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Forthcoming Labour Economics Books

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Forthcoming Books

  1. Non-Mainstream Dimensions of Global Political Economy

    Essays in Honour of Sunanda Sen

    Edited by Byasdeb Dasgupta

    The book is a collection of essays written by scholars of global repute in honour of Professor Sunanda Sen. Each paper is well-researched and offers a new dimension to the understanding of the current global crisis, finance and labour including the epistemological viewpoints regarding the current...

    To Be Published May 20th 2013 by Routledge

  2. Transnational Labour Solidarity

    Mechanisms of commitment to cooperation within the European Trade Union movement

    By Katarzyna Gajewska

    Series: Routledge Advances in European Politics

    The book examines the integration of European trade union movement and explores the prospects for European or transnational solidarity among workers. Contrary to much existing research and despite national differences, Gajewska examines how trade unions cooperate and the forms in which this...

    To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge

  3. Economic Justice, Labor and Community Practice

    Edited by Louise Simmons, Scott Harding

    Facing economic upheaval and growing inequality, people in local communities are fighting for economic justice. Coalitions from labor, grassroots community organizations, the faith community, immigrant communities and other progressive forces are emerging across the U.S. and Canada and winning...

    To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge

  4. External Dimensions of an Emerging Economy, India

    Essays in Honour of Sunanda Sen

    Edited by Byasdeb Dasgupta

    This book offers an analysis of external dimensions of an emerging economy, India, in the backdrop of neoliberal globalisation. External dimensions of Indian economy signify her inter-relation with the rest of the world in terms of trade and financial flows and how that affects the development...

    To Be Published June 6th 2013 by Routledge

  5. Trade and Employment in Asia

    Edited by Niny Khor, Devashish Mitra

    The volume investigates the links between employment, trade, and structural transformation. Global rebalancing will be accompanied by inevitable changes in trade patterns between Asia and the rest of the world. More specifically, the chapters of the volume analyze the links between openness to...

    To Be Published June 13th 2013 by Routledge

  6. Youth and Employment in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Working but Poor

    Edited by Hiroyuki Hino, Gustav Ranis

    Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

    It is widely acknowledged that youth unemployment is one of the most critical challenges facing countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. This volume brings together an eminent group of international scholars to analyse the extent and complex nature of this joblessness, and offer a set of evidence-based...

    To Be Published June 14th 2013 by Routledge

  7. Everyday Economic Practices

    The 'Hidden Transcripts' of Egyptian Voices

    By Savinna Chowdhury

    Series: New Political Economy

    This book brings to the forefront the significance of local everyday economic practices to development policymaking. Chowdhury's objective in unearthing these diverse activities is two-fold. She demonstrates why it is a misrepresentation to characterize all that is economic as "capitalism...

    To Be Published June 19th 2013 by Routledge

  8. Adapting to Russia's New Labour Market

    Gender and Employment Behaviour

    Edited by Sarah Ashwin

    Series: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

    Economic reform in post-Soviet Russia created not only a devastating decline in living standards, but also widespread insecurity and uncertainty. This book is the first to analyse the situation from a gendered perspective, shedding new light on the way in which Russians are coping with the...

    To Be Published June 19th 2013 by Routledge

  9. The Anatomy of Job Loss (Routledge Revivals)

    The How, Why and Where of Employment Decline

    By Doreen Massey, Richard Meegan

    Series: Routledge Revivals

    Job loss is one of the most important issues in the capitalist world today: endless reports document the increasing scale of unemployment. This title, first published in 1982, adopted a new approach to the geography of job loss, to assess why redundancy happens and where. Massey and Meegan argue...

    To Be Published June 23rd 2013 by Routledge

  10. Comparative Employment Relations in the Global Economy

    Edited by Carola Frege, John Kelly

    "Employment Relations" is widely taught in business schools around the world. Increasingly however more emphasis is being placed on the comparative and international dimensions of the relations between employers and workers. It is becoming ever more important to comprehend today’s work and...

    To Be Published June 27th 2013 by Routledge