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cover of Labour Statistics for a Market Economy: Challenges and Solutions in the Transition Countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union

Labour Statistics for a Market Economy

Challenges and Solutions in the Transition Countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union

Igor Chernyshev

Central European University Press, 1995

The International Labour Office is the moving force behind the adoption of the Labour Force Survey in Western countries as the only reliable means of gathering information about trends in employment and unemployment, and on pay. The countries of East-Central Europe and the former USSR have recognized their need of such statistiics and turned to the ILO to help them set up systems to provide data required by decision makers. This pioneering work shows how the old "command" economies are setting up brand new systems to classify occupations, to measure employment and unemployment, and to collect information on wages and labour costs, which will be useful to students of the area and essential for statisticians world-wide concerned with the challenge of instigating an entirely new statistical service.
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cover of Labour and the Challenges of Globalization: What Prospects for Transnational Solidarity?

Labour and the Challenges of Globalization

What Prospects for Transnational Solidarity?

Andreas Bieler, Ingemar Lindberg and Devan Pillay

Pluto Press, 2008

This book examines the main challenges facing the world labor force and possible responses from trade unions.



The working classes across the world are feeling the effects of globalization and the race to the bottom that it encourages. Core jobs for workers in the developed world are being outsourced to countries where pay and conditions are terrible and union membership is often forbidden. Much of the work of the world economy is now taking place in a burgeoning informal sector, making worldwide organization of labor very difficult.



Case studies from 11 different countries, including China, Germany, Canada and South Africa, illustrate what is happening and show how workers and trade unions can successfully adapt to the neoliberal world.

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cover of Latin America in the 21st Century: Challenges and Solutions

Latin America in the 21st Century

Challenges and Solutions

Edited by Gregory Knapp

University of Texas Press, 2002

This book showcases the achievements of geographers in helping understand and solve major problems facing Latin America. Chapters cover a variety of topics from conservation to transportation to gender. Each chapter is written by an expert in the geography of Latin America. The chapters include case studies of recent problems or issues in Latin America and provide examples of geographic research that has helped illuminate or solve these problems.

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cover of Lesbian Psychologies: EXPLORATIONS AND CHALLENGES

Lesbian Psychologies

EXPLORATIONS AND CHALLENGES

Edited by the Boston Lesbian Psychologies Collective

University of Illinois Press, 1987

This bestselling pioneering anthology brings together a diverse group of twenty-six feminist writers, therapists and academics. Their work represents a beginning effort to capture the experience of contemporary American lesbians. Writing about their own lives as well as the lives of the women they have observed and counseled, the authors explore four topics central to building a lesbian psychology: identity, relationships, community, and therapy.
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cover of Librarians Serving Diverse Populations: Challenges And

Librarians Serving Diverse Populations

Challenges And

Lori Mestre

Assoc of College & Research Libraries, 2011

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cover of Librarians Serving Diverse Populations: Challenges and Opportunities

Librarians Serving Diverse Populations

Challenges and Opportunities

Lori Mestre

Assoc of College & Research Libraries, 2011

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cover of Life beyond Medicine: The Joys and Challenges of Physician Retirement

Life beyond Medicine

The Joys and Challenges of Physician Retirement

Sharon Romm

Dartmouth College Press, 2018

Physicians retire at all ages—older doctors forsake medical practice when tired of it or when forced to do so by age or illness; younger practitioners leave because of burnout, disillusionment with the medical system, or a desire to engage in new activities. But research and literature about physician retirement is scanty. Given the limited resources available, many physicians who want to retire from medicine remain mired in indecision, wondering how their life might be different if they left medicine. Sharon Romm has written the definitive guide to help health care professionals of all ages prepare for the joys and challenges ahead.
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cover of Light Filaments: Structures, challenges and applications

Light Filaments

Structures, challenges and applications

Jean-Claude Diels

The Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2022

A laser of sufficient intensity traveling through air will - by itself - engineer a narrow channel over which light will propagate for tens or even hundreds of meters. Such filaments of laser light were first created at the end of the twentieth century, and investigators are now beginning to explore new applications for them.
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