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For this insightful collection, Professor Reich has selected some
of the most significant published articles on labor mobility and
segmented markets. This book investigates the development of this
important field from the pioneering papers on labor market
segmentation analysis of the 1970s, through the early debates to
the later theoretical models and econometric evidence. The second
volume offers an overview of the evolution from segmentation to
flexibility in labor markets up to the present day and explores
topics such as the growth of temporary jobs in Europe, the
influence of gender, immigration and race, later econometric
controversies and the phenomenon of flexicurity. The volumes will
be an essential resource for students and for scholars wishing to
investigate this important area.
In an investigation of the effects of racism on the American
economy, Michael Reich evaluates the leading economic theories of
racial inequality and presents the new theory that discrimination
against blacks increases inequality of income among whites.
Originally published in 1981. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the
latest print-on-demand technology to again make available
previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of
Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original
texts of these important books while presenting them in durable
paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy
Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage
found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University
Press since its founding in 1905.
An illustrated compendium of artworks from the ancient Americas
Including Indigenous works from the southwestern United States,
Mesoamerica, the Isthmo-Colombian Area, and the Andes of South
America, this book showcases more than 100 masterpieces of art from
the ancient Americas. These are presented in historical,
archaeological, and artistic context with new photography and
scholarship. The publication considers ceramics, metalworks, stone
carvings, and textiles from an array of America's earliest
civilizations, including Ancestral Puebloan, Mexica, Olmec, Maya,
Chavin, Inca, Moche, Wari, and more. Highlights include some
exceptional rarities, including a Chavin crown with deity figures,
a previously undefined style of four-panel Andean tunics, a Mixtec
mosaic mask, a Maya lidded tetrapod bowl, and breathtaking gold
jewelry from the Isthmo-Colombian Area. Distributed for the Dallas
Museum of Art
In this two-volume set, the editors present seminal articles by
leading SSA scholars describing the development of SSA Theory and
its wider application. The first volume offers an introduction to
SSA theory and covers the historical context, the founding
documents of the approach, subsequent theoretical and empirical
developments, the relationship between SSA theory and related
approaches, and an introduction to the work of Bowles, Gordon and
Weisskopf on the rise and demise of the postwar SSA. The second
volume examines extensions to the SSA literature: applying SSA
analysis to countries outside the United States, placing the
history of a wider range of institutions within an SSA framework
and current use of SSA analysis. The editors' comprehensive
original introduction illuminates the state of SSA Theory up to the
present and considers its future applications within further
historical and theoretical contexts and in analysing and
understanding the unfolding economic turmoil which began in
2007-2008.
The goals of universal health coverage (UHC) are to ensure that all
people can access quality health services, to safeguard all people
from public health risks, and to protect all people from
impoverishment due to illness, whether from out-of-pocket payments
for health care or loss of income when a household member falls
sick. Countries as diverse as Brazil, France, Japan, Thailand, and
Turkey have shown how UHC can serve as vital mechanisms for
improving the health and welfare of their citizens, and lay the
foundation for economic growth and competitiveness grounded in the
principles of equity and sustainability. Ensuring universal access
to affordable, quality health services will be an important
contribution to ending extreme poverty by 2030 and boosting shared
prosperity in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), where
most of the world's poor live. The book synthesizes the experiences
from 11 countries - Bangladesh, Brazil, France, Ethiopia, Ghana,
Indonesia, Japan, Peru, Thailand, Turkey and Vietnam - in
implementing policies and strategies to achieve and sustain UHC.
These countries represent diverse geographic and economic
conditions, but all have committed to UHC as a key national
aspiration and are approaching it in different ways. The study
examined the UHC policies for each country around three common
themes: (i) the political economy and policy process for adopting,
achieving, and sustaining UHC; (ii) health financing policies to
enhance health coverage; and (iii) human resources for health
policies for achieving UHC. The findings from these country studies
are intended to provide lessons that can be used by countries
aspiring to adopt, achieve, and sustain UHC. Although the path to
UHC is specific to each country, countries can benefit from the
experiences of others in learning about different approaches and
avoiding potential risks.
Follow these Writers...in KENT Ever wished you had a knowledgeable
friend who could help you find out more about the places that
inspired your favourite writers? This book is that friendly guide
around Kent, along main roads and off beaten tracks, along country
lanes and coastal paths. Whether you are on holiday in Kent or
lucky enough to live in the Garden of England, dip into this book
to find out more about the colourful writers, Men of Kent and
Kentish Men (not forgetting some very significant Maids of Kent and
Kentish Maids) who have been inspired by this beautiful county.
Enjoy your travels
Follow these Writers...in KENT Ever wished you had a knowledgeable
friend who could help you find out more about the places that
inspired your favourite writers? This book is that friendly guide
around Kent, along main roads and off beaten tracks, along country
lanes and coastal paths. Whether you are on holiday in Kent or
lucky enough to live in the Garden of England, dip into this book
to find out more about the colourful writers, Men of Kent and
Kentish Men (not forgetting some very significant Maids of Kent and
Kentish Maids) who have been inspired by this beautiful county.
Enjoy your travels
Starting in the 1990s, San Francisco launched a series of bold but
relatively unknown public policy experiments to improve wages and
benefits for thousands of local workers. Since then, scholars have
documented the effects of those policies on compensation,
productivity, job creation, and health coverage. Opponents
predicted a range of negative impacts, but the evidence tells a
decidedly different tale. This book brings together that evidence
for the first time, reviews it as a whole, and considers its
lessons for local, state, and federal policymakers.
I have been talking with the Spirit world since age nine. Through
the years I have learned that those we love are never far from us -
both the two legged and four legged kind. I want you to know that
you can communicate with your loved ones as well. In this book I am
sharing with you my real life sessions and experiences with those
on the Other Side. Through this memoir you will be given assurances
that the connection with your loved ones never dies.
Have you ever wished you had a knowledgeable friend who could
help you find out more about the places that inspired your
favourite writers? Let this book be that friendly guide around
Sussex, along main roads and off beaten tracks, down country lanes
and back streets. On the way you'll uncover some fascinating
information.
So whether you are on holiday in Sussex or lucky enough to live
there, dip into this book to find out more about the colourful
writers who have been inspired by "Good old Sussex by the sea," as
Kipling described it.
Enjoy your travels!
This volume analyses contemporary capitalism and its crises based
on a theory of capitalist evolution known as the social structure
of accumulation (SSA) theory. It applies this theory to explain the
severe financial and economic crisis that broke out in 2008 and the
kind of changes required to resolve it. The editors and
contributors make available new work within this school of thought
on such issues as the rise and persistence of the neoliberal, or
free-market, form of capitalism since 1980 and the growing
globalization and financialization of the world economy. The
collection includes analyses of the U.S. economy as well as that of
several parts of the developing world.
A collection of stories about making a living and ultimately making
a life. Told with humor and insight they have a way of asking the
questions: "Who are you?"; "What is important in your life?"; and
"What do you want to do when you grow up?" Folks of all ages have
enjoyed these tales believing they were pure fiction. See what you
think...
Where is home? When do you feel most "at home?" I found home in
Carpenter's Knob. Created over the past twenty years, this little
town based in fiction is far from fictional. Many people who have
read these stories agree that it sounds something like their
hometown too. I will bet that in these pages you will discover
folks just like your friends and family. If not, you probably would
like to meet folks like these. Now they are all collected in one
place in one portable version. May they take you home.
In January 2003, RAND called together a group of renowned experts
with knowledge in the fields of Islamic law, constitution writing,
and democracy, and with specific country and regional expertise.
Keeping in mind the realities of Afghanistan's current situation
and drawing from the experiences of other countries, the group
identified practical ideas, particularly about the treatment of
Islam in the constitution, for those involved in the drafting of
Afghanistan's new constitution.
This book provides a multi-disciplinary framework for developing
and analysing health sector reforms, based on the authors'
extensive international experience. It offers practical guidance,
and stresses the need to take account of each country's economic,
administrative, and political circumstances. The authors explain
how to design effective government interventions in five areas -
financing, payment, organization, regulation, and behaviour - to
improve the performance and equity of health systems around the
world.
This collection presents twenty-seven new essays in Japanese
aesthetics by leading experts in the field. Beginning with an
extended foreword by the renowned scholar and artist Stephen Addiss
and a comprehensive introduction that surveys the history of
Japanese aesthetics and the ways in which it is similar to and
different from Western aesthetics, this groundbreaking work brings
together a large variety of disciplinary perspectives—including
philosophy, literature, and cultural politics—to shed light on
the artistic and aesthetic traditions of Japan and the central
themes in Japanese art and aesthetics. Contributors explore topics
from the philosophical groundings for Japanese aesthetics and the
Japanese aesthetics of imperfection and insufficiency to the
Japanese love of and respect for nature and the paradoxical ability
of Japanese art and culture to absorb enormous amounts of foreign
influence and yet maintain its own unique identity. New Essays in
Japanese Aesthetics will appeal not only to a wide range of
humanities scholars but also to graduate and undergraduate students
of Japanese aesthetics, art, philosophy, literature, culture, and
civilization. Masterfully articulating the contributors’
Japanese-aesthetical concerns and their application to Japanese
arts (including literature, theater, film, drawing, painting,
calligraphy, ceramics, crafts, music, fashion, comics, cooking,
packaging, gardening, landscape architecture, flower arrangement,
the martial arts, and the tea ceremony), these engaging and
penetrating essays will also appeal to nonacademic professionals
and general audiences. This seminal work will be essential reading
for anyone interested in gaining a deeper understanding of Japanese
aesthetics.
Teaching new product development is not an easy task. Part of the
difficulty is the one-of-a-kind nature of these projects.This book
and the software that comes with it (Project Team Builder) present
a unique approach to the teaching and training of new product
development - an approach based on a software tool that combines an
interactive, dynamic case study and a simple yet effective Project
Management System.The book focuses on problems that a new product
development team faces in planning, monitoring and controlling its
projects. Together with the software, the book provides the user
with the opportunity to experience complex new product development
situations, understand the situation, develop alternative ways to
cope with it and select the best alternative based on rigorous
analysis.Readers can learn more about the subject from the author's
online course on New Product Development.For more information on
the Project Team Builder simulator, please contact SandboxModel.
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