This book explores employee involvement in the transformation of an ailing business as it was taken over by workers and became a sustainable worker cooperative. The focus is on the struggles within the cooperative that create contradictions and mismatches in the expectations around employee...

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- 1. Introduction -- 2. India's Economic Transition -- 3. The India CGE Model of Production, Trade, and Employment -- 4. Implementation of the Model -- 5. Policy Simulations and Results -- 6. Conclusions and Implications for Policy and Further Research -- Notes --...

Key Features:Written from both academic and industry points of viewFocuses on recent regional and international developmentsEmploys a broad and interdisciplinary approach to analyze the challenges faced by the South Asian region.

Women and Work is based on the joint John Deutsch Institute and Canadian Workplace Research Network conference held at Queen's University in April 1998. This conference brought together leading academic researchers and policymakers who presented new empirical research on policy issues related to...

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction: Casting Empire -- I. Very Particularly Situated -- 2. Capitalists in the Neighborhood -- 3. Just a Minute -- 4. Where Are These Records? -- 5. The "Saints" Come Marching In -- 6. Projecting Identities -- 7. Casting Labor in the Imperial...

Using river basin case studies in a variety of contexts, this book provides an overview of how societies have gradually developed their water resources and furthers our understanding of how such resources can be managed successfully or unsuccessfully.

In 2008, India will likely overtake China as the world's fastest growing economy and become one of the largest economies globally. Foreign investment is increasing dramatically and business opportunities abound for those who know how to find them. With a growing middle class and booming markets,...

China and India's new-found interest in trade and investment with Africa - home to 300 million of the globe's poorest people and the world's most formidable development challenge - presents a significant opportunity for growth and integration of the Sub-Saharan continent into the global economy....