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  • Gender, migration and the global race for talent

    by Anna Boucher ...
    The global race for skilled immigrants seeks to attract the best global workers. In the pursuit of these individuals, governments may incidentally discriminate on gender grounds. Existing gendered differences in the global labour market related to life course trajectories, pay gaps and gendered divisions in occupational specialisation are also present in skilled immigration selection policies. ... Read more

    $34.09 CAD

  • Patterns of Exploitation

    Understanding Migrant Worker Rights in Advanced Democracies

    by Anna K. Boucher ...
    Numbering an estimated 164 million globally, migrant workers are an essential component of contemporary businesses. Despite their number and indispensability in the global economy, migrant workers frequently lack the legal protections enjoyed by other workers. They work in sectors where jobs are isolated, and they lack advocates and trade union representation. They may also be undocumented, ... Read more

    $105.59 CAD

  • Crossroads

    Comparative Immigration Regimes in a World of Demographic Change

    by Anna K. Boucher, Justin Gest ...
    In this ambitious study, Anna K. Boucher and Justin Gest present a unique analysis of immigration governance across thirty countries. Relying on a database of immigration demographics in the world's most important destinations, they present a novel taxonomy and an analysis of what drives different approaches to immigration policy over space and time. In an era defined by inequality, populism, and ... Read more

    $39.19 CAD

  • Out of the depths

    The first collection of Holocaust songs

    by Joseph Toltz, Anna Boucher ...
    Available for the first time in English translation, this collection of songs is a powerful memorial to the victims of the Holocaust.In June 1945, before the full devastation of the Holocaust had emerged, a team of researchers embarked on a remarkable project. While documenting the experiences of Jewish refugees, they began to collect songs composed and sung in the Nazi camps and ghettos. The ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

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    For Love or Money?

    by Bethany Barratt ...
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    By trying to alleviate poverty abroad, foreign development assistance tries to meet, among other things, basic human needs, which some schools of thought classify as basic human rights. However, because development abroad has often been treated as a tool for the pursuit of donor interests, rather than as an end to itself, it often ends up not only neglecting basic human rights, but making them ... Read more

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  • Making Democratic Governance Work

    How Regimes Shape Prosperity, Welfare, and Peace

    by Pippa Norris ...
    Is democratic governance good for economic prosperity? Does it accelerate progress towards social welfare and human development? Does it generate a peace-dividend and reduce conflict at home? Within the international community, democracy and governance are widely advocated as intrinsically desirable goals. Nevertheless, alternative schools of thought dispute their consequences and the most ... Read more

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  • Why Electoral Integrity Matters

    by Pippa Norris ...
    This book is the first in a planned trilogy by Pippa Norris on challenges of electoral integrity to be published by Cambridge University Press. Unfortunately too often elections around the globe are deeply flawed or even fail. Why does this matter? It is widely suspected that such contests will undermine confidence in elected authorities, damage voting turnout, trigger protests, exacerbate ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • Comparing Democracies

    Elections and Voting in a Changing World

    by Lawrence LeDuc, Pippa Norris, Richard G. Niemi ...
    This book provides you with a theoretical and comparative understanding of the major topics related to elections and voting behaviour. It explores important work taking place on new areas, whilst at the same time covering the key themes that you’ll encounter throughout your studies.Edited by three leading figures in the field, the new edition brings together an impressive range of contributors and ... Read more

    $89.59 CAD

  • International Women’s Rights Law and Gender Equality

    Making the Law Work for Women

    Edited by Ramona Vijeyarasa ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Gender and Global Politics
    The law is a well-known tool in fighting gender inequality, but which laws actually advance women’s rights? This book unpacks the complex nuances behind gender-responsive domestic legislation, from several of the world’s leading experts on gender equality.Drawing on domestic examples and international law, it provides a primer of theory alongside tangible and practical solutions to fulfil the ... Read more

    $81.06 CAD

  • The State of Economic and Social Human Rights

    A Global Overview

    Edited by Lanse Minkler ...
    This edited volume offers original scholarship on economic and social human rights from leading and new cutting-edge scholars in the fields of economics, law, political science, sociology and anthropology. It analyzes the core economic and social rights and the crucial topic of non-discrimination, and includes an innovative section on 'meta' rights. The main chapters answer important questions ... Read more

    $47.99 CAD

  • Fragility, Aid, and State-building

    Understanding Diverse Trajectories

    Edited by Rachel M Gisselquist ...
    Series series ThirdWorlds
    Fragile states pose major development and security challenges. Considerable international resources are therefore devoted to state-building and institutional strengthening in fragile states, with generally mixed results. This volume explores how unpacking the concept of fragility and studying its dimensions and forms can help to build policy-relevant understandings of how states become more ... Read more

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  • Party Politics and Economic Reform in Africa's Democracies

    by M. Anne Pitcher ...
    Series Book 119 - African Studies
    In Party Politics and Economic Reform in Africa's Democracies, M. Anne Pitcher offers an engaging new theory to explain the different trajectories of private sector development across contemporary Africa. Pitcher argues that the outcomes of economic reforms depend not only on the kinds of institutional arrangements adopted by states in order to create or expand their private sectors, but also on ... Read more

    $39.19 CAD