008. xx, 452 p.
Discusses the meaning and origins of corporate responsibility, management issues, the role of stakeholders, social accounting, socially responsible investment, and the impact, critics and future of corporate responsibility.
Call number 108A249
- Council of Europe convention on the protection of children against sexual exploitation and sexual abuse = Convention du Conseil de l'Europe pour la protection des enfants contre l'exploitation et les abus sexuels : Lanzarote, 25.X.2007 / Council of Europe = Conseil de l'Europe.
Strasbourg : Council of Europe, 2007. 20 p.
Bilingual text of the Convention to prevent and combat sexual exploitation and abuse of children, protect the rights of child victims, and promote national and international cooperation. Covers topics such as: preventive measures; specialised authorities and co-ordinating bodies; protective measures and assistance to victims; intervention programmes or measures; substantive criminal law; investigation, prosecution and procedural law; recording and storing of data; international co-operation; monitoring mechanisms; relationships with other international instruments.
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- Creating a world without poverty : social business and the future of capitalism / Muhammad Yunus with Karl Weber.
New York : PublicAffairs, 2007. xvii, 261 p.
Outlines a vision for a new business model that combines the power of free markets with the quest for a more humane world. Tells the stories of some of the earliest examples of social businesses, including Yunus's own Grameen Bank. Reveals the next phase in a hopeful economic and social revolution that is already under way, and in the worldwide effort to eliminate poverty by unleashing the productive energy of every human being.
Call number 108A279
- El cuidado como cuestión social desde un enfoque de derechos [electronic resource] / Laura C. Pautassi ; Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe, Unidad Mujer y Desarrollo.
Santiago de Chile : CEPAL, 2007. 50 p.
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- The economic impact of Islam on developing countries / Frederic L. Pryor.
In World development. (Oxford : Elsevier.) Vol. 35, no. 11 (Nov. 2007) p. 1815-1835
Discusses how the economic systems and institutions of Muslim countries differ from those of other countries at the same stage of economic development and what the impact of Islam is on the economic and social performance of those countries.
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- L'Économie solidaire dans les pays en développement / sous la direction de Roger A. Tsafack Nanfosso.
Paris : L'Harmattan, 2007. 179 p.
Traite de l'émergence de l'économie solidaire dans les pays du Sud, s'interroge sur l'interrelation entre culture africaine et économie solidaire, puis analyse le rôle de l'économie solidaire dans différents secteurs d'activité: commerce équitable, protection sociale, transports, intermédiation financière, "tontines en entreprise".
Call number 108A241
- Employment protection, product market reglation and firm selection / Winfried Koeniger and Julien Prat.
In Economic journal. (Oxford : Blackwell Publishing.) Vol. 117, no. 521 (June 2007) p. F302-F332
Presents a model with equilibrium unemployment and argues that similarity of firm and job turnover rates across OECD countries may be due to the joint regulation of product and labour market.
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Call number 40203(2007-521)F302-F332
- ERM report 2007 : restructuring and employment in the EU : the impact of globalisation / Donald Storries with Terry Ward ; European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions.
Dublin : European Foundation for the Improvement of living and Working Conditions, 2007. viii, 108 p.
Examines the changing nature and economic impact of intensified trade, and identifies the sectors regions and types of jobs most affected by offshoring. Describes what active labour market policies can do to help alleviate the problems caused by globalization. Concentrates on the EU-15 countries at the beginning of the 21st century, with a view on the situation of other OECD countries and the rest of the world.
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- L'état de l'emploi : comment l'emploi s'est transformé - l'insertion des jeunes, filière par filière - emploi, travail, métiers, formation : où va le modèle social français? / Philippe Frémeaux ; Scop-SA Alternatives Economiques.
Paris : Scop-SA Alternatives Economiques, 2008. 136 p.
Présente un panorama des mutations de l'emploi et du travail et en tire les conséquences en matière d'insertion des jeunes. Rassemble des données sur les conditions d'insertion des jeunes dans la vie active, niveau d'études par niveau d'études, spécialité par spécialité. Met enfin en évidence la crise du modèle français de l'emploi.
Call number 108A187
- Flexibility and control : new challenges for working-time policy in the European Union / Steffen Lehndorff.
In Labour and industry. (Melbourne.) Vol. 17, No. 3 (Apr. 2007) p. 9-28
Gives an overview of recent working time trends across European Union countries and the challenges for the working time policy of the trade unions.
Call number 49539(2007-3)9-28
- Flexibility-flexicurity-flexinsurance [electronic resource] : response to the European Commission's green paper "Modernising labour law to meet the challenges of the 21st century" / Andranik Tangian ; Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliches Institut in der Hans-Böckler-Stiftung.
Düsseldorf : WSI in der Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, 2007. 38 p.
Contains both critical remarks on and constructive suggestions to Green Paper: "Modernising labour law to meet the challenges of the 21st century" of the European Commission (2006) which promotes flexicurity policies, i.e. relaxing the employment protection legislation while providing advances in employment and social security for flexible workforces, such as fixed-term, part-time and agency workers, or the self-employed.
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- Food security : indicators, measurement, and the impact of trade openness / edited by Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis, Shabd S. Acharya, and Benjamin Davis.
New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. xxiv, 371 p.
Focuses on the under-researched issues of hunger and food insecurity, with particular reference to attempts to improve measurement tools, application of existing tools to household data, and the impact of freer trade, especially the WTO Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) on national food security. Brings examples from a number of less and least developed countries around the world, covering the period 1980-2003.
Call number 108A192
- How has the globalization of labor affected the labor income share in advanced countries? / Florence Jaumotte and Irina Tytell.
Washington, D.C. : IMF, 2007. 54 p.
Uses a labour share equation derived from a translog revenue function to estimate the contributions of globalization, technological progress, and labour market policies to the decline in the labour share. The results, obtained for 18 advanced countries between 1982 and 2002, suggest that globalization was only one of several factors that have affected the labour share. Finds that technological progress, especially in the information and communications sectors, has had a bigger impact, particularly on the labour share in unskilled sectors.
Call number 107B03/110 engl
- Human security, well-being and sustainability [special topic] / edited by P.B. Anand and Des Gasper.
In Journal of international development. (Chichester : John Wiley & Sons.) Vol. 19, no. 4 (May 2007) p. 449-544
Selection of papers originally presented at the workshop "Peace, security and sustainability", organized by two study groups, Development Ethics and Environmental Resources and Sustainable Development, at St. Edmund's College, Cambridge, March 2006. Focuses on connecting concepts between human security, well-being and development, namely freedom, rights, responsibilities, and deliberative processes.
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- Impact of globalisation on industrial relations in the EU and other major economies [electronic resource] / Kaia Philips and Raul Eamets ; European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions.
Luxembourg : Office for official publications of the European Communities, 2007. 96 p.
Looks at the general macroeconomic and labour market developments as well as social changes, with particular reference to labour relations in the EU-25 and Global7 countries. Focuses on the actors, processes and outcomes of industrial relations in an increasingly competitive world.
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- Institutional emergence in an era of globalization : the rise of transnational private regulation of labor and environmental conditions / Tim Bartley.
In American journal of sociology. (Chicago, Ill.) Vol. 113, no. 2 (Sept. 2007) p. 297-381
Explains the institutional emergence of social and environmental certification associations. Views institutions as the outcome of political contestation and comprises case studies of patterns of institution building in both the apparel and forest product fields.
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- The international mobility of talent : types, causes, and development impact / edited by Andrés Solimano.
New York : Oxford University Press, 2008. xxi, 371 p.
Looks at entrepreneurs and technical experts, students, and others going abroad in an increasingly interdependent world economy. Recognizes that brain drain is a serious problem in some areas, such as the health sector, but finds that circulation between the rich nations and emerging economies can contribute to the situation of the sending countries. Discusses, in the contribution by J.-M. Coicaud, the socioeconomic and educational profiles, and mobility of international civil servants.
Call number 108A236
- International social security standards : current views and interpretation matters / edited by Frans Pennings.
Antwerpen : Intersentia, 2007. xvi, 278 p.
Contains the edited presentations and discussions at a symposium held on 3 November 2006 at Tilburg University, building on the book "Between soft and hard law: the impact of international social security standards and national social security law". Includes a contribution by Angelika Nussberger, member of the ILO Committee of Experts, on the interpretation of pertinent ILO standards. Appends excerpts from the European Code of Social Security and (translated) court decisions of the Dutch Central Appeals Court and the Swiss Federal Insurance Tribunal.
Call number 108A173
- Is social Europe fit for globalisation? [electronic resource] : a study on the social impact of globalisation in the European Union / Iain Begg, Juraj Draxler, Jørgen Mortensen ; European Commission, Directorate-General "Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities" Unit E1 - Social and Demographic Analysis
Brussels : European Communities, 2007. 233 p.
Focuses on the social impact of globalizaion in the EU context. Examines the implications for social policies at EU and Member State levels. Suggests that there is no compelling evidence that globalization is leading inexorably to a 'race-to-the bottom' in social policy or the capacity of European society to maintain its commitments to solidarity and equality.
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- Legal aspects of HIV/AIDS : a guide for policy and law reform / Lance Gable ... [et al.].
Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2007. xix, 225 p.
Addressed to lawyers, policy makers and other practitioners. Explains how laws and regulations can either underpin or undermine public health programmes and responsible personal behaviour. Covers aspects of public health policies and practices, discrimination of HIV-infected persons, disclosure and exposure of the disease, injecting drug use, sex work, homosexuality, sexual and economic exploitation of children, clinical research, access to medicines, and World Bank policies and procedures.
Call number 107B03/108 engl
- Mainstreaming statistics in the poverty reduction strategy approach to provide for more effective technical assistance : some experiences at the IMF / Robin D. Kibuka.
Washington, D.C. : IMF, 2007. 39 p.
Reviews the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) approach and efforts to build institutional statistical capacity to permit evidence-based monitoring of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs).
Call number 107B03/109 engl
- Measuring progress towards a more sustainable Europe [electronic resource] : 2007 monitoring report of the EU sustainable development strategy / Editor, L. Ledoux ; European Union.
Luxembourg : Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 2007 330 p.
Based on the EU set of Sustainable Development Indicators (SDIs), provides a quantitative assessment of whether Europe is on a sustainable path, evaluating trends against policy objectives.
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- La necesaria reforma de los sistemas de salud en América Latina / Jorge Ernesto Pérez Lugo.
In Gaceta laboral. (Maracaibo, Venezuela : Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Laborales y de Disciplinas Afines, CIELDA.) Vol. 13, no. 1 (Enero-Abril 2007) p. 43-57
Analiza el proceso de reforma y transformación que requieren los sistemas de salud de América Latina.
Call number 49424(2007-1)43-57
- La nouvelle économie russe / Dimitri Uzunidis.
Bruxelles : Éditions De Boeck Université, 2007. 214 p.
Analyse les défis majeurs que l'Etat et les acteurs privés russes doivent relever pour créer un contexte favorable à l'économie de l'entreprise et à l'économie du bien-être, depuis le passage de la Russie à l'économie de marché.
Call number 108A190
- On global order : power, values, and the constitution of international society / Andrew Hurrell.
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007. vii, 354 p.
Drawing on research in international relations, international law and global governance, analyses the ways in which international society has adapted to changes with globalization, with the evolution of global political order and with political and moral dilemmas. Connects classical arguments with contemporary theories.
Call number 108A48
- Les paradoxes du développement durable / Sylvain Allemand.
Paris : Le Cavalier Bleu, 2007. 191 p.
Discute le concept du développement durable, le rôle de ses acteurs et les moyens d'action dont ils disposent. Dresse un bilan du développement durable depuis la publication du rapport Brundtland en 1987.
Call number 108A131
- Partenariats entreprise et enseignement supérieur. L'expérience de Veolla Environnement. [Thème spécial :] Le défi de l'insertion professionnelle / Bernard Masingue.
In Cadres CFDT. (Paris : Union confédérale des ingénieurs et cadres.) No. 424 (mai 2007) p. 23-29
Présente un cas de coopération entre employeurs et et enseignement supérieur pour la formation de cadres.
Call number 45431(2007-424)23-29
- Pension benefits, labour market institutions, and unemployment / Antonis Adam.
In Labour. (Oxford : Blackwell Publishing Ltd.) Vol. 21, no. 4-5 (Dec. 2007) p. 595-610
Using a panel of 20 OECD countries for the period between 1960 and 2004, finds (1) a negative relationship between the generosity of the pension system and the unemployment rate, and (2) unemployment effects of various labour market institutions.
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- Pension politics : consensus and social conflict in ageing societies / Patrik Marier.
New York : Routledge, 2008. xvii, 221 p.
Describes how state administrations of Sweden and the UK have introduced programmatic reforms, whereas, in Belgium and France, parametric reforms resulted from the creation of pension administrations outside the traditional state apparatus and including social partners. Considers the lack of influence on the part of the labour movement in the 1994/98 Swedish reform.
Call number 108A255
- La performance économique des pays en développement : constats et défis : etude comparative entre les pays de l'Afrique subsaharienne et de l'Asie de l'Est et du Sud-Est / Mathias Japhet Keyou - Hachimi Sanni Yaya.
Paris : Éditions Publibook, 2007. 197 p.
Cherche à comprendre pourquoi des économies avec des niveaux de sous-développement comparables quelques décennies plus tôt ont connu des destins aussi dissemblables.
Call number 108A243
- El poder de las ideas : claves para una historia intelectual de las Naciones Unidas / Richard Jolly, Louis Emmerij y Thomas G. Weiss.
Madrid : Catarata, 2007. 135 p.
Presenta los principales hallazgos sobre las contribuciones de las Naciones Unidas al mundo de las ideas a lo largo de sus sesenta años de existencia, y examina su papel en la creación, elaboración y promoción de conceptos que forman parte de la definición moderna del desarrollo del ser humano.
Call number 108A191
- Polishing the stone : a journey through the promotion of gender equality in development projects / Rosemary Vargas-Lundius.
Rome : IFAD, 2007. 273 p.
Offers practical methods for mainstreaming gender equality in rural development projects and discusses the relationship between gender equality and poverty reduction.
Call number 108A175
- The problems of humanity : building right human relations : study four : capital, labour and employment / World Goodwill.
London : World Goodwill, [2008]. iv, 33 p.
Comprises excerpts from printed or Internet sources. Looks at relationships between international debt, capital, and labour and employment, the roles of transnational corporations, child labour, and women at work. Reproduces the summary from the ILO publication entitled "IPEC Action against child labour 2004-2005" and parts from an ILO information leaflet available available at: http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---webdev/documents/publication/wcms_082361.pdf.
Call number 108A111
- Quantitative overview on supplementary pension provision [electronic resource] : final report / prepared for the European Commission, Directorate General EMPL.
Brussels : European Commission, 2007. 233 p.
Based on the results of a survey on supplementary pensions practices involving major organizations in Europe, examines the nature and scope of pension scheme; the typology of funding and benefit practices; the conditions of acquisition of pension rights; the treatment of dormant pension rights; the evolution of scheme conditions, and information and communication.
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- Reading and cases in international human resource management / edited by Mark E. Mendenhall, Gary R. Oddou and Günter K. Stahl.
London ; Routledge, 2007. xiii, 385 p.
Addresses human resource management topics from a cross-cultural perspective.
Call number 108A238
- Reducción de la pobreza, tendencias demográficas, familias y mercado de trabajo en América Latina [electronic resource] / Simone Cecchini, Andras Uthoff ; Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe, Division de Desarrollo Social.
Santiago de Chile : CEPAL, 2007. 65 p.
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- Repenser l'égalité des chances / Patrick Savidan.
Paris : Grasset, 2007. 325 p.
Soutient que l'égalité des chances telle qu'elle est pratiquée est un facteur d'injustice et de décohésion sociale et en propose une rédéfinition qui ouvre sur la possibilité d'une égalité de chances durable.
Call number 108A128
- The resistible rise of market fundamentalism : rethinking development policy in an unbalanced world / Richard Kozul-Wright and Paul Rayment.
London ; Zed Books, 2007. xiv, 374 p.
Argues that developing countries must be given the freedom to experiment and to develop their own policies. Discusses the nexus of neo-liberalism and market fundamentalism, the survival of the nation state, and trade and financial flows in an open world. Explores the roles of transnational corporations, foreign direct investment, and the debt crisis. Explores an alternative framework for development strategies and lessons from the Marshall Plan. Concludes about the conditions for a sustainable global order.
Call number 108A244
- La responsabilité éthique des multinationales / Cécile Renouard, préface de Louis Schweitzer.
Paris : Presses universitaires de France, 2007. 553 p.
Fait le point sur la participation des multinationales au développement responsable durable, l'assimilation des travailleurs locaux dans l' entreprise, l'intégration des activités de l'entreprise dans son environement naturel et les incertitudes autour de la governance internationale.
Call number 108A125
- Shadow employment and labor productivity dynamics / Maurizio Bovi.
In Labour. (Oxford : Blackwell Publishing Ltd.) Vol. 21, no. 4-5 (Dec. 2007) p. 735-762
Shows that the correlation between shadow employment and output is positive, but the opposite is found for the regular employees.
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- Small and medium sized enterprises in East Asia : sectoral and regional dimensions / edited by Charles Harvie, Boon-Chye Lee.
Cheltenham Edward Elgar, 2007. xx, 442 p.
Considers the importance of local SME clustering and networking for global competitiveness in various economic sectors. Based on case studies from a number of East Asian countries, illustrates the increasing recognition that local regional and sectoral SME activities require specific micro-policy measures.
Call number 108A250
- The social economy [electronic resource] : building inclusive economies / edited by Antonella Noya and Emma Clarence ; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Paris : OECD, 2007. 249 p.
Offers insights into the economic theory of social economy organisations, their role in an evolving political and economic context, and the links to local development and the empowerment of users. Building on theoretical and empirical developments in OECD member countries, the publication also presents the main challenges for the social economy in Central East and South East Europe.
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- Social expenditure and the politics of redistribution / Francis G. Castles, Herbert Obinger.
In Journal of European social policy. (London : Sage Publications.) Vol. 17, No. 3 (Aug. 2007) p. 206-222
Analyses OECD research identifying the impact of taxes and private benefits on social spending. Demonstrates that the effect of taxes is almost entirely political in nature.
Call number 49082(2007-3)206-222
- Social policies in the World Bank : paradigms and challenges / Anthony Hall.
In Global social policy. (London : Sage Publications.) Vol. 7, No. 2 (Aug. 2007) p. 151-175
Discusses how the World Bank's social policies have evolved into three conceptually and operationally separate agendas: social welfare, social protection, and social development. Considers the main obstacle to social policy mainstreaming in the organization, especially in view of the intended reorganization of the Bank which may serve to restrict the independence and remit of environmental and social specialists.
Call number 49853(2007-2)151-175
- Social safety nets and targeted social assistance [electronic resource] : lessons from the European experience / Chris de Neubourg, Julie Castonguay and Keetie Roelen ; the World Bank, Social Protection and Labour.
Washington : World Bank, 2007. 58 p.
Reviews and compares the performance of social assistance noncontributory income support programmes for the poor within the context of the social protection system in European and other advanced economies. Suggests that the European social protection systems are effective and efficient, but that reforms are needed as a response to changing socio-economic conditions.
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- Standards-based reform and the poverty gap : lessons for no child left behind / Adam Gamoran, editor.
Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2007. viii, 340 p.
Reviews the retention rates of students during the period 1996-2005 by race and grade, followed by an assessment of what the US "No child left behind" (NCLB) Act of 2001 has achieved. Lists NCLB activities and implementation obstacles by State. Focuses on improving standards and holding schools accountable for student performance with a view to boost the chances for disadvantaged childen to succeed in school and, later, in work.
Call number 108A150
- Supercapitalisme : le choc entre le système économique émergent et la démocratie / Robert Reich.
Paris : Vuibert, 2007. xii, 276 p.
Décrit la mutation du capitalisme mondial passé d'un "capitalisme démocratique" au "supercapitalisme", avec pour conséquence, une démocratie de moins en moins effective. Met en avant la responsabilité de l'individu et réclame la fin du mythe de l'entreprise "citoyenne et socialement responsable", en soutenant que les deux sphères du business et de la politique doivent rester distinctes.
Call number 108A242
- Technology diffusion in the developing world [special topic].
In Global economic prospects. (Washington, D.C. : World Bank.) (2008) p. 1-201
Takes stock of the advancement of technology in the developing world during the period 1990-2007. Reveals that progress there has been much faster than in high-income countries. Examines domestic factors, effects of world trade, nurturing technological adaptive capacity, and possible effects of the banking crisis and the US recession.
Call number 03668(2008)1-201
- Trabajo, educación y salud de las niñas en América Latina y el Caribe [electronic resource] : indicadores elaborados en el marco de la plataforma de Beijing / Daniela Zapata Sapiencia ; Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe, Unidad Mujer y Desarrollo.
Santiago de Chile : CEPAL, 2007. 44 p.
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- US labor in trouble and transition : the failure of reform from above, the promise of revival from below / Kim Moody.
London ; Verso, 2007. xiii, 289 p.
Tells the story of union decline in America, with particular reference to industrialization, immigration and segregation during the period 1870-1920, the second transformation from 1941 to 1970, end of militancy since the 1980s, and, in 1995, the split of organized labour into two federations, namely the old American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) and the new Change to Win Federation (CTW). Argues how increasing immigrant labour and its efforts at self-organization can re-energize the unions.
Call number 108A247
- The wage premium on tertiary education [electronic resource] : new estimates for 21 OECD countries / by Hubert Strauss and Christine de la Maisonneuve ; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Paris : OECD, 2007. 63 p.
Based on a unified framework for 21 OECD countries from the 1990s to early 2000s and using international household surveys, presents cross-section estimates of gross hourly wage premia on tertiary education.
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- Wal-Mao : the discipline of corporate culture and studying success at Wal-Mart China / David J. Davies.
In China journal. (Canberra : Contemporary China Centre.) No. 58 (July 2007) p. 1-27
Examines the corporate culture of the Wal-Mart Corporation and its localization in China. An analysis of ethnographic data collected at Chinese Wal-Mart stores illustrates how its corporate culture finds historical continuity with the organizational culture of the "work unit" (danwei) system as a total way of life that imagines order, asserts morality, disciplines behavior and unites culture with modern production.
Call number 48333(2007-58)1-27
- Welfare, law, and globalization / Kaushik Basu.
New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2007. x, 274 p.
Focuses on welfare economics, law and economics, and the making of global economic policy. Discusses the possibility of common international labour standards, elimination of child labour, and the growing inequality in a globalized world.
Call number 108A45
- Women and immigration law : new variations on classical feminist themes / edited by Sarah van Walsum and Thomas Spijkerboer.
Abingdon, Oxon ; Routledge-Cavendish, 2007. xi, 272 p.
Examines immigration law from a gender perspective. Shows how immigration law highlights Europe's unresolved gender conflicts and how a gender perspective helps rethink immigration law.
Call number 108A13
- Work organization and 'the Scandinavian Model' / Bjørn Gustavsen.
In Economic and industrial democracy. (London : Sage Publications.) Vol. 28, no. 4 (Nov. 2007) p. 650-671
Explores a number of bipartite and tripartite efforts to promote learning-oriented forms of work organization in Scandinavian countries. Finds varying forms of strategy, and the particular function of building trust between management and workers on the local level.
Call number 46084(2007-4)650-671
- Working against racism : how European trade unions can combat racism at work / Mary Davis.
In Transfer. (Brussels : European Trade Union Institute.) No. 3 (2007) p. 463-475
Brings together recommendations arising from a research project entitled "Racial and ethnic minorities, immigration and the role of trade unions in combating discrimination and xenophobia, in encouraging participation and in securing social inclusion and citizenship (RITU)" and reviewed by the ETUC Migration and Inclusion Working Group.
Call number 49403(2007-3)463-475
- World hunger series 2007 : hunger and health / United Nations World Food Programme.
Rome : WFP ; 2007. 203 p.
Reviews the global hunger and health situation, and interrelationships between undernutrition and disease. Identifies proven solutions to ensure that research, policy and programmes reduce hunger and poor health for all people. Stresses that integrated food and health-related interventions are necessary in order to meet the Millennium Development Goals.
Call number 107B07/6 engl
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