Bøker av Philip Martin

This is the first collection of poetry from the author, centered on the experiences of life in all its facets.

In Bracero 2.0, Philip Martin draws on decades of research and experience to explore the role of rural Mexicans in North American agriculture, alternatives to hand workers, and policies to improve farm worker protections. Martin assesses the historical and current demand for and supply of farm labor, and the operation of the farm labor market in Canada, Mexico, and the US. He also uses statistical and survey data to provide the most reliable portrait of the five million people who work for wages on North American farms.

John Kline''s gone straight. Or he''s trying to. The restaurant business isn''t all he''d hoped for - not with his old nemesis Inspector Khan pulling the strings of the liquor licencing board. Khan''s willing to cut a deal - but he isn''t the only one. Shadowy forces of conspiracy and counter-conspiracy converge, and Kline has a choice: play the...

American agriculture employs some 2.5 million workers during a typical year, most for fewer than six months. Three fourths of these farm workers are immigrants, half are unauthorized, and most will leave seasonal farm work within a decade. What do these statistics mean for farmers, for laborers, for rural America?This book addresses the question by reviewing what is happening on farms and in the towns and cities where immigrant farm workers settle with their families. Philip Martin finds that the business-labor model that has evolved in rural America is neither desirable nor sustainable. He proposes regularizing U.S. farm workers and rationalizing the farm labor market, an approach that will help American farmers stay globally competitive while also improving conditions for farm workers.

In need of Zeiton-7 to repair the TARDIS, the Doctor and Peri travel to the planet Varos. A former prison for the criminally insane, Varos is now ruled by the descendents of the guards. The population is kept in check and entertained by broadcasts of torture and execution from the Punishment Dome where the TARDIS lands. Soon the Doctor and Peri, together with rebel fugitives Jondar and Areta, find themselves trying to escape the Dome s traps and challenges all on live television. Can the Doctor and Peri escape the Punishment Dome, and help the Governor ensure the people of Varos get a fair deal for their Zeiton-7? This novel is based on a Doctor Who story which was originally broadcast from 19 26 January 1975. Featuring the Sixth Doctor as played by Colin Baker with his companion Peri

Assesses the impact of the CEFTA multilateral free trade agreement on trade in Southeast Europe, and assesses the benefits of two complementary policies: introducing labour mobility in the region, and adopting the Common External Tariff structure of the European Union.

This study closely analyses sonnets to bring out what they can tell us of different kinds of love, particularly self-love, the relation of these to the world of natural growth and temporal succession, and finally the ways in which art can properly be defined as a form of love.