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Much of our life involves working, preparing for work, searching for work, or thinking and worrying about work. Whether paid or unpaid, free or coe...

This book provides a critical overview of the myriad literatures on “work,” viewed not only as a product of the marketplace but also as a social an...

This book provides a lively and accessible introduction to key new areas in the contemporary study of work. While traditional accounts of work have...

Work Time is a sociological overview of a complex web of relations that shapes much of our experience of work and life yet often goes without cri...

Work Time is a sociological overview of a complex web of relations that shapes much of our experience of work and life yet often goes without cri...

This book provides a long-overdue account of online technology and its impact on the work and lifestyles of professional employees. It moves betwee...

This book provides a long-overdue account of online technology and its impact on the work and lifestyles of professional employees. It moves betwee...

Daphne Greenwood presents the first comprehensive introduction to pluralist labor economics. She expands the economics toolbox with theories taken ...

Daphne Greenwood presents the first comprehensive introduction to pluralist labor economics. She expands the economics toolbox with theories taken ...

Doing social work in a statutory setting is a challenge that all social workers will face. Social workers are required to work with people who don’...

Doing social work in a statutory setting is a challenge that all social workers will face. Social workers are required to work with people who don’...

Assessing and managing risk is a daily challenge for social workers. Working with risk can be anxiety provoking and demanding, requiring great skil...

Assessing and managing risk is a daily challenge for social workers. Working with risk can be anxiety provoking and demanding, requiring great skil...

The very word `statistics' is enough to induce panic or cynicism in most people's hearts. The necessity of studying statistics is often regarded by...

Twenty years ago Ulrich Beck published Risk Society, a book that called our attention to the dangers of environmental catastrophes and changed the ...

Twenty years ago Ulrich Beck published Risk Society, a book that called our attention to the dangers of environmental catastrophes and changed the ...

Cities around the world are striving to be 'global'. This book tells the story of one of them, and in so doing raises questions of identity, place ...

Cities around the world are striving to be global. This book tells the story of one of them, and in so doing raises questions which are essential f...

At the end of the Cold War, there was much talk of a new world order in which the sovereign state would be held to democratic account, fundamental ...

At the end of the Cold War, there was much talk of a new world order in which the sovereign state would be held to democratic account, fundamental ...

1989 ushered in a new age of freedom and prosperity. Thirty years later, the golden era is over. What went wrong? How did the age of globalization ...

1989 ushered in a new age of freedom and prosperity. Thirty years later, the golden era is over. What went wrong? How did the age of globalization ...

Some 2.5 billion human beings live in severe poverty, deprived of such essentials as adequate nutrition, safe drinking water, basic sanitation, ade...

Some 2.5 billion human beings live in severe poverty, deprived of such essentials as adequate nutrition, safe drinking water, basic sanitation, ade...