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A Fair Days Wage for a Fair Days Work? (Studies in Labour History)
By Sheila Blackburn
* Publisher:Ashgate
* Number Of Pages:248
* Publication Date:2007-12-20
* ISBN-10 / ASIN:0754632644
* ISBN-13 / EAN:9780754632641
Product Description:
The nature of sweating and the origins of low pay legislation are of fundamental social, economic and moral importance. Although difficult to define, sweating, according to a select committee established to investigate the issue, was characterised by long hours, poor working conditions and above all by low pay. By the beginning of the twentieth century the government estimated that up to a third of the British workforce could be classed as sweated labour, and for the first time in a century began to think about introducing legislation to address the problem.Whilst historians have written much on unemployment, poverty relief and other such related social and industrial issues, relatively little work has been done on the causes, extent and character of sweated labour. That work which has been done has tended to focus on the tailoring trades in London and Leeds, and fails to give a broad overview of the phenomenon and how it developed and changed over time.In contrast, this volume adopts a broad national and long-run approach, providing a more holistic understanding of the subject. Rejecting the argument that sweating was merely a London or gender related problem, it paints a picture of a widespread and constantly shifting pattern of sweated labour across the country, that was to eventually persuade the government to introduce legislation in the form of the 1909 Trades Board Act. It was this act, intended to combat sweated labour, which was to form the cornerstone of low pay legislation, and the barrier to the introduction of a minimum wage, for the next 90 years.
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nsult to Injury: Libel, Slander, and Invasions of Privacy
By William K. Jones
* Publisher:University Press of Colorado
* Number Of Pages:376
* Publication Date:2003-11
* ISBN-10 / ASIN:0870817426
* ISBN-13 / EAN:9780870817427
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In Insult to Injury, William K. Jones reviews the seminal U.S. Supreme Court decisions that restrict the First Amendment in order to protect persons against defamatory falsehoods, invasions of privacy, and related psychic harm. Covering cases
ranging from a restaurant owner driven out of business over a veal chop to a University of Georgia football coach accused of sharing plays with an opponent before a game, Jones examines the many subtleties of the law, its interpretation, and its restrictions.
Although the author concludes that the accommodations
struck by the courts are appropriate, he nevertheless argues that there are serious deficiencies in the complex legal edifice that has been erected. After reviewing the relevant cases, Jones recommends a comprehensive new framework for dealing with the problem of defamatory falsehoods—a framework designed to afford greater protection for expressions on public issues while also providing more meaningful relief to the victims of harmful speech.
With material covering the impact of the internet and related electronic means of expression, Insult to Injury is sure to be of interest to current practitioners in the media bar, law students, and journalism students alike.
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Public Sector Employment in the Twenty-First Century
Edited by Marilyn J. Pittard and Phillipa Weeks
* Publisher:Anu E Press
* Number Of Pages:331
* Publication Date:2007-01
* ISBN-10 / ASIN:1920942602
* ISBN-13 / EAN:9781920942601
This book addresses the transformations which have occurred in employment arrangements and practices in the Australian public sector over the past decade and the changes in responsibilities and accountability through employment contracts, whistleblower legislation and partnerships between government and the private sector. It provides a comparative context through studies of reconstruction of the public service in the United Kingdom and New Zealand. Themes of contractualisation, privatisation and outsourcing are explored and critically examined, as well as influences of the industrial relations legislative framework including the Work Choices legislation.
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Globalisation and Governance in the Pacific Islands State, Society and Governance in Melanesia
Studies
in State and Society in the Pacific, No. 1
Editor: Stewart Firth
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ISBN 1 920942 98 X
Published: December 2006
The Pacific Islands are feeling the effects of globalisation. Free trade in
sugar and garments is threatening two of Fiji’s key industries. At the same time other opportunities are emerging. Labour migration is growing in importance, and Pacific governments are calling for more access to Australia’s labour market. Fiji has joined Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu and Kiribati as a remittance economy, with thousands of its citizens working overseas. Meantime, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands grapple with an older kind of globalisation in which overseas companies exploit mineral and forest resources.
The Pacific Islands confront unique problems of governance in this era of globalisation. The modern, democratic state often fits awkwardly with traditional ways of doing politics in that part of the world. Just as often, politicians in the Pacific exploit tradition or invent it to serve modern political purposes.
The contributors to this volume examine Pacific globalisation and governance from a wide range of perspectives. They come from Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Hawai’i, the Federated States of Micronesia, Samoa, Fiji, New Zealand and Jamaica as well as Australia.
Contents:
1. Keynote address From neo-liberalism to the new medievalism / John Rapley --
2 Treading water in the rapids? Non-governmental organisations and resistance to neo-liberalism in Pacific Island states / Claire Slatter --
3 Regionalism and cultural identity: putting the Pacific back into the plan / Elise Huffer --
4 Migration, dependency and inequality in the Pacific: old wine in bigger bottles? (Part 1) / John Connell --
5 Migration, dependency and inequality in the Pacific: old wine in bigger bottles? / John Connell --
6 Globalisation, new labour migration and development in Fiji / Manoranjan Mohanty --
7 Tonga only wants our money: the children of Tongan migrants / Helen Lee --
8 Labour mobility in the Pacific: creating seasonal work programs in Australia / Nic Maclellan and Peter Mares --
9 Contemporary migration within the Pacific Islands; the case of Fijian skilled workers in Kiribati and Marshall Islands / Avelina Rokoduru --
10 Fiji: sugar and sweatshirts, migrants and remittances / Kate Hannan --
11 End of the line? Globalisation and Fiji's garment industry / Donovan Storey --
12 Global capital and local ownership in Solomon Islands' forestry industry / Tarcisius Tara Kabutaulaka --
13 Mining, social change and corporate social responsibility: drawing lines in the Papua New Guinea mud / Glenn Banks --
14 The resource curse and governance: a Papua New Guinea perspective / Mel Togolo --
15. Keynote address Governance in Fiji: the interplay between indigenous tradition, culture and politics / Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi --
16 The state of the State in Fiji: some failings in the periphery / Vijay Naidu --
17 Power sharing in Fiji and New Caledonia / Joh Fraenkel --
18 More than 20 years of political stability in Samoa under the Human Rights Protection Party / Asofou So'o --
19 Matai titles and modern corruption in Samoa: costs, expectations and consequences for families and society / A. Morgan Tuimaleali' ifano--
20. Keynote address Keeping the information flow open: a key condition for good government in Micronesia / Father Francis X. Hezel --
21 Governance, globalisation and the PNG media: a survival dilemma / Joe R. Kanekane --
22 Democracy in Papua New Guinea: challenges from a rights-based approach / Orovu Sepoe --
23 Governance and livelihood realities in Solomon Islands / Morgan Wairiu.
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LIBERTY, ORDER, AND JUSTICE
By JAMES MCCLELLAN
* Publisher:Liberty Fund Inc.
* Number Of Pages:649
* Publication Date:2000-12-01
* ISBN-10 / ASIN:0865972567
* ISBN-13 / EAN:9780865972568
Product Description:
This new Liberty Fund edition of James McClellan's classic work on the quest for liberty, order, and justice in England and America includes the author's revisions to the original edition published in 1989 by the Center for Judicial Studies. Unlike most textbooks in American Government, Liberty, Order, and Justice seeks to familiarize the student with the basic principles of the Constitution, and to explain their origin, meaning, and purpose. Particular emphasis is placed on federalism and the separation of powers. These features of the book, together with its extensive and unique historical illustrations, make this new edition of Liberty, Order, and Justice especially suitable for introductory classes in American Government and for high school students in advanced placement courses.