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Research companion to working time and work addiction

Burke, Ronald J. (contributor) - 2006

This Research Companion examines the effects of work hours on individual and family well-being and questions why people …

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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 …

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The economics of the family and family policy

Cabrillo, Francisco - 1999

and family policy. Beginning with the division of labour in the family, this book deals with the economics of marriage …This comprehensive and authoritative book offers a global approach to the modern economics of the family, family law …, the demand for children, inter-generational relationships, and the economics of inheritance. The family is analysed using …

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Flexible working and organisational change : the integration of work and personal life

Peper, Bram (ed.); Doorne-Huiskes, J. van (ed.); … - 2005

traditional family pattern in Europe is being challenged by the growing number of dual-income families, and by the rise of women … compatible with the need, increasingly expressed by employees, for greater integration between work and family life. The book … European labour markets, the European workplaces, in (flexible) working patterns, changing preferences for working hours and in …

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Transatlantic regulatory cooperation : the shifting roles of the EU, the US and California

Vogel, David (contributor); Swinnen, Johan F. M. (contributor) - 2011

This well-documented book analyzes the possibilities and constraints of regulatory cooperation between the EU and the US (particularly California) with a specific focus on environmental protection, food safety and agriculture, biosafety and biodiversity

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Global warming and the American economy : a regional assessment of climate change impacts

Mendelsohn, Robert O. (ed.) - 2001

The impact of climate change on seven regions of the United States is studied in this new and accessible collection. The study examines how the different regions of the United States may be affected by climate change. In particular, the study explores whether warming would be beneficial to the...

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Corporate governance adrift : a critique of shareholder value

Aglietta, Michel - 2005

Recent corporate governance scandals have brought to the fore the inherent contradictions of a capitalism dominated by financial markets. This challenging book by Michel Aglietta and Antoine Rebérioux argues that capitalism's basic premise--that companies must be managed in the sole interest of...

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Liberalism in crisis? : European economic governance in the age of turbulence

Villafranca, Antonio (contributor); … - 2009

During the current economic crisis recurring questions on the validity of the liberal economic system have resurfaced concerning the role of the state and the free market, the proactive use of fiscal policies, economic nationalism, and environmental sustainability. However, due to the depth and...

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Educating economists : the Teagle discussion on re-evaluating the undergraduate economics major

Colander, David C. (contributor); … - 2009

The economics major is a central part of a college education. But is that economics major doing what it is meant to do? And if not, how should it be changed? This book raises a set of provocative questions that encourage readers to look at the economics major in a different light than it is...

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Handbook of research on nonprofit economics and management

Seaman, Bruce Alan (contributor); … - 2010

Nonprofit organizations are arguably the fastest growing and most dynamic part of modern market economies in democratic countries. This Handbook explores the frontiers of knowledge at the intersection of economics and the management of these entities. The authors review the role, structure and...

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