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1. Improving Working as Learning

   By Alan Felstead, Alison Fuller, Nick Jewson, Lorna Unwin

   Series: Improving Learning

   Interest in learning at work has captured the attention of many people around the world, often taking centre stage in policy debates about improving economic performance, prosperity and well-being. This book is about the learning that goes on in workplaces – ranging from offices, factories and...

   Published April 22nd 2009 by Routledge
2. Communities of Practice

   Critical Perspectives

   Edited by Jason Hughes, Nick Jewson, Lorna Unwin

   This benchmark text provides an accessible yet critical introduction to the theory and application of communities of practice and their use in a diverse range of managerial and professional contexts, from education to human resource development. This book charts the development of the idea of...

   Published October 3rd 2007 by Routledge
3. In Work, At Home

   Towards an Understanding of Homeworking

   By Alan Felstead, Nick Jewson

   More and more people are choosing to earn a living at home. In Work, At Home explores the meaning and experience of this type of employment by covering a wide range of issues including:* social relationships* current research methodologies* statistical analyses of global labour markets* the...

   Published October 13th 1999 by Routledge
4. Transforming Cities

   New Spatial Divisions and Social Tranformation

   Edited by Nick Jewson, Susan MacGregor

   This collection examines the profound transformations that have characterised cities of the advanced capitalist societies in the final decades of the 20th century. It analyses ways in which relationships of contest, conflict and cooperation are realised in and through the social and spatial forms...

   Published July 9th 1997 by Routledge