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We have selected for you the following books and articles
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- Achieving sustainable development in an age of climate change : policy note / United Nations, Committee for Development Policy.
New York, N.Y. : United Nations, 2009. ix, 29 p.
With a view to achieving the Millennium Development Goals, urges for more coherence between climate and development policies of industrialized countries, and more adaptation and mitigation activities in the developing countries. Indicates the importance of international cooperation and policy alignment in international climate agreements.
Call number 109B01/8 engl
- The age of aging : how demographics are changing the global economy and our world / George Magnus.
Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons (Asia) Pte Ltd. 2009. xxiv, 321 p.
Examines the broad economic effects of ageing, major proposals for addressing the implications, and how ageing societies will affect family and social structures. Discusses issues of globalization and immigration, and the politicization of religion. Considers the period 1950-2005, with projections up to 2050.
Call number 109A264
- Beyond facts : understanding quality of life / Eduardo Lora, coordinator.
Washington, DC : IDB, 2008. 272 p.
Focuses on perceptions of individual citizens in the evaluation of their lives, societies, cities, health, education and jobs. Considers the impact of public opinion on public policy and finds that the majority of Latin Americans are satsfied with their quality of life.
Call number 109A122
- Comment devenir légitimes ? : le double rôle des syndicats dans le marché de l'investissement socialement responsable / Elise Penalvaicher.
In Revue de l'IRES. (Paris : Institut de recherches economiques et sociales.) No. 57 (2008) p. 111-140
Montre au travers d'une analyse des relations de collaboration du marché de l'investissement socialement responsable (ISR) que la fonction des agences de notation extra-financière, qui ont pourtant été à l'origine du marché, est complètement remise en question aujourd'hui en France. S'intéresse au rôle des syndicats dans ce monde financier où ils peuvent intervenir dans la qualification de ce type d'investissement encore assez incertain qu'est l'ISR : la circulation de l'information extra-financière ne reposant plus sur les agences, les syndicats ont la possibilité d'endosser ce rôle, au moins pour le volet social. Participant par ailleurs à une stratégie de validation d'une information certainement plus qualitative et informelle que l'information standardisée ils s'affirment en tant que représentants des salariés dans le cadre de l'épargne salariale socialement responsable.
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- Desempleo, pobreza y políticas sociales : fortalezas y debilidades del plan jefas y jefes de hogar desocupados / Julio Cesar Neffa (director) ; Agustina Battistuzzi... [et al.].
Buenos Aires : Miño y Dávila, 2008. 190 p.
Se presenta la descripción de la evolución del mercado de trabajo en Argentina en el período 1974-2000, según la Encuesta Permanente de Hogares ·puntual·, para situar el Plan Jefes y Jefas de Hogar Desocupados (PJyJHD) en su contexto y señalar los principales problemas que le dieron origen cuando se desencadenó la crisis a fines de 2001. Se describen después los antecedentes, los objetivos buscados y los dispositivos adoptados para su implementación, y se trata de evaluar sus resultados en cuanto a la inclusión social, la generación de empleos y el sostenimiento de ingresos.
Call number 108A950
- Development aid : a fresh look / edited by George Mavrotas and Mark McGillivray
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. xiv, 260 p.
Explores the interface between aid allocation and perceptions of aid effectiveness, the inter-recipient concentration of aid from non-government organizations, the year-on-year volatility of aid, implications for public sector fiscal aggregates, and evaluation of the country-level impacts of aid.
Call number 109A217
- Dynamics of European sectoral social dialogue [electronic resource] / Philippe Pochet ... [et al.] ; European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
Luxembourg : Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 2009. vii, 97 p.
Presents the results of a documentary research, followed by an analysis of the relationships between the institutions and players in the EU-27 member States. Includes the findings from interviews of the European Commission and cross-industry social partners, as well as trade union organizations and employer organizations at European and national levels. Concludes about implementing European sectoral social dialogue texts.
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- The European Union's development policy : a personal view of 50 years of international cooperation / Dieter Frisch.
Brussels : ECDPM, 2008. 72 p.
Examines the evolution of development cooperation between the European Union and developing countries during the period from 1958 to 2007, with particular reference to the partnership with the African-Caribbean-Pacific group of States.
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- Economic development and transition : thought, strategy, and viability / Justin Yifu Lin.
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009. xii, 170 p.
Provides an investigation into why most developing countries have failed to exploit their economic potential. Argues that economic performance in developing countries depends largely on government strategy. If the government plays a facilitating role, enabling firms to exploit the economy's comparative advantages, its economy will develop successfully. However, governments in most developing countries attempt to promote industries that go against their comparative advantages by creating various kinds of distortion to protect nonviable firms in priority industries. Failing to recognize the original intention of many distortions, most governments in transition economies attempt to eliminate those distortions without addressing firms' viability problems, causing economic performance to deteriorate in their transition process.
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- The economics of climate change mitigation [electronic resource] : : policies and options for the future / Jean-Marc Burniaux...[et al.] ; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Economics Department.
Paris : OECD, 2008. 128 p.
Using a range of modelling frameworks,analyses cost-effective policy mixes to reduce emissions, the implications of incomplete coverage of policies for the costs of mitigation action and carbon leakage, the role of technology-support policies in lowering future emissions and policy costs, as well as the incentives, and possible options to enhance them, for emitting countries to take action against climate change. Gives projections to 2050.
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- The effectiveness of India's anti-poverty programmes / Anjini Kochar.
In Journal of development studies. (Abingdon : Taylor & Francis.) Vol. 44, no. 9 (Oct. 2008) p. 1289-1308
Presents a critical evaluation of the design of anti-poverty programmes. Argues that the effect of administrative decentralization of poverty programmes on the benefits of the poor depends not just on their political strength but also on incentives for the non-poor.
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- Les effets incitatifs de la prime pour l'emploi : une évaluation difficile / Marion Cochard ... [et al.].
In Économie et statistique. (Paris : Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques.) No. 412 (2008) p. 57-80
Commente le droit à récupération fiscale adopté afin d'inciter au retour à l'emploi ou au maintien de l'activité. Montre l'absence d'effet significatif de la prime pour l'emploi sur l'emploi, y compris pour les femmes mariées.
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- Enjeux des politiques macroéconomiques des pays de l'UEMOA / sous la direction de El Hadji Abdou Sakho, Gilles Dufrénot ; préface de Abdoulaye Wade ; publié avec le concours de l'Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie.
Paris : Economica, 2008. 266 p.
Met en exergue les obstacles à la croissance et au commerce intracommunautaire, les contraintes de la transition fiscale et de l'harmonisation des systèmes fiscaux, le rôle de l'offre comme facteur d'inflation, les effets de l'ancrage à l'Euro et les tentatives des Etats de se soustraire aux règles budgétaires communautaires.
Call number 108A593
- EU social and employment law : policy and practice in an enlarged Europe / Philippe Watson.
New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. xl, 538 p.
Sets out the law and policy as it has evolved since the European Economic Community was established in 1957 through its subsequent five enlargements to the EU-27. Presents the idiosyncrasies of social policy and employment policy, collective and individual employment rights, and equality of treatment with regard to gender, race, religion, disability, age, and sexual orientation.
Call number 109A258
- European knowledge societies (plural) : the rise of new knowledge types and the division of labour in the EU / Marcel Hoogenboom, Willem Trommel and Duco Bannink.
In Intereconomics. (Heidelberg : Springer-Verlag.Hamburg.) Vol. 43, no. 6 (Nov.-Dec. 2008) p. 359-370
Conceptualises three types of 'knowledge society' and criticizes a one-dimensional conception of 'knowledge economy'. Outlines the objectives and guidelines of the 'Lisbon Agenda' of the European Union member state leaders and considers the possible impact of 'cultural knowledge' on the division of labour in the European Union.
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- The European social model and transitional labour markets : law and policy / Edited by Ralf Rogowski.
Farnham ; Ashgate, 2008. xiv, 359 p.
Describes the European Social Model (EMS) as an example of sensible economic policy-making in which economic, welfare and employment policies form an integral, if not the central part. Focuses on legal and policy aspects, both at European and national levels, followed by comparative and global assessments. Includes an ILO contribution by Peter Auer, entitled "Labour market institutions and the European Social Model in a globalizing world".
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- Évaluer le droit du licenciement : comparaison des droits et des procédures, mesure des actions / Evelyne Serverin ... [et al.].
In Revue de l'OFCE. (Paris : Observatoire français des conjonctures économiques.) No.107 (Oct. 2008) p. 29-64
Réexamine les procédures et les motifs de licenciement. Critique des indicateurs de protection de l'emploi et ne confirme pas la thèse selon laquelle la rigueur des procédures de licenciement économique serait détournée par un recours plus fréquent à des licenciements pour motifs personnels.
Call number 46447(2008-107)29-64
- The first global financial crisis of the 21st century [electronic resource] / edited by Andrew Felton and Carmen Reinhart.
London : Centre for Economic Policy Research, 2008. 204 p.
Comprises a collection of articles which analyse the ongoing turmoil in global financial markets: why it happened, how it developed and what can be done.
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- Gender equality in the Netherlands [electronic resource] : an example of Europeanisation of social law and policy / Nuria E. Ramos Martín ; Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies.
Amsterdam : AIAS, 2008. 58 p.
Provides a legal analysis of how the legislation and social policies in the field of gender equality in the Netherlands have been influenced by the European integration process.
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- The geography of unemployment [electronic resource] : how the recession has affected different cities / Ideopolis City Leaders Network.
London : Work Foundation, 2009. 6 p.
Reveals the areas suffering most from rising unemployment during the recession. The analysis suggests that the local authority areas that have experienced the biggest jumps in the numbers claiming benefits are the core cities of the North, the West Midlands and Scotland, and areas linked with traditional manufacturing and heavy industry that have suffered disproportionately in previous recessions.
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- The global economic crisis [electronic resource] : systemic failures and multilateral remedies : report by the UNCTAD Secretariat Task Force on systemic issues and economic cooperation / United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
New York, N.Y. : United Nations, 2009. xiv, 64 p.
Investigates three interrelated issues of importance to developed and developing countries alike, and proposes measures to address the systemic failures they have entailed: (a) how the ideology of financial deregulation within and across nations allowed the build-up of pressures whose unwinding has damaged the credibility and functioning of the market-based models that have underpinned financial development throughout the world; (b) how the growing role of large-scale financial investors on commodities futures markets has affected commodity price volatility and fed speculative bubbles; and (c) the role of widespread currency speculation in exacerbating global imbalances and fuelling the current crisis in the absence of a cooperative international system to manage exchange rate fluctuations to the benefit of all nations.
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- Global unions global business : global union federations and international business / by Richard Croucher and Elizabeth Cotton.
London : Middlesex University Press, 2009. xi, 146 p.
Looks at an aspect of globalisation: the role of the Global Union Federations (GUF) in international employment relations. Outlines the way that trade unions at international level relate to multinational companies using different illustrations of their activities. Includes an in-depth case study of one GUF's dealings with a major multinational company.
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- Globalisation and employment : a prelude / Rajarshi Majumder.
In Indian journal of labour economics. (New Delhi : B.R. Publishing Corporation.) Vol. 51, no. 4 (Oct-Dec. 2008) p. 505-515
Shows that except in the developed countries, globalisation is affecting the labour market negatively. Argues that the institutional mechanism and improving social security for workers must precede global integration of the economy.
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- L'immigration a-t-elle un effet sur les finances publiques ? / Olivier Monso.
In Revue française d'économie. (Paris : CNRS.) Vol. 23, no. 2 (oct. 2008) p. 3-56
Modélise le système socio-fiscal afin de déterminer l'impact sur les finances publiques d'un immigré supplémentaire. Comprend des hypothèses démographiques et sur le taux d'emploi, les salaires, les impôts versès et les dépenses publiques.
Call number 48302(2008-2)3-56
- The impact of trade liberalization on income inequality in India / Vertica Agarwal.
Saarbrücken : VDM Verlag, 2008. xi, 164 p.
Investigates the effect of trade liberalization on income inequality in India covering a time period from 1987-2003.
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- The influence of retirement systems on the free movement of persons in the European Union / Anna Bluj.
In Intereconomics. (Heidelberg : Springer-Verlag.Hamburg.) Vol. 43, no. 6 (Nov.-Dec. 2008) p. 371-376
Discusses the direct relationship between low migration among EU countries and the differentiation and complexity of pension systems in the member countries.
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- Information and knowledge sharing.
Rome : FAO, 2009. xvi, 97 p.
With a view to implementing the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries, considers the diversity of stakeholders, issues of access and affordability of information, finding, recording and processing of information, and generating knowledge. Discusses the dissemination of fisheries information, the role of information networks, and the special needs of small-scale fisheries. Includes a list of information tools, such as databases, journals, research network, etc.
Call number 109B07/2 engl
- Introduction to modern economic growth / Daron Acemoglu.
Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2009. xviii, 990 p.
Presents the basic workhorse models of growth, including models of human capital, endogenous technological change, technology transfer, international trade, economic development, and political economy. Integrates these theories with data and shows how theoretical approaches can lead to better perspectives on the fundamental causes of economic growth and the wealth of nations.
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- Job quality in Europe [electronic resource] / Janine Leschke and Andrew Watt ; European Trade Union Institute for Research, Education and Health and Safety (ETUI-REHS).
Brussels : ETUI-REHS, 2008. 42 p.
Using data from the 2005 European Working Conditions survey, analyses job quality along three dimensions: job content, autonomy and working conditions. Concludes that gender and occupational status, along with other job characteristics such as working time and sector, have more influence on an individual's job quality than the country or national model they are situated in.
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- La jubilación parcial en el sistema español de seguridad social / José Mario Paredes Rodriguez.
Madrid : CES, 2008. 245 p.
Se estudia el concepto de jubilación parcial en España, como anticipación de la edad legal de jubilación y su regulación legal en un contexto de envejecimiento de la población. En ella intervienen distintos operadores con intereses contrapuestos, por lo que se genera un entramado de relaciones jurídicas que trascienden a la propia seguridad social para trasladarse al ámbito laboral.
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- Justice sociale et libéralisation du commerce international / par Alain Supiot.
In Droit social. (Paris : Editions Techniques et Economiques.) No. 2 (Fév. 2009) p. 131-141
Critique la dissociation des dimensions économique et sociale du processus de globalisation. Discute les limites de l'introduction d'une clause sociale dans les accords commerciaux. Propose l'adoption des règles commerciales socialement responsables et la création d'une citoyenneté sociale internationale.
Call number 40327(2009-2)131-141
- Keynes's approach to full employment [electronic resource] : aggregate or targeted demand? / Pavlina R. Tcherneva ; The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College.
Annanadale-on-Hudson : The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, 2008. 25 p.
Revisits Keynes's view of employment policy to see what role aggregate demand policies played in his analytical approach.
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- Labor market policies as instruments of industry policy : what can Europe learn from Southeast Asia? / by Anis Chowdhury.
In American journal of economics and sociology. (New York, N.Y. : AJES.) No. 4 (2008) p. 661-681
Briefly presents the nature of industrial policy in East and Southeast Asia. Elaborates on aspects of human resource development as well as on wages and industrial relations of the labour policies of Malaysia and Singapore. Concludes about industrial restructuring in mature democracies.
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- Labour cooperation or labour conflict in the enlarged EU? [electronic resource] : trade union responses to the rise of the automotive industry in Central-Eastern Europe / Magdalena Bernaciak ; European Trade Union Institute for Research, Education and Health and Safety (ETUI-REHS).
Brussels : ETUI-REHS, 2008. 23 p.
Examines how Western and Central and Eastern European trade unions are coping with intensifying cross-border competition. Looks at what strategies they employ to increase or preserve employment levels and to improve working conditions in a transnationally competitive environment. The evidence on Polish-German trade union relations in the automotive industry suggests that labour organisations are undertaking a mix of national and cross-border initiatives, but their commitment to cross-border cooperation should not be taken for granted. The decision of Polish trade unionists to coordinate activities with their German counterparts is conditional upon the Westerners' assistance. For German activists, transnational cooperation primarily serves the goal of limiting competition from cheaper Polish labour and is accompanied by a range of activities at national level that aim to restore competitiveness in German locations. Argues that the heterogeneity of social conditions in the enlarged EU increases Western European unions' propensity to pursue cooperative solutions.
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- Nobel networks? : Advocacy for global justice and the "network effect" / Jim Bendell and Annekathrin Ellersiek ; United Nations Research Institute for Social Development.
Geneva : UNRISD, 2009. viii, 62 p.
Focuses on inter-organizational networks of civil organizations (civic networks) and their role in public policy processes. Presents case studies of four advocacy networks working in Great Britain in the area of economic policy with implications for international development: the Corporate Responsibility (CORE) coalition, aiming to mobilize the public in order to change corporate law in the UK; Publish What You Pay (PWYP), advocating governments' accountability in the management of resource-related funds; the Trade Justice Movement (TJM), concerned with the role of international and free trade agreements; the Sakhalin Island Network, dealing with environmental protection in the extraction industries.
Call number 109B01/5 engl
- Obama's job creation promise [electronic resource] : a model proposal to guarantee that he meets and exceeds expectations / Pavlina R. Tcherneva ; The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College.
Annanadale-on-Hudson : The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, 2009. 7 p.
Proposes an amendment to the Obama's job creation programme: to offer a job guarantee to all unemployed individuals who are ready, willing, and able to participate in the economic recovery, that is, to target the unemployed directly.
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- Plunder and blunder : the rise and fall of the bubble economy / Dean Baker ; foreword by Thomas Frank.
Sausalito, CA : PoliPointPress, 2008. ix, 170 p.
Chronicles the growth and collapse of the American stock and housing markets. Explains how policy blunders and greed led to the catastrophic, but predictable, market meltdowns. Includes a glossary of major financial terms.
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- Les politiques en faveur des personnes handicapées aux États-Unis et au Canada / Sylvie Cohu, Diane Lequet-Slama et Dominique Velche.
In Revue française des affaires sociales. (Paris : Ministère de l'emploi, de la cohésion sociale et du logement et Ministère de la santé et des solidarités.) Année 62, no. 4 (Oct.-Déc. 2008) p. 91-109
Examine l'évolution de la politique en faveur des personnes handicapées depuis le début des années 1980 et jusqu'en 2007. Met en regard les options politiques, les prestations et les mésures d'aide à l'emploi dans le contexte de deux modèles différents de fédéralisme.
Call number 41051(2008-4)91-109
- The reactions of Latin American and Caribbean governments to the international crisis [electronic resource] : an overview of policy measures up to 30 January 2009 / United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.
[Santiago] : ECLAC, 2009. 70 p.
Provides an overview of the measures that have been implemented or announced in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. These measures are then described in greater detail in the annex. They are listed schematically in the following categories: Monetary and financial policy; Fiscal policy; Exchange-rate and external trade policy; Sectoral policies; Labour and social policies.
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- Revised outlook for remittance flows 2009-2011 [electronic resource] : remittances expected to fall by 5 to 8 percent in 2009 / by Dilip Ratha and Sanket Mohapatra.
Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2009. 6 p.
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- Salaire minimum et bas revenus : comment concilier justice sociale et efficacité économique? / rapport Pierre Cahuc, Gilbert Cette et André Zylberberg.
Paris : La documentation Française, 2008. 269 p.
Montre qu'un salaire minimum élevé ne réduit ni les inégalités de salaires ni la pauvreté et ne peut pas prétendre se substituer à la politique fiscale. Considère l'instauration d'un revenu de solidarité active et la fixation de minima conventionnels par la voie de la négociation collective.
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- Social responsibility in labour relations : European and comparative perspectives / Frans Pennings, Yvonne Konijn and Albertine Veldman (eds).
Austin : Wolters Kluwer Law & Business ; 2008. xLii, 532 p.
Essays in honour of European labour law scholar Teun Jaspers, including a bibliography of his publications (1974-2008). Covers issues of relocation of labour to low-wage countries, voluntary standards (such as codes of conduct), corporate social responsibility in transnational enterprises, pressure on national law due to flexibilization, deregulation and individualization, contract termination protection, employability and training of employees, fixed-term work in the wake of the Mangold ruling, adjustment of working conditions for ill and disabled workers, right to strike, and enterprise restructuring. Contains a contribution on the role of ILO's Collective Bargaining Convention, 1981 (No. 154) and Worker's Representatives Convention, 1972 (No. 135) concerning rights of works councils regarding working conditions.
Call number 109A197
- Solidarity first : Canadian wokers and social cohesion / Robert O'Brien.'
Vancouver : UBC Press, 2008. xii, 226 p.
Examines the concept and practice of social cohesion in terms of its impact on workers. Highlights the experiences of women and migrant workers and investigates attempts by Toyota and Magna to costruct forms of cohesion. Concludes that worker solidarity is a prerequisite to a more worker-friendly form of social cohesion in the context of globalization and neo-liberalism.
Call number 109A220
- Sustainable development [electronic resource] : linking economy, society, environment / Tracey Strange and Anne Bayley ; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. By Tracey Strange and Anne Bayley
Paris : OECD, 2008. 146 p.
Focuses on sustainable development and its three pillars, economy, society and environment.
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- Tackling the global jobs crisis [electronic resource] : why the G20 summit matters / David Coats, Will Hutton, Matateo Razzanelli.
London : The Work Foundation, 2009. 70 p.
Explains the scale of the economic challenge facing the world, describes the origins of the economic crisis, offers proposals for the regulation of the financial sector and makes the case for activist fiscal policy. So far politicians have focused their attention on the banking sector, but the policy instruments available will only be seen as legitimate if they are directly related to the preoccupations of citizens' daily lives, job security, pensions, prices. Argues that work and the quality of work should be a critical item of the G20 agenda at the London Summit in April 2009.
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- Thinking big : progressive ideas for a new era : the Progressive Ideas Network / James Lardner and Nathaniel Loewentheil Editors, Foreword by Robert Kuttner.
San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., 2009. xiv, 103 p.
Compilation of essays focusing on how to restore America's faith in public institutions and the ability of government to serve a common good. Covers a variety of current topics, such as the financial crisis, education, health care, trade, middle-class economic insecurity, climate change, etc. Lists the twenty member organisations of the Progressive Ideas Network, providing opportunities for collective action and creating a forum for crafting long-term strategies and ideas.
Call number 109A213
- Trade unions in a neoliberal world : British trade unions under new labour / edited by Gary Daniels and John McIlroy.
London : Routledge, 2008. xix, 380 p.
Presents an overview of industrial politics, the evolution of New Labour, and an anatomy of contemporary trade unionism. Discusses relations between the Labour Party and the unions, and the response of trade unionists to political and economic change. Elaborates on legislation, partnership, organizing, training, strikes, and perspectives on Europe.
Call number 109A267
- Trade unions in Asia : an economic and sociological analysis / edited by John Benson and Ying Zhu.
London : Routledge, 2008. xviii, 279 p.
Examines the role played by trade unions in twelve Asian countries, with particular focus on the way of organizing workers' representation and strategies adopted to face economic and social issues.
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- Weakly relative poverty [electronic resource] / Martin Ravallion, Shaohua Chen ; The World Bank, Development Research Group, Director's office and the Poverty and Inequality Team.
Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2009. 30 p.
Provides relative poverty measures for the developing world, to complement the ·$1-a-day· absolute measures.
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- The west and the rest in the world economy : 1000-2030 / Angus Maddison.
In World economics. (Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, UK : NTC Economic and Financial publishing.) Vol. 9, no. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2008) p. 75-100
Criticizes a Malthusian interpretation of divergence between the growth momentum of the Western countries and the rest of the world.
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- Work time regulation as a sustainable full employment strategy : the social effort bargain / Robert LaJeunesse.
London : Routledge, 2009. xv, 293 p.
Advocates a policy of work time regulation that reflects 21st century post-industrial economic development, balances work and family, improves environmental sustainability, and stabilizes incomes and prices as well as social and economic well-being.
Call number 109A262
- Workplace innovation and labor policy leadership [electronic resource] : a challenge to business, labor, and government / Thomas A. Kochan ... [et al.] ; Center for Economic and Policy Research.
Washington, D.C. : CEPR, 2009. 17 p.
Argues that converting the economic stimulus into solid jobs and the high productivity needed to sustain them will require major changes in labour management relations, workplace practices and labour policies. Proposes a multi-pronged strategy to transform policies and practices which will support the economic recovery programme, resolve the impasse over labour law, and ensure that middle class workers share in the economic recovery.
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- World Bank Group response to the financial crisis : [electronic resource].
Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2009. 6 p.
Summarizes the World Bank Group's operational response to the economic crisis. Presents the context and the overall framework for the response as well as particular initiatives including a detailed discussion of the Vulnerability Financing Facility.
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- Young workers, globalization and the labor market : comparing early working life in eleven countries / Edited by Hans-Peter Blossfeld...[et al.]
Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, 2008. xx, 370 p.
Examines the labour market chances of young adults in the US and ten Euroopean countries over the period 1980-2005. Explores which groups are especially affected by increasing employment insecurities. Discusses whether flexible employment relationships are a temporary phenomenon at the very beginning of people's careers or whether labour markets change because flexible employment relationships are permanently succeeding in the labour market with the entry of new cohorts.
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