Introduction: Why is Social Exclusion? A Cross-Country Perspective -- Part 1. Contextualizing Social Exclusion/Inclusion -- Chapter 2. – Inclusion and Marginalization: Concepts and Measures -- Chapter 3. - Persisting Ethnic Tensions in Sri Lanka: Towards a Structural Analysis -- Chapter 4....

This volume contains papers from the Society for the Study of Economic Inequality's third meeting held in Buenos Aries, Argentina, in July 2009. The first five papers focus on a number of Latin American countries, on the understudied topics of poverty and inequality in these areas. Specific...

?Vor nunmehr 30 Jahren löste der Benachteiligtenbegriff Begriffe wie "Ungelernte", "Jungarbeiter" oder "Randgruppen" ab und erfuhr mit der Einführung des Modellprogramms zur Benachteiligtenförderung im Jahr 1980 durch das damalige Bundesministerium für Bildung und Wissenschaft seine...

Abstract Die Effekte von Gruppenarbeit wurden in einer schriftliche Umfragestudie mit dem Produktionspersonal (n = 754) in acht schwedischen Industrieunternehmen untersucht. Unterschiede in der Gruppengröße, der alters- und geschlechtermässigen Zusammensetzung der Gruppen als auch dem...

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This book discusses current challenges in Japan, focusing on the nation’s rapidly aging population and low birth rate, along with persistent public bond issues with heavy interest payments, the potential collapse of social security systems, and income inequality, as well as the global picture....

This book explores critical perspectives on ageing in organisations and offers both managerial and workplace practices for dealing with this prominent issue. The collection provides cross-disciplinary research on the discursive and mythological aspects of ageing at work as well as recent studies...