This book provides a comprehensive overview of the range of themes which make up the field of Historical Sociology. Jiří Šubrt systematically discusses the main problems of societal development, long term process and changes in the key areas of social life. These include not only temporalized...

Papers presented at a joint seminar of the University of London Centre of Middle Eastern Studies and the Oxford University Middle East Centre, 1968-69, and at a conference a the University of London, March, 1969

Die Rahmenbedingungen der Gestaltung von Arbeitsverhältnissen haben in den letzten Jahrzehnten einen grundlegenden Wandel erfahren. In Reaktion auf eine Internationalisierung der Märkte setzen Unternehmen auf neue Managementkonzepte und eine stärkere Arbeitsflexibilisierung. Zugleich haben...

The world has still to emerge fully from the housing-triggered Global Financial Crisis, but housing crises are not new. The history of housing shows long-run social progress, littered with major disasters; nevertheless the progress is often forgotten, whilst the difficulties hit the headlines....