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Handbook of employment and society : working space

Herod, Andrew (contributor); Rainnie, Al (contributor); … - 2010

This Handbook deepens and extends the engagement between research concerned with work and employment and labour geography. It links fundamental concepts concerning the politics of place that human geographers have developed in recent years with the world of work

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Work after globalization : building occupational citizenship

Standing, Guy - 2009

1. Work and labour in great transformations -- 2. Fictitious decommodification : the failure of industrial citizenship -- 3. Labour recommodification in the global transformation -- 4. Inequality, class and the 'precariat' -- 5. Crumbling barriers to decommodification -- 6. Occupational...

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Globalisation and social development : European and Southeast Asian evidence

Cuyvers, Ludo (ed.) - 2001

The impact of globalisation on social development is a critical issue for both developed and developing countries. In Globalisation and Social Development, leading experts investigate this from the perspective of European, and more specifically, Southeast Asian economies including Thailand, the...

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Beyond food production : the role of agriculture in poverty reduction

Bresciani, Fabrizio (contributor); … - 2007

The importance of agricultural growth to poverty reduction is well known, but the specific channels through which the poor can take advantage of growth require further research. Beyond Food Production takes on this challenge, investigating four important channels: rural labor markets, farm...

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Climate change and agriculture : an economic analysis of global impacts, adaptation and distributional effects

Mendelsohn, Robert O.; Dinar, Ariel - 2009

Despite its great importance, there are surprisingly few economic studies of the impact of climate on agriculture and … how agriculture can adapt under a variety of conditions. This book examines 22 countries across four continents, including … climate change on agriculture -- 4. The Ricardian method -- 5. Modeling adaptation to climate change -- 6. Structural …

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The economics of environment and development : selected essays

Barbier, Edward - 1998

The Economics of Environment and Development is a carefully edited selection of Edward Barbier's most influential papers on the role of environmental economics in economic development. This book begins with a brief overview and summary of the papers, placing each in its original context and in...

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Economic development and agricultural productivity

Bhaduri, Amit (ed.); Skarstein, Rune (ed.) - 1997

This important book challenges conventional development theory by addressing not only technological but also socio-economic factors influencing low agricultural productivity in the developing world. Agricultural productivity has long been regarded as a fundamental factor in influencing economic...

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Agriculture in the new global economy

Coleman, William Donald; Grant, Wyn; Josling, Tim - 2004

Agriculture in the New Global Economy examines the extent to which the political economy of agriculture and the food … agriculture and food system with the spread of globalisation to this traditionally local sector. Structural change and emerging … technologies have contributed to this transformation, which has extended to the political environment in which agriculture operates …

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Career dynamics in a global world : Indian and Western perspectives

Kadiyil, Premarajan Raman (ed.); Forrier, Anneleen (ed.); … - 2020

career success in India -- 8. How an MBA contributes to the unfolding of careers: a comparative analysis -- 9. Women … perspective -- 11. Changing nature of academic careers in management education in India -- 12. The changing nature of academic …

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Economic policy and manufacturing performance in developing countries

Tribe, Michael A. (contributor); … - 2001

This book considers the impact of economic reforms on manufacturing performance and explores policy options for promoting manufacturing. Using country-specific case studies spanning Africa, South Asia, South East Asia and Latin America, the authors examine the evidence for and against both trade...

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