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Industrial Conflict in Britainby S.W. Creigh; E.W. Evans
Taylor & Francis 1977; US$ 90.00Work 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.... more...
Rapport sur la santé dans le monde 2006 by World Health Organization
World Health Organization 2006; US$ 36.00La santé des populations - Rapport sur la santé dans la Région africaine est le premier rapport consacré à la santé des 738 millions de personnes vivant dans la Région africaine de l Organisation mondiale de la Santé. Ce rapport de 196 pages entièrement illustré contient une analyse approfondie de tous les domaines clés de la santé publique en Afrique, ainsi que l annexe la plus complète jamais publiée jusqu ici sur les statistiques sanitaires de la Région. Avec l aide des dernières données présentées dans les figures, les graphiques et les tableaux, le rapport envisage les maladies infectieuses, en particulier le VIH/SIDA, la tuberculose et le paludisme ; les affections de la grossesse qui entraînent des décès de la mère et de l enfant et... more...
Strikebreaking and Intimidationby Stephen H. Norwood
The University of North Carolina Press 2002; US$ 78.95Using a social-historical approach, the author focuses on the mercenaries the corporations enlisted in their anti-union efforts and considers the paramilitary methods unions developed to counter them. The book also traces the economic restructuring which transformed corporate anti-unionism. more...
Contesting the New South Orderby Clifford M. Kuhn
The University of North Carolina Press 2001; US$ 59.95The 1914-1915 strike at Atlanta's Fulton Mills was an important episode in the development of the New South. In this account, Clifford Kuhn demonstrates how its story sheds light on the industrialization, urbanization, and modernization of the region. He draws on a wide range of sources. more...
Workplace Conflictby Dr Maurizio Atzeni
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2010; US$ 95.00Based on qualitative work in car plants in Argentina, this book offers new insights for an understanding of workers' collective struggles in a radical perspective. Criticizing the use of injustice as the basis of mobilization, it argues that workers' collective resistance should be seen as a function of the development of solidarity. more...
Security During Strikesby James Wensyel
Charles C Thomas 1985; US$ 43.95By James W Wensyel. CONTENTS: The American Labor Movement; Industrial Relations; Labor Laws; Labor Relations at the Ground Level; Security Staffs; Pre-Strike Operations; Risk Analysis; Security Surveys; Access Controls; Shipping and Receiving; Logistics; Emergency Operations Centers; Observation and Documentation Teams; Security Guards; Law Enforcement Agencies; Supervisors' Orientations; Records and Reports; Picket Lines; Bomb Threats; Security Strike Plan; Wildcat Strikes; Post-Strike Operations; Summary: Anatomy of a Strike. Glossary, Bibliography. more...
The Puzzle of Strikesby Roberto Franzosi
Cambridge University Press 1995; US$ 55.00This book focuses on the strategic interaction of workers, employers and the state in postwar Italian strikes. more...
The Battle of Blair Mountainby Robert Shogan
Basic Books 2006; US$ 16.95This long-neglected slice of American history is a saga of the conflicting political, economic, and cultural forces that shaped the power structure of twentieth-century America. more...
Strikes around the worldby Sjaak van der Velden; Heiner Dribbusch; Dave Lyddon; Kurt Vandaele
Amsterdam University Press 2008; US$ 59.95Are strikes going out of fashion or are they an inevitable feature of working life? This is a longstanding debate. The much-proclaimed 'withering away of the strike' in the 1950s was quickly overturned by the 'resurgence of class conflict' in the late 1960s and 1970s. The period since then has been characterized as one of 'labor quiescence'. Commentators again predict the strike's demise, at least in the former heartlands of capitalism. Patterns of employment are constantly changing and strike activity reflects this. The secular decline of manufacturing in mature industrialized economies is of major importance here (though the global relocation of manufacturing may lead to some 'relocation' of strikes). Simultaneously... more...
De macht van de statistiekby Ronald van der Bie
Amsterdam University Press 2009; US$ 28.75De macht van de statistiek (1892?1899) is een ?koppige? geschiedenis van de Centrale Commissie voor de Statistiek, de voorgangster van het Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. Het is een collectief portret van de leden van de eerste commissie in 1892. Het waren wetenschappers, directeuren van onderwijs-, onderzoeks- en zorginstellingen, hoge ambtenaren, zakenlieden en arbeidersvertegenwoordigers. Zij waren woordvoerders in de discussies over sociale kwesties die aan de orde waren in het laatste kwart van de negentiende eeuw. Hun denkbeelden brachten zij naar voren in kranten en tijdschriften, in staats- en enquêtecommissies, in collegezalen, in de Vereeniging voor de Statistiek en de Maatschappij tot Nut van ?t Algemeen. Nagegaan is wat de sferen... more...









