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1	Modern Labor Economics: Theory and Public Policy more books like this by Ronald G Ehrenberg add to wishlist Providing an extensive survey of labour economics, including current and classic research, this new edition develops the modern theory of labour market behaviour, summarizes empirical evidence that supports or contradicts each hypothesis, and illlustrates in detail the usefulness of various theories for public policy analysis. By showing the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.00! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Second Bill of Rights: FDR's Unfinished Revolution and Why We Need It More Than Ever more books like this by Cass R Sunstein add to wishlist The Second Bill of Rights brings back from obscurity the greatest speech of the greatest president of the twentieth century, to issue a stirring call for much-needed rights that were never enacted. In 1944, Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave a State of the Union Address that was arguably the greatest political speech of the twentieth century. The ... see all copies from $2.50! new only from $5.49! \| first editions \| SVS
3	From the Ashes of the Old: American Labor and America's Future more books like this by Professor Stanley Aronowitz add to wishlist A former trade-union organizer and Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the City University of New York traces the decline and reemergence of American labor over the last quarter-century.. Noted labor expert Stanley Aronowitz provides a definitive assessment of the last twenty-five years of labor history. He argues that unions have historically ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Black and Blue: African Americans, the Labor Movement, and the Decline of the Democratic Party more books like this by Paul Frymer add to wishlist In the 1930s, fewer than one in one hundred U.S. labor union members were African American. By 1980, the figure was more than one in five. "Black and Blue" explores the politics and history that led to this dramatic integration of organized labor. In the process, the book tells a broader story about how the Democratic Party unintentionally sowed ... see all copies from $27.95! new only from $27.95!
5	The transformation of American industrial relations more books like this by Thomas A Kochan add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.98! \| first editions
6	Welfare, the Working Poor, and Labor more books like this by Louise B Simmons (Editor) add to wishlist Since the enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, it has become clear that the issues associated with welfare are now inextricably woven into the problems of low-wage work. In this volume leading commentators on the labor scene analyze poverty and welfare reform within a context of low-wage work and the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $99.00! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Private Rights & Public Illusions more books like this by Tibor R Machan add to wishlist see all copies from $2.86! new only from $26.11! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Schools of Democracy: A Political History of the American Labour Movement more books like this by Clayton Sinyai add to wishlist see all copies from $6.00! new only from $15.30!
9	The Scheme for Full Employment more books like this by Magnus Mills add to wishlist From Magnus Mills, the acknowledged master of the working-class dystopic parable--a genre he practically invented--a new work of comic genius The whole idea is simple yet so perfect: men drive to and from strategically placed warehouses in Univans--identical and serviceable vehicles--transporting replacement parts for...Univans. Gloriously self ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.69! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Labor's War at Home: The Cio in World War II more books like this by Nelson Lichtenstein add to wishlist "Labor's War at Home" examines a critical period in American politics and labor history, beginning with the outbreak of war in Europe in 1939 through the wave of major industrial strikes that followed the war and accompanied the reconversion to a peacetime economy. Nelson Lichtenstein is concerned both with the internal organizations and social ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $74.89! \| first editions
11	Democratic Justice more books like this by Professor Ian Shapiro add to wishlist Democracy and justice are often mutually antagonistic ideas, but in this innovative book Ian Shapiro shows how and why they should be pursued together. Justice must be sought democratically if it is to garner legitimacy in the modern world, he claims, and democracy must be justice-promoting if it is to sustain allegiance over time. Democratic ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.00! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	International Labor Standards: History, Theory, and Policy Options more books like this by Kaushik Basu (Editor), Henrik Horn (Editor), Lisa Roman (Editor) add to wishlist This book addresses the controversial call for international labor standards, seeking to productively further this debate by considering the economic implications and history of these standards. A result of an initiative by Professor Kaushik Basu in his capacity as member of the Expert Group of Development Issues (EGDI) sponsored by the Swedish ... see all copies from $42.90! new only from $42.90! \| SVS
13 view cover	Beyond Employment: Changes in Work and the Future of Labour Law in Europe more books like this by Alain Supiot, Pamela Meadows add to wishlist This book is the English edition of what has become widely known as 'The Supiot Report' - a bold and far-reaching look at the changing nature of work initiated by the EC. It takes as its starting point the profound changes that have taken place in the underlying employment relationship and associated human resource practices over the past twenty ... see all copies from $20.41! new only from $45.70! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Labor Market Politics and the Great War: The Department of Labor, the States, and the First U.S. Employment Service, 1907-1933 more books like this by William J Breen add to wishlist During World War I, the Department of Labour established control of the labour market, which angered the states that had created their own employment services. This study examines how federalism influenced the development of government labour market policy in the early 20th century. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
15 view cover	A New Labor Movement for the New Century more books like this by Gregory Mantsios (Editor), Dan Georgakas (Editor) add to wishlist Leaders and activists associated with the mainstream American Federation of Labor after the election of reformer John Sweeney as president in 1995 offer their plans and visions for the labor movement. In 13 original essays they cover democracy, ideology, and change; organizing the unorganized; dive see all copies from $1.99! new only from $18.78! \| first editions
16 view cover	Mask of Democracy: Labor Suppression in Mexico Today more books like this by Dan La Botz add to wishlist Incorporating scores of interviews with Mexican rank-and-file workers, labor union officials, women's organizations, lawyers, and human rights activists, La Botz illustrates the history of Mexican workers and offers insights into their post-NAFTA prospects. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $22.36! \| first editions
17 view cover	Welfare and Work in the Open Economy more books like this by Professor Fritz W Scharpf (Editor), Vivien A Schmidt (Editor) add to wishlist In this ground-breaking, two-volume study of the adjustment of advanced welfare states to international economic pressures, leading scholars detail the wide variety of responses in twelve countries. Rejecting any notion of convergence to some kind of neo-liberal orthodoxy, they find that most countries have remained true to the basic features of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
18	Workingmens Democracy more books like this by Leon Fink add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.00! \| SVS
19 view cover	Challenging the Market: The Struggle to Regulate Work and Income more books like this by Jim Stanford (Editor), Leah F Vosko (Editor) add to wishlist For two decades economic and social policy in most of the world has been guided by the notion that economies function best when they are fully exposed to competitive market forces. In labour market policy, this approach is reflected in the widespread emphasis on "flexibility" - a euphemism for the retrenchment of income support and social security ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.99!
20 view cover	Illusions of Opportunity: The American Dream in Question more books like this by Schwarz add to wishlist Examining the "American Dream" and the vision of America as "the land of opportunity", this text measures the ideal against the reality, calculating exactly how much opportunity is available relative to the number of households reliant on it. This measure reveals that even in the 1960s opportunity was drying up, and in the late-20th century, ... see all copies from $2.98! new only from $5.99! \| first editions
21 view cover	State and Labor in Modern America more books like this by Melvyn Dubofsky add to wishlist In this important new book, Melvyn Dubofsky traces the relationship between the American labor movement and the federal government from the 1870's until the present. His is the only book to focus specifically on the "labor questions" as a lens through which to view more clearly the basic political, economic, and social forces that have divided ... see all copies from $5.33! new only from $21.00! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Laboring for Freedom: A New Look at the History of Labor in America more books like this by Daniel Jacoby add to wishlist This text examines the concept of freedom in the context of American labour history. Nine essays develop themes in this history which show that "liberty of contract" and "inalienable rights" form two contradictory traditions concerning freedom. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $25.85! \| first editions
23 view cover	Indigenous Manpower more books like this by Samir Ghazal add to wishlist The nationalization of the Arab workforce is a major challenge. Ghazal demonstrates that an indigenous workforce is a national goal that can be effectively realized only through the collective efforts of the state, business organizations, citizens, and expatriate workers. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.56! \| first editions
24	A Mechanical People: Perceptions of the Industrial Order in Massachusetts, 1815-1880 more books like this by Carl Siracusa add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.55! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25	State, Market and Social Regulation: New Perspectives on Italy more books like this by Peter Michael Lange, Suzanne Berger (Editor), Albert Hirschman (Editor) add to wishlist This book analyzes the relative impact of class and status groups versus demographic composition and political structures on the growth of welfare spending. Special attention is given to the role of the aged as representative of the importance of ascription and middle-class groups in welfare growth. The authors conclude that the primary ... see all copies from $8.12! new only from $27.00! \| first editions

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