Social science / Political science / Labor & Industrial Relations

Shadow Mothers: Nannies, Au Pairs, and the Micropolitics of Mothering

by Cameron Lynne Macdonald

Shadow Mothers shines new light on an aspect of contemporary motherhood often hidden from view: the need for paid childcare by women returning to the workforce, and the complex bonds mothers forge with the "shadow...

Retirement Heist: How Companies Plunder and Profit from the Nest Eggs of American Workers

by Ellen E. Schultz

Winner of the 2012 Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism Hundreds of companies have slashed pensions and health coverage for millions of retirees, claiming that a “perfect storm” of stock...

Government Unions and the Bankrupting of America

by Daniel DiSalvo

Government-workers unions have been political juggernauts in the U.S. since the unseen collective-bargaining-rights revolution of the 1960s and ’70s. These unions are different and more powerful than those...

Education of an American Liberal

by Lucille Milner

Lucille Milner describes her early years as a reformer. She documents her work as a co-founder of the American Civil Liberties Union and work with other progressive organizations.

High-Skilled Immigration in a Global Labor Market

by Barry R. Chiswick

Recent U.S. immigration reform proposals have focused almost exclusively on regulating the population of low-skilled foreign workers. High-Skilled Immigration in a Global Labor Market contends that policymakers...

A Country That Works: Getting America Back on Track

by Andy Stern

Andy Stern, one of the most visionary leaders in America today, has fought relentlessly to ensure that Americans' hard work is rewarded in today's hypercompetitive, globalized world. As the newsmaking president...

The China Price: The True Cost of Chinese Competitive Advantage

by Alexandra Harney

In this landmark work of investigative reporting, former Financial Times correspondent Alexandra Harney uncovers a story of immense significance to us all: how China's factory economy gains a competitive edge...

Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work

by Matthew B. Crawford

A philosopher/mechanic's wise (and sometimes funny) look at the challenges and pleasures of working with one's hands

Called "the sleeper hit of the publishing season" (The Boston Globe), Shop Class as Soulcraft...

Provincial Solidarities: A History of the New Brunswick Federation of Labour

by David Frank

Provincial Solidarities tells the story of the New Brunswick Federation of Labour--part of the history of working class struggles in Canada.

The Wages of Relief: Cities and the Unemployed in Prairie Canada, 1929-39

by Eric Strikwerda

The Wages of Relief examines the Depression experiences of three municipal governments-Edmonton, Saskatoon, and Winnipeg-and the individuals and families who relied on them for unemployment relief through the...

Black Flag Boricuas: Anarchism, Antiauthoritarianism, and the Left in Puerto Rico, 1897-1921

by Kirwin R. Shaffer

Transnational networks of radicalism in the Caribbean

Latin American Migrations to the U.S. Heartland: Changing Social Landscapes in Middle America

by Linda Allegro & Andrew Grant Wood

New perspectives on Latin American migration to the interior United States

Prying Open Fortress Europe: The Turn to Sectoral Labor Migration

by Alexander Caviedes

Globalization has increased international migratory pressures, but in advanced industrialized countries entrenched social interests eager to maintain restrictive policies make it difficult for governments to...

Workplace Disaster Preparedness Response and Management

by R. Paul Maiden, Rich Paul & Christina Thompson

Respond quickly and effectively to workplace trauma

For years, employee assistance programs have been providing critical incidence stress management services to employees who have been involved in, or witness...

The Coal Question: Political Economy and Industrial Change from the Nineteenth Century to the Present Day

by Ben Fine

The coal industry has always occupied a symbolic place in British economic and political life, inspiring debates and arousing passions throughout the last two centuries. This account of the economics of coal,...

At the End of the Shift: Mines and Single-Industry Towns in Northern Ontario

by Ashley Thomson & Matt Bray

This book explores the relationship between mining and the communities it creates.

The Labour Revolution (Routledge Revivals)

by Karl Kautsky

First published in English in 1924 this ambitious work, by the famous Marxist theoretician Karl Kautsky, aims to provide nothing less than an "exposition of the methods to introduce socialism" amongst the...

Trucking Country: The Road to America's Wal-Mart Economy

by Shane Hamilton

Trucking Country is a social history of long-haul trucking that explores the contentious politics of free-market capitalism in post-World War II America. Shane Hamilton paints an eye-opening portrait of the...

A Glance at Work . Educational Perspectives

by Vanna Boffo

The topics of work flexibility, precarious jobs, and the relationship between work, the market and production are subjects that are widely debated in the sociological, philosophical, economic and political spheres....

Collapse of Dignity: The Story of a Mining Tragedy and the Fight Against Greed and Corruption in Mexico

by Napoleon Gomez

In the early morning hours of February 19, 2006, a sudden blast shook a coal mine in northern Mexico, trapping sixty-five workers in a subterranean tunnel. Napoleón Gómez, head of the fiercely independent...