Books in the Arbeit, Bildung und Gesellschaft / Labour, Education and Society series

Participation is a social process, which is basically part of an exchange relationship. Thus, it is principally pluralist and ambiguous in its meaning. As a consequence, the reconciliation of voices needs innovative approaches to support balanced participation experiences. This title deals with this topic.

The book explores the potential of the Capability Approach as an alternative critical lens to early childhood education curricula. It investigates pre-primary teachers' beliefs and practices and discusses issues that are likely to be confined and to provoke reflections to several national contexts.

The book investigates industrial relations in Greece comparatively in the last decades, covering current and historical issues. The sociological with other institutional, political and social aspects are combined. Special reference is made to the transition to the Memorandum with the E.U. and I.M.F. and its effects on Greek industrial relations.

This volume is a collection of essays on obtaining a PhD degree at a Finnish university. The contributors share the common background of coming to Finland from abroad especially for the purpose of taking up PhD studies. They come from different countries and backgrounds and obtained their degrees at different Finnish universities.

This study focuses on the status and prospects of collective bargaining in China based on lessons learned from the post-war United States and Germany. The analysis compares the production regimes and the state-labor-capital relations in China today with the U.S. and German models in order to identify the missing links in the current system of collective contract in China.

Takes up a critical and realistic perspective on what is happening in China, India and other Asian countries in comparison with Western countries. This book avoids hiding problems and difficulties, and communicates a positive message on the possibility to proceed in achieving a better situation.

Changing Labour Relations

Describes and reviews current concerns in regard to the conditions of labour markets, production organizations, working conditions, and industrial and employment relations. This book explores various aspects of the search for socio-cultural innovation in the areas of work, industrial, organizational, management, and employment relations.

A study of Italy that highlights the impact that the defense procurement contracts had both on monetary stability and balance of payments, as well as the integration of the Italian products within the infant European trade area.

Deliberative Multiculturalism in Britain

This interdisciplinary book includes international contributions from the fields of political science, economy, sociology, social work, philosophy and education. The major topics deal with contemporary challenges in social analysis, social theories, social policy, social work. It emphasizes the relevance of citizen participation and its mediation.

This compilation represents a collaborative effort by academics, practitioners and students. It therefore, in reflecting the views of diverse contributors, enriches the reader's experience through its coverage of different municipal experiences of public participation and through the international perspectives that are brought to bear on the topic.

This book examines print and electronic media in the United States of America, Europe, and China. Electronic communication affects daily life worldwide. Theoretical and empirical studies explore our increasingly media-centric world. This book studies how media (print, broadcasting, Internet) affects political socialization.

Based on the policy cycle model, this title focuses attention to the actors based on Albrecht Dehnhard's theory that nation-states are gaining power in international circles. It examines Japan's transnational environmental policy through environmental technology transfer to Newly Industrializing Countries (NICs) in the 1990s.

The challenges of an ageing population and workforce are increasingly recognised by policy makers, managers and workers in many countries. In this book, prominent researchers address these challenges. It deals with health and workability, and gives data and viewpoints on competitive advantages and disadvantages of older workers.