Political Science : Labor & Industrial Relations

A wide-ranging and authoritative history of SOGAT, which provides a valuable insight into the paper and printing industries during a period of great change, and an examination of crucial moments in recent UK industrial relations history. more...

Price: $220.00

Since the 1970s, the striking increase in immigration to the United States has been accompanied by a marked change in the composition of the immigrant community, with a much higher percentage of foreign-born workers coming from Latin America and Asia and a dramatically lower percentage from Europe. This timely study is unique in presenting new data sets on the labor force, wage rates, and demographic conditions of both the U.S. and source-area economies through the 1980s. The contributors analyze the economic effects of immigration on the United States and selected source areas, with a focus on Puerto Rico and El Salvador. They examine the education and job performance of foreign-born workers; assimilation, fertility, and wage rates; and the impact of remittances by immigrants to family members on the overall gross domestic product of source areas. A revealing and original examination of a topic of growing importance, this book will stand as a guide for further research on immigration and on the economies of developing countries. more...

Price: $65.00

Since the early 1980s, the U.S. economy has experienced a growing wage differential: high-skilled workers have claimed an increasing share of available income, while low-skilled workers have seen an absolute decline in real wages. How and why this disparity has arisen is a matter of ongoing debate among policymakers and economists. Two competing theories have emerged to explain this phenomenon, one focusing on international trade and labor market globalization as the driving force behind the devaluation of low-skill jobs, and the other focusing on the role of technological change as a catalyst for the escalation of high-skill wages. This collection brings together innovative new ideas and data sources in order to provide more satisfying alternatives to the trade versus technology debate and to assess directly the specific impact of international trade on U.S. wages. This timely volume offers a thorough appraisal of the wage distribution predicament, examining the continued effects of technology and globalization on the labor market. more...

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Work stoppages - the British experience: strikes, H.A. Clegg; work stoppages in the United Kingdom 1951-1964 - a quantitative study, P. Galambos and E.W. Evans; strikes in the United Kingdom - recent statistics and trends, J.F.B. Goodman; strikes and the economy, T.G. Whittingham and B. Towers; recent British strike trends - a factual analysis, M. Silver. The causes of strikes: post-war strikes in the North-East shipbuilding and ship-repairing industry 1946-1961, G.C. Cameron; the reasons given for striking an analysis of official statistics 1945-1957, W. McCarthy; an investigation into industrial strike activity in Britain, J.H. Pencavel; international differences in the strike propensity of coal miners - experience in four countries, G.V. Rimlinger. International comparisons: some international aspects of the strike movement, K. Forchheimer; the inter-industry propensity to strike - an international comparison, C. Kerr and A. Siegel; technical supplement; influences on relative strike activity, A.M. Ross and P.T. Hartman; the nature of Britain's strike problem, W.E.J. McCarthy. more...

Price: $90.00

A reworked version of Bain's classic "Industrial Relations in Britain" in which leading contributors analyze the parties to the employment relationship, explore key processes and outcomes, and relate developments to their historical and economic contexts. more...

Price: $51.95