Employment & Unemployment Books

New and Published Books

1. Women's Employment and the Capitalist Family (Routledge Revivals)

   By Ben Fine

   First published in 1992, Women's Employment and the Capitalist Family is an analysis of the contemporary political interest in the position of women. The author critically assesses much of the literature examining the rapidly changing lives of women and contributes to it by offering an explanation...

   Published March 25th 2012 by Routledge
2. Unemployment in China

   Economy, Human Resources and Labour Markets

   Edited by Grace O.M. Lee, Malcolm Warner

   Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

   Unemployment in China offers a new and invaluable insight into the Chinese economy, keenly analyzing the new directions the world's next superpower is now taking. Successfully bringing together a wide range of research and evidence from leading scholars in the field, this...

   Published March 21st 2012 by Routledge
3. The Applied Economics of Labour

   Edited by Mark Taylor

   This book provides an introduction and overview to seven applied financial studies on the theme of labour. The studies cover a wide range of topics, from the individual effects of becoming disabled on key aspects of labour market outcomes in Germany, to testing whether there is evidence of...

   Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
4. The Economics of Unemployment (Routledge Revivals)

   By J. A. Hobson

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1922, Hobson’s study of the depression and resulting unemployment in the aftermath of the First World War is a far-sighted analysis which looks beyond the consequences of the war itself, at the root economic causes of the crisis. Dealing with issues such as the failure of...

   Published November 8th 2011 by Routledge
5. Social Failures of EU Enlargement

   A Case of Workers Voting with their Feet

   By Guglielmo Meardi

   Series: Routledge Research in Employment Relations

   Is the EU enlargement the success EU institutions proclaim? Based on fifteen years of fieldwork research across Central and Eastern Europe and on migrants in the UK and Germany, this book provides a less glittering answer. The EU has betrayed hopes of social cohesion: social regulations have been...

   Published October 23rd 2011 by Routledge
6. Rationalisation and Unemployment (Routledge Revivals)

   An Economic Dilemma

   By J. A. Hobson

   First published in 1930, John Hobson’s study deals with the economic dilemmas generated in the early twentieth century by the advent of mass production. Namely the over-production and surfeit of goods and the resultant failure of the expansion of markets leading to record levels of mass...

   Published October 16th 2011 by Routledge
7. Labor, Democratization and Development in India and Pakistan

   By Christopher Candland

   Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series

   In this first comparative study of organized labor in India and Pakistan, the author analyses the impact and role of organized labor in democratization and development. The study provides a unique comparative history of Indian and Pakistani labor politics. It begins in the early twentieth century,...

   Published October 6th 2011 by Routledge
8. Changes in Japanese Employment Practices

   Beyond the Japanese Model

   By Arjan Keizer

   Series: Routledge International Business in Asia

   Japan’s employment practices were long considered a cornerstone to its economic success. However, the reversal in economic performance during the 1990s altered the positive perception and inspired major adaptations like the rise in performance-related pay (‘seikashugi’) and non-regular employment....

   Published October 3rd 2011 by Routledge
9. Handbook of Human Rights

   Edited by Thomas Cushman

   Series: Routledge International Handbooks

   In mapping out the field of human rights for those studying and researching within both humanities and social science disciplines, the Handbook of Human Rights not only provides a solid foundation for the reader who wants to learn the basic parameters of the field, but also promotes new thinking...

   Published September 7th 2011 by Routledge
10. Wage-Fixing (Routledge Revivals)

    Stagflation - Volume 1

    By J. E. Meade

    Series: Routledge Revivals: Stagflation

    This reissue, first published in 1982, is the first of two volumes on the causes and cure of Stagflation - the two-headed monster that combines mass unemployment with rapid inflation, which affected contemporary economies across the industrially developped world in the 1970s. Professor Meade...

    Published April 14th 2011 by Routledge