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This book considers what work and retirement mean for older women,
how each is experienced, and how working fits with other facets of
their lives. The authors draw on data collected from women
themselves, employers, industry stakeholders and older workers'
advocates, to explore older women's experiences of work and
retirement against a backdrop of current policy efforts to extend
working lives in response to ageing societies. Contrary to common
representations of the situation of older workers, the data reveal
how workplaces can be seen as relatively benign, and retirement
viewed positively. It contributes to academic debate regarding
identity, purpose and meaning in later life, identifying challenges
for work-focused public policy. Students and scholars of human
resource management, sociology, gerontology and social policy will
appreciate the extension of understanding older women's life course
trajectories that the book offers. Public policy-makers will
benefit from the different representations of older women in the
book, and the identification of where they would benefit from
policy changes.
Part of the Comparative Work and Employment Relations series,
Putting Labour in its Place is an edited collection, containing
cutting-edge research and theoretical innovation on global value
chains, the nature of work and labour process theory. It addresses
the different processes around the world that each add value to the
goods or services being produced; whilst also analysing the idea of
labour itself and the exploitation surrounding it. Key benefits: -
Written by leading international academics. - A landmark text
combining the growing interest in global value chains with labour
process theory. - Provides up-to-date critical analysis of global
developments.
This study describes research into teachers' role conceptions and
uncertainties in different types of school and neighbourhood. The
authors examine in particular pupils' and parents' conceptions of
the teacher's role, and the conflicts which teachers experience
when they are exposed to different expectations and demands in a
rapidly changing educational and social scene.
The leader of the pack among vegetarian restaurants for more than
18 years, and lavishly garlanded with awards and praise, this is
Terre a Terre's first book, and what a book it is! More than 100
recipes from the repertoire that has made Terre a Terre the top
vegetarian restaurant in Britain are accompanied by sumptuously
taste-bud stimulating food photography by award-winning food
photographer Lisa Barber. Learn how to make Parmesan Doughnuts
rolled in Porcini Dust, served with Chestnut Soup with Frothy Mace
Bay Cream and Frozen Pear Shavings. Another meal offered is
Mushroom Duxelles in Parmelsa Polenta Sausages, wrapped in Tomato
Paper, seared and served with Cavolo Nero, Fennel Butter, Roast
Barley Water, Garlic Confit Mash and Big Red Sauce. Every
vegetarian with a serious love of food, and indeed many carnivores
who can recognize a very good thing when they taste it, will find
this an indispensable addition to their cookbook collection.
This provocative book considers the changing status of older
workers, the evolution of public policy on age and work and the
behaviour of employers. It attempts to answer the critical
question: in an ageing society, can older workers look forward to
the prospect of longer working lives with choice and security and
make successful transitions to retirement? Ageing Labour Forces
challenges the current stance of many governments and observers
concerning policies to extend working lives. It utilises
perspectives and case studies from public policy, employment policy
and the attitudes and behaviour of older people. Philip Taylor
argues that older workers have been at the forefront of
industrialized society's efforts to respond to the crisis facing
social welfare systems and the economic threats associated with
population ageing. Their involvement has forced the restructuring
of economies, adjustments to social welfare systems as well as
redefinitions to the actual concept of old age. Containing
contributions from leading researchers in a number of countries,
this work will appeal to academics and researchers interested in
work, ageing and public policy as well as labour economics.
This insightful study provides an overview of the changing
employment context in industrialized nations, the risks associated
with population ageing and how these are being tackled.Prolonging
working lives is high on the agenda of policy makers in most of the
world's major industrialized nations. This book explains how they
are keen to tackle issues associated with the ageing of
populations, namely the funding of pension systems and predictions
concerning a dwindling labour supply. Yet the recent history of
older workers has primarily been one of premature exit from the
labour force in the form of redundancy or early retirement. Add to
this a previously plentiful supply of younger labor and it is clear
that much of industry will be unprepared for the challenges of
ageing workforces. Older Workers in an Ageing Society includes
up-to-date knowledge on issues of workforce ageing and provides
useful commentary on policy responses and will appeal to scholars
and public policy-makers. Contributors: D.M. Atwater, E. Besen, E.
Brooke, V. Busch, N. Charness, A. Chiva, J. Edlund, P. Ester, G.
Evers, F. Go, J. Ilmarinen, S. Little, V.W. Marshall, C.
Matz-Costa, C. McLoughlin, G. Naegele, M. Oka, M. Pitt-Catsouphes,
S.E. Rix, D.M. Spokus, M. Stattin, H.L. Sterns, P. Taylor, A.L.
Wells
A team of contributors were invited to take a rational look at the
future of primary schools, particularly in the first 20 years of
the millennium. They were asked to consider many questions,
including: what are the roots of primary education? What is the
justification for a radical agenda?; how well is the system working
and in what ways could it futher optimize its effectiveness in the
interests of the participants?; What is a primary school, and what
purpose does it serve, and what ends does it have in view? Are
these ends appropriate for the future?; What are the roles and
indentities of teachers, pupils and parents, and were are they
going to be? What are the means by which primary education
accomplishes its ends? What are the yardsticks against which it is
judged?;This book represents the key thinking of key scholars and
researchers working in the area of primary education.
Mass communication and the mass media are comparatively recent
phenomena, but are the conditions in which politicians, statesmen
and soldiers have been increasingly forced to operate.
In "Global Communications, International Affairs and the Media
Since 1945, " Philip M. Taylor traces the increased involvement of
the media in issues of peace and especially war from the nineteenth
century to the present day. He analyzes the nature, role and impact
of communications within the international arena and how
communications interacts with foreign policy in practice rather
than in theory. Using studies which include the Gulf War and
Vietnam, Taylor details the contemporary problems of reporting
while at the same time providing a comprehensive historical
context.
Mass communication and the mass media are comparatively recent phenomena, barely a century old, and we have scarcely begun to appreciate their relationship to the international system. However, these are the conditions in which politicians, statesmen and soldiers have been increasingly forced to operate. In Global Communications, Philip Taylor analyses the nature, role and impact of communications within the international arena since 1945 and of how communications interacts with foreign policy in practice rather than theoretically. Using case studies, reference to theory and practical examples, Global Communications provides an accessible guide to this growing field for students of communications studies, media studies, international relations and international history.
This volume examines the current major issues in research design
for arts teachers. It aims to answer two key questions: how do
researchers design their studies? What research methods are
appropriate for specific investigative questions?
This volume examines the current major issues in research design
for arts teachers. It aims to answer two key questions: how do
researchers design their studies? What research methods are
appropriate for specific investigative questions?
How can teachers incorporate drama into the curriculum? What drama
activities are especially successful? How do teachers know when
students are learning in, through and about drama? Teachers who are
new to drama, or those wishing to refresh their knowledge and
ideas, should find practical answers and guidance in this text. The
book introduces the work of Cecily O'Neill to demonstrate the entry
points to drama lessons, the pre-texts, and how educators need to
introduce lessons with challenging material. He then uses the work
of David Booth to highlight one aspect of drama - storydrama - and
how it can be used as an effective learning medium across the
curriculum.
This study describes research into teachers role conceptions and
uncertainties in different types of school and neighbourhood. The
authors examine in particular pupils and parents conceptions of the
teacher s role, and the conflicts which teachers experience when
they are exposed to different expectations and demands in a rapidly
changing educational and social scene.
This book traces how abstract managerial ideas about maximizing
production flexibility and employee freedom were translated into
concrete, day-to-day practices at the Motorola plant in East
Kilbride, UK. Using eyewitness accounts, the book describes how
employees dealt with the increased freedom Motorola promoted
amongst its employees, how employees adapted to managerial changes,
specifically the elimination of large-scale management, and where
the 'managerless' system came under strain. This book will be of
essential reading for researchers, graduate students, and
undergraduates interested in the areas of management studies, human
resource management, and organizational studies, among others.
This book examines the important issue of British propaganda to
France during the Second World War and aims to show the value of
the propaganda campaign to the British war effort. British
Propaganda to France is a unique contribution to the field, not
only in its examination of one of the least well-studied areas of
British activity during the Second World War but also in the
breadth of its approach. It surveys the organisation, operation and
nature of the British propaganda effort towards the French people,
including both white propaganda (BBC broadcasts and leaflets
dropped by the RAF) and black propaganda (secret broadcasting
stations, documents purporting to come from the Germans in France
or distributed in France using clandestine methods, and rumours).
Finally it examines the contemporary British understanding of the
French and German reception of and reaction to this propaganda
material, to show whether the campaign was an effective and
well-directed use of resources. Almost all examinations of British
foreign propaganda during the Second World War have focused on
propaganda directed towards Germany. British propaganda to France,
which in terms of quantity of output was actually the most
important area of British propaganda, has never been examined in
depth until now. This book adds a further chapter to our knowledge
of propaganda in the Second World War, especially in the conduct of
psychological warfare. It also touches on better-known areas such
as RAF Bomber Command and its Operational Training Units, which
handled aerial dissemination of British white propaganda leaflets
over France, and the Special Operations Executive in France, which
worked closely with the Political Warfare Executive in delivering
much black propaganda.
This book traces how abstract managerial ideas about maximizing
production flexibility and employee freedom were translated into
concrete, day-to-day practices at the Motorola plant in East
Kilbride, UK. Using eyewitness accounts, the book describes how
employees dealt with the increased freedom Motorola promoted
amongst its employees, how employees adapted to managerial changes,
specifically the elimination of large-scale management, and where
the 'managerless' system came under strain. This book will be of
essential reading for researchers, graduate students, and
undergraduates interested in the areas of management studies, human
resource management, and organizational studies, among others.
How can teachers incorporate drama into the curriculum? What drama activities are especially successful? How do teachers know when students are learning in, through and about drama? Teachers who are new to drama, or those wishing to refresh their knowledge and ideas, should find practical answers and guidance in this text. The book introduces the work of Cecily O'Neill to demonstrate the entry points to drama lessons, the pre-texts, and how educators need to introduce lessons with challenging material. He then uses the work of David Booth to highlight one aspect of drama - storydrama - and how it can be used as an effective learning medium across the curriculum. eBook available with sample pages: 0203209176
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