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Industrial Relations in a Changing World (1975) shows how industrial relations embrace very deep-rooted attitudes and institutions, and that change, if it is to be radical, is slow. This book exposes the long-term trends underlying developments in industrial relations in the 1970s.

Originally published in 1962, this book discusses public service salaries in post-war England and as such makes a valuable contribution to literature of the labour market.

Originally published in 1989, this study provides an informed and critical analysis of local partnerships between the private and public sectors in response to the unemployment problems.

Industrial Relations and Health Services (1982) provides a comparative treatment of labour and industrial relations in health services in Canada, Britain and the USA. The differences between the systems in these three countries illuminate the particular responses and policies that need to be made in varying circumstances.

Industrial Relations (1968) discusses the impact of the changing industrial relations environment on the supply of labour, trade unions, management, collective bargaining, wage policy, factory level relationships, industrial social policy, the law, politics and public policy and its administration in the labour field.

This monograph aims to develop a theoretical framework for regional CU and empirically verify this framework based on ICT clusters in Europe. It advances the theory of upgrading by linking the VC governance and capability approaches, broadening the empirical evidence on the conditions of CU, and providing policy recommendations.

India Migration Report 2024: Indians in Canada is one of the first volumes to comprehensively examine and analyse the different facets of Indian migration to Canada.

By replacing it with a more realistic and multi-faceted human motive as supported by research in various academic disciplines, the book tries to provide a novel and more plausible picture of human society.

This book offers a thorough examination of the economics of financial inclusion and management from a contemporary standpoint. It covers a vast array of financial inclusion-related topics, surveying economies around the globe and analyzes the factors that contribute to both financial inclusion and exclusion.

This book examines the relationship between business-based peacebuilding and the opportunities that emerge from the pluralisation of regulation.

The book visits the idea of New India, studying how the political economy of India has changed significantly in post-liberalisation India.

A theoretical and critical explanation of the spatial profit-seeking strategies of transnational corporations and their role in the development of the automotive industry in Central and Eastern Europe. This book will appeal to readers interested in Europe's automotive industry, which is analyzed as an interconnected spatial network.

This book provides a new interpretation of slavery in Dutch New York, revealing its extent and the efforts to block emancipation. An important study that will appeal to scholars interested in slavery and, emancipation, and as well as legal, demographic, and economic history.

Drawing on rich anecdotes, this book develops the 'peace formula' - a set of evidence-based policies preventing armed conflict. Their efficacy has been demonstrated by cutting-edge research, yet sadly politicians frequently prefer cutting shady deals with despots. This book explains how 'smart idealism' overcomes such harmful political bias.

Plebeian Consumers details the key role played by Colombia's popular consumers in altering and challenging global patterns of exchange in the nineteenth century. The book will interest historians of Latin America, as well as scholars of capitalism and the history of consumption.

"A sweeping account of how the sea routes of Asia have transformed a vast expanse of the globe over the past five hundred years, powerfully shaping the modern world in the centuries leading up to our own, the volume of traffic across Asian sea routes-an area stretching from East Africa and the Middle East to Japan-exploded, eventually making them the busiest in the world. The result was a massive circulation of people, commodities, religion, culture, technology, and ideas. In this book, Eric Tagliacozzo chronicles how the seas and oceans of Asia have shaped the history of the largest continent for the past half millennium, leaving an indelible mark on the modern world in the process.Paying special attention to migration, trade, the environment, and cities, In Asian Waters examines the long history of contact between China and East Africa; the spread of Hinduism and Buddhism across the Bay of Bengal; and the intertwined histories of Islam and Christianity in the Philippines. The book illustrates how India became central to the spice trade; how the Indian Ocean became a 'British lake' between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries; and how lighthouses and sea mapping played important roles in imperialism. The volume ends by asking what may happen if China comes to rule the waves of Asia, as Britain once did. A novel account showing how Asian history can be seen as a whole when seen from the water, In Asian Waters presents a voyage into a past that is still alive in the present"--

This handbook provides an overview of the field of gender and water governance, exploring how the use, management and knowledge of water resources and the water environment are gendered. It is essential reading for students, scholars and professionals interested in water governance, water security, health and sanitation, and gender studies.

Preparing students to embark on a career in auditing, this text blends technical and practical content, underpinned with case studies and examples, to help students appreciate the realities of the profession, and see how auditors make decisions in the real world.

An exploration of intellectual truths in investing, this book shows that the investor's edge lies in fundamentals over forecasts, humility over hubris, and demonstrated rules over dogma.

The definitive book on how to construct a portfolio of dividend income paying stocks to create a dependable, consistent source of income to be used as a source of supplemental income, replacement income to support a healthy retirement or simply a source of emotional comfort.

This timely book argues that focusing on the green economy and green finance is essential to counteract the catastrophic, socio-economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Its main aim is to provide a comprehensive guide and offers practical solutions to the core issues of green finance within the principles of Maqasid al-Shari'ah.

This book seeks to identify and to examine factors and mechanisms underlying the growth and development of smart cities.