The Dignity of Labour (Cruddas Jon)(Paperback)

The Dignity of Labour (Cruddas Jon)(Paperback)

Does work give our lives purpose, meaning and status? Or is it a tedious necessity that will soon be abolished by automation, leaving humans free to enjoy a life of leisure and basic income? In this erudite and highly readable book, Jon Cruddas MP argues that it is imperative that the Left rejects

The Dignity of Labour: Image, Work and Identity in the Roman World (Ferris Iain)(Pevná vazba)

Numerous incidental illustrations of agricultural workers occur on Roman artworks, while the names and trades of many individual working people, artisans, and professionals are known from inscriptions and funerary monuments in Rome and from across the empire. The most extraordinary individual

Heroes or Villains?: The Blair Government Reconsidered (Davis Jon)(Paperback)

A unique new account of New Labour in power-drawing on a mass of previously unpublished contributions from most of the main players in the Blair government, including Tony Blair

The Dignity of Man: An Islamic Perspective (Kamali Mohammad Hashim)(Paperback)

The Dignity of Man: An Islamic Perspective provides the most detailed study to date on the subject of the dignity of man from the perspective of Islam. M H Kamali sets out the proclamations on human dignity found in the Qur'an and then discusses topics pertaining to or resulting from human dignity:

Dignity Rights: Courts, Constitutions, and the Worth of the Human Person (Daly Erin)(Paperback)

Originally published in 2012, Dignity Rights is the first book to explore the constitutional law of dignity around the world. In it, Erin Daly shows how dignity has come not only to define specific interests like the right to humane treatment or to earn a living wage, but also to protect the basic

European Labour Law (Jaspers Teun)(Paperback)

This book provides for a comprehensive overview of the various areas of European labour law: fundamental rights, free movement of workers and posting, equal treatment, a-typical forms of employment, collective bargaining and collective agreements, restructuring of enterprises and health and

London Labour and the London Poor (Mayhew Henry)(Paperback)

An extraordinary work of investigative journalism, literature, and sociology, London Labour and the London Poor originated in a series of articles for a local newspaper and grew into a massive record of the daily life of Victorian London's underclass. By turns alarming, touching, and funny, the

Human Dignity: A Way of Living (Siclovan Diana)(Pevná vazba)

Dignity is humanity�s most prized possession. We experience the loss of dignity as a terrible humiliation: when we lose our dignity we feel deprived of something without which life no longer seems worth living. But what exactly is this trait that we value so highly? In this important new book,

Citizenship (Kochenov Dimitry)(Paperback)

The story of citizenship as a tale not of liberation, dignity, and nationhood but of complacency, hypocrisy, and domination.The glorification of citizenship is a given in today's world, part of a civic narrative that invokes liberation, dignity, and nationhood. In reality, explains Dimitry

Left Out - The Inside Story of Labour Under Corbyn (Pogrund Gabriel)(Paperback / softback)

Deakin and Morris' Labour Law (Adams Zoe)(Paperback)

Deakin and Morris' Labour Law, a work cited as authoritative in the higher appellate courts of several jurisdictions, provides a comprehensive analysis of current British labour law which explains the role of different legal and extra-legal sources in its evolution, including collective bargaining,

Hannah Arendt and the Fragility of Human Dignity (Macready John Douglas)(Pevná vazba)

Professor John Douglas Macready offers a post-foundational account of human dignity by way of a reconstructive reading of Hannah Arendt. He argues that Arendt's experience of political violence and genocide in the twentieth century, as well as her experience as a stateless person, led her to

Urban Apologetics: Restoring Black Dignity with the Gospel (Mason Eric)(Pevná vazba)

African-Americans have long confronted the challenge of dignity destruction caused by white supremacy. While many have found meaning and restoration of dignity in the black church, others have found it in ethnocentric socioreligious groups and philosophies. These ideologies have grown and developed

Labour and the left in the 1980s (Davis Jonathan)(Pevná vazba)

This volume of essays constitutes the first history of Labour and left-wing politics in the decade when Margaret Thatcher reshaped modern Britain. Leading scholars explore aspects of left-wing culture, activities and ideas at a time when social democracy was in crisis. There are articles about

The House (Robertson Imogen)(Paperback)

The landmark debut novel from Tom Watson, former Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, and bestselling novelist Imogen Robertson is the must-read political thriller of the 21st

Broonland: The Last Days of Gordon Brown (Harvie Christopher)(Paperback)

How did the intellectually intimidating, industrious architect of the New Labour project become its maligned and feckless undertaker? In this scathing, witty indictment of Gordon Brown's tenure as prime minister, Christopher Harvie says goodbye to Broon by exploring the Britain New Labour helped

Art and Postcapitalism: Aesthetic Labour, Automation and Value Production (Beech Dave)(Paperback)

Artistic labour was exemplary for Utopian Socialist theories of 'attractive labour', and Marxist theories of 'nonalienated labour', but the rise of the anti-work movement and current theories of 'fully automated luxury communism' have seen art topple from its privileged place within the left's

Parliamentary Socialism: A Study in the Politics of Labour (Miliband Ralph)(Paperback)

Reflecting on the Labor government of Harold Wilson between 1964 and 1970, this concise analysischronicles the Labor Party from its early days up to the early 1960s, including a 1972 postscript. Demonstrating how empirical and flexible the Labor Party has been about certain issues, this reference

International Migration and the Future of Populations and Labour in Europe (Kupiszewski Marek)(Paperback)

The changes of populations are determined by fertility, mortality and migration. On the national level, international migration is a factor of increasing demographic, economic, social and political importance. This book addresses the debate on the impact of international migration and economic

Labour and Industrial Laws (Padhi P.K.)(Paperback / softback)

Expains labour and industrial laws such as the Industrial Disputes Act, the Factories Act, and the Contract Labour Act. While giving a broad perspective of the subject, the text brings out the objectives behind the enactment of every legislation, discusses the relevant case laws and shows how the

Labour of Love (Graham James)(Paperback)

Labour MP David Lyons cares about modernisation and 'electability'... his constituency agent, Jean Whittaker cares about principles and her community. Set away from the Westminster bubble in the party's traditional northern heartlands, this is a clash of philosophy, culture and class against the

Dementia Reimagined: Building a Life of Joy and Dignity from Beginning to End (Powell Tia)(Paperback)

Now in paperback, the cultural and medical history of dementia and Alzheimer's disease by a leading psychiatrist and bioethicist who urges us to turn our focus from cure to care. Despite being a physician and a bioethicist, Tia Powell wasn't prepared to address the challenges she faced when her

The Benn Diaries: 1940-1990 (Benn Tony)(Paperback)

Selected highlights from The Benn Diaries of the former British Labour Party cabinet minister, form this single-volume edition, and include the most notable events, arguments and personal reflections throughout Benn's long and remarkable

Dignity - From the award-winning author of Pigeon (Conran Alys)(Paperback / softback)

A powerful novel about belonging, race, British India and contemporary Britain, by the Dylan Thomas Prize-shortlisted author of