Author: Ralph Gonsalves
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781091563797
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
An in-depth survey of contributing factors to the political momentum and economic growth of the Caribbean island-nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, from the advent of slavery to the present.
The Political Economy of the Labour Movement in St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Author: Ralph Gonsalves
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781091563797
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
An in-depth survey of contributing factors to the political momentum and economic growth of the Caribbean island-nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, from the advent of slavery to the present.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781091563797
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
An in-depth survey of contributing factors to the political momentum and economic growth of the Caribbean island-nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, from the advent of slavery to the present.
Caribbean Political Economy at the Crossroads
Author: D. Marshall
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230389864
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
There are a variety of crisis symptoms confronting the Commonwealth Caribbean as the 21st century dawns. Global changes are quickly rendering the region's traditional economic platform obsolete. This book suggests however that the expanding NAFTA or the hemispheric turn towards bloc formation can offer a way out for the Caribbean. Politics must be brought back into the regionalisation process, for each island government is witnessing the narrowing of the range of its state power by powerful TNCs, international financial institutions, Washington interests, and corporate-backed WTO commissions.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230389864
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
There are a variety of crisis symptoms confronting the Commonwealth Caribbean as the 21st century dawns. Global changes are quickly rendering the region's traditional economic platform obsolete. This book suggests however that the expanding NAFTA or the hemispheric turn towards bloc formation can offer a way out for the Caribbean. Politics must be brought back into the regionalisation process, for each island government is witnessing the narrowing of the range of its state power by powerful TNCs, international financial institutions, Washington interests, and corporate-backed WTO commissions.
The Labour Movement in Lebanon
Author: Lea Bou Khater
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781526159434
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Power on hold is an authoritative history of the labour movement in Lebanon. Drawing on a vast body of Arabic-language primary sources and difficult-to-access archives, Bou Khater examines how trade unionism has largely been a failure. The causes include state interference, tactical co-optation, and the strategic use of sectarianism by an oligarchic elite, together with the structural weakness of a service-based laissez-faire economy. Moving beyond simple judgements, this study examines how and why the sectarian power-sharing system hinges on the break-up of labour power by the oligarchy. The conclusions are significant not only for trade unionism in Lebanon and elsewhere, but also for new forms of workers' organisations and social movements.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781526159434
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Power on hold is an authoritative history of the labour movement in Lebanon. Drawing on a vast body of Arabic-language primary sources and difficult-to-access archives, Bou Khater examines how trade unionism has largely been a failure. The causes include state interference, tactical co-optation, and the strategic use of sectarianism by an oligarchic elite, together with the structural weakness of a service-based laissez-faire economy. Moving beyond simple judgements, this study examines how and why the sectarian power-sharing system hinges on the break-up of labour power by the oligarchy. The conclusions are significant not only for trade unionism in Lebanon and elsewhere, but also for new forms of workers' organisations and social movements.
Work and Labour Relations in Global Platform Capitalism
Author: Haidar, Julieta
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 1802205136
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
This engaging and timely book provides an in-depth analysis of work and labour relations within global platform capitalism with a specific focus on digital platforms that organise labour processes, known as labour platforms. Well-respected contributors thoroughly examine both online and offline platforms, their distinct differences and the important roles they play for both large transnational companies and those with a smaller global reach.
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 1802205136
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
This engaging and timely book provides an in-depth analysis of work and labour relations within global platform capitalism with a specific focus on digital platforms that organise labour processes, known as labour platforms. Well-respected contributors thoroughly examine both online and offline platforms, their distinct differences and the important roles they play for both large transnational companies and those with a smaller global reach.
City of Workers, City of Struggle
Author: Joshua B. Freeman
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 023154958X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
From the founding of New Amsterdam until today, working people have helped create and re-create the City of New York through their struggles. Starting with artisans and slaves in colonial New York and ranging all the way to twenty-first-century gig-economy workers, this book tells the story of New York’s labor history anew. City of Workers, City of Struggle brings together essays by leading historians of New York and a wealth of illustrations, offering rich descriptions of work, daily life, and political struggle. It recounts how workers have developed formal and informal groups not only to advance their own interests but also to pursue a vision of what the city should be like and whom it should be for. The book goes beyond the largely white, male wage workers in mainstream labor organizations who have dominated the history of labor movements to look at enslaved people, indentured servants, domestic workers, sex workers, day laborers, and others who have had to fight not only their masters and employers but also labor groups that often excluded them. Through their stories—how they fought for inclusion or developed their own ways to advance—it recenters labor history for contemporary struggles. City of Workers, City of Struggle offers the definitive account of the four-hundred-year history of efforts by New York workers to improve their lives and their communities. In association with the exhibition City of Workers, City of Struggle: How Labor Movements Changed New York at the Museum of the City of New York
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 023154958X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
From the founding of New Amsterdam until today, working people have helped create and re-create the City of New York through their struggles. Starting with artisans and slaves in colonial New York and ranging all the way to twenty-first-century gig-economy workers, this book tells the story of New York’s labor history anew. City of Workers, City of Struggle brings together essays by leading historians of New York and a wealth of illustrations, offering rich descriptions of work, daily life, and political struggle. It recounts how workers have developed formal and informal groups not only to advance their own interests but also to pursue a vision of what the city should be like and whom it should be for. The book goes beyond the largely white, male wage workers in mainstream labor organizations who have dominated the history of labor movements to look at enslaved people, indentured servants, domestic workers, sex workers, day laborers, and others who have had to fight not only their masters and employers but also labor groups that often excluded them. Through their stories—how they fought for inclusion or developed their own ways to advance—it recenters labor history for contemporary struggles. City of Workers, City of Struggle offers the definitive account of the four-hundred-year history of efforts by New York workers to improve their lives and their communities. In association with the exhibition City of Workers, City of Struggle: How Labor Movements Changed New York at the Museum of the City of New York
Moving for Prosperity
Author: World Bank
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 1464812829
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 407
Book Description
Migration presents a stark policy dilemma. Research repeatedly confirms that migrants, their families back home, and the countries that welcome them experience large economic and social gains. Easing immigration restrictions is one of the most effective tools for ending poverty and sharing prosperity across the globe. Yet, we see widespread opposition in destination countries, where migrants are depicted as the primary cause of many of their economic problems, from high unemployment to declining social services.Moving for Prosperity: Global Migration and Labor Markets addresses this dilemma. In addition to providing comprehensive data and empirical analysis of migration patterns and their impact, the report argues for a series of policies that work with, rather than against, labor market forces. Policy makers should aim to ease short-run dislocations and adjustment costs so that the substantial long-term benefits are shared more evenly. Only then can we avoid draconian migration restrictions that will hurt everybody. Moving for Prosperity aims to inform and stimulate policy debate, facilitate further research, and identify prominent knowledge gaps. It demonstrates why existing income gaps, demographic differences, and rapidly declining transportation costs mean that global mobility will continue to be a key feature of our lives for generations to come. Its audience includes anyone interested in one of the most controversial policy debates of our time.
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 1464812829
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 407
Book Description
Migration presents a stark policy dilemma. Research repeatedly confirms that migrants, their families back home, and the countries that welcome them experience large economic and social gains. Easing immigration restrictions is one of the most effective tools for ending poverty and sharing prosperity across the globe. Yet, we see widespread opposition in destination countries, where migrants are depicted as the primary cause of many of their economic problems, from high unemployment to declining social services.Moving for Prosperity: Global Migration and Labor Markets addresses this dilemma. In addition to providing comprehensive data and empirical analysis of migration patterns and their impact, the report argues for a series of policies that work with, rather than against, labor market forces. Policy makers should aim to ease short-run dislocations and adjustment costs so that the substantial long-term benefits are shared more evenly. Only then can we avoid draconian migration restrictions that will hurt everybody. Moving for Prosperity aims to inform and stimulate policy debate, facilitate further research, and identify prominent knowledge gaps. It demonstrates why existing income gaps, demographic differences, and rapidly declining transportation costs mean that global mobility will continue to be a key feature of our lives for generations to come. Its audience includes anyone interested in one of the most controversial policy debates of our time.
The Political Economy of Caribbean Development
Author: M. Bishop
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137316101
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Studies of the global political economy have rarely engaged with development in the Caribbean, the thought of its indigenous intellectuals, or the non-sovereign territories of the region. Matthew Bishop compares the development of the independent English-speaking islands of St Lucia and St Vincent and their non-sovereign French neighbours, Martinique and Guadeloupe. By explaining how distinctive patterns of British and French colonialism and decolonisation came to bear on them, he investigates how very different patterns of development have subsequently ensued, often with startling consequences in this era of globalization and crisis. By engaging with the empirical reality of the Caribbean, his study sheds light on a range of wider debates relating to development, indigenous thought, post-colonial sovereignty, small states, and the contemporary evolution of the global political economy.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137316101
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Studies of the global political economy have rarely engaged with development in the Caribbean, the thought of its indigenous intellectuals, or the non-sovereign territories of the region. Matthew Bishop compares the development of the independent English-speaking islands of St Lucia and St Vincent and their non-sovereign French neighbours, Martinique and Guadeloupe. By explaining how distinctive patterns of British and French colonialism and decolonisation came to bear on them, he investigates how very different patterns of development have subsequently ensued, often with startling consequences in this era of globalization and crisis. By engaging with the empirical reality of the Caribbean, his study sheds light on a range of wider debates relating to development, indigenous thought, post-colonial sovereignty, small states, and the contemporary evolution of the global political economy.
St. Vincent and the Grenadines: Doing Business and Investing in St. Vincent and the Grenadines Guide Volume 1 Strategic and Practical Information
Author: IBP, Inc.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1438713630
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
2011 Updated Reprint. Updated Annually. Doing Business and Investing in Saint Vincent and The Grenadines Guide
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1438713630
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
2011 Updated Reprint. Updated Annually. Doing Business and Investing in Saint Vincent and The Grenadines Guide
Industrial Relations in the Caribbean
Author: Samuel J.. Goolsarran
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Caribbean Area
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Reader intended to stimulate thinking about the future direction of national and regional labour policies, with a view to good governance in terms of participation, transparency, credibility and accountability. Includes case studies from a number of Caribbean countries as well as ILO contributions by S.J. Goolsarran on labour administration and social dialogue, and an extract from "Labour inspection: a guide to the profession", by W. von Richthofen.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Caribbean Area
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Reader intended to stimulate thinking about the future direction of national and regional labour policies, with a view to good governance in terms of participation, transparency, credibility and accountability. Includes case studies from a number of Caribbean countries as well as ILO contributions by S.J. Goolsarran on labour administration and social dialogue, and an extract from "Labour inspection: a guide to the profession", by W. von Richthofen.
Advocating for Palestine in Canada
Author: Emily Regan Wills
Publisher: Fernwood Publishing
ISBN: 1773634909
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Why is it so difficult to advocate for Palestine in Canada and what can we learn from the movement’s successes? This account of Palestine solidarity activism in Canada grapples with these questions through a wide-ranging exploration of the movement’s different actors, approaches and fields of engagement, along with its connections to different national and transnational struggles against racism, imperialism and colonialism. Led by a coalition of students, labour unions, church groups, left wing activists, progressive presses, human rights organizations, academic associations and Palestinian and Jewish community groups, Palestine solidarity activism is on the rise in Canada and Canadians are more aware of the issues than ever before. Palestine solidarity activists are also under siege as never before. The movement advocating for Palestinian rights is forced to contend with relentless political condemnation, media blackouts, administrative roadblocks, coordinated smear campaigns, individual threats, legal intimidation and institutional silencing. Through this book and the experiences of the contributing authors in it, many seasoned veterans of the movement, Advocating for Palestine in Canada offers an indispensable and often first-hand view into the complex social and historical forces at work in one of our era’s most urgent debates, and one which could determine the course of what it means to be Canadian going forward.
Publisher: Fernwood Publishing
ISBN: 1773634909
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Why is it so difficult to advocate for Palestine in Canada and what can we learn from the movement’s successes? This account of Palestine solidarity activism in Canada grapples with these questions through a wide-ranging exploration of the movement’s different actors, approaches and fields of engagement, along with its connections to different national and transnational struggles against racism, imperialism and colonialism. Led by a coalition of students, labour unions, church groups, left wing activists, progressive presses, human rights organizations, academic associations and Palestinian and Jewish community groups, Palestine solidarity activism is on the rise in Canada and Canadians are more aware of the issues than ever before. Palestine solidarity activists are also under siege as never before. The movement advocating for Palestinian rights is forced to contend with relentless political condemnation, media blackouts, administrative roadblocks, coordinated smear campaigns, individual threats, legal intimidation and institutional silencing. Through this book and the experiences of the contributing authors in it, many seasoned veterans of the movement, Advocating for Palestine in Canada offers an indispensable and often first-hand view into the complex social and historical forces at work in one of our era’s most urgent debates, and one which could determine the course of what it means to be Canadian going forward.