Hard Work

Cultures of Solidarity

Consciousness, Action, and Contemporary American Workers

Rick Fantasia

A commonplace assumption about American workers is that they lack class consciousness. This perception has baffled social scientists, demoralized activists, and generated a significant literature on American exceptionalism. In this provocative book, a young sociologist takes the prevailing assumptions to task and sheds new light upon this very important issue. In three vivid case studies Fantasia explores the complicated, multi-faceted dynamics of American working-class consciousness and collective action.

French Gastronomy and the Magic of Americanism

Rick Fantasia

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Gastronomie française à la sauce américaine

Enquête sur l'industrialisation de pratiques artisanales

Rick Fantasia

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Growing Beautiful Houseplants

An Illustrated Guide to the Selection and Care of Over 1,000 Varieties

Rob Herwig

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Des syndicats domestiqués

répression patronale et résistance syndicale aux Etats-Unis

Rick Fantasia, Kim Voss

Le " modèle " économique américain tant vanté en Europe est une illusion d'optique, entretenue à la fois par la presse et les milieux d'affaires. L'exception américaine, loin d'être le produit d'un système économique miraculeux, est en fait la conséquence de la destruction programmée de toute forme d'organisation et de protection du travail la culture politique et te droit américains ont peu à peu démantelé les mouvements syndicaux de contestation sociale. Voyage dans l'Amérique oubliée des travailleurs ordinaires ceux qui louent des garages pour survivre à Silicon Valley, ceux qui, coincés dans des box minuscules, emballent les livres pour Amazon. com, ceux qui doivent cumuler deux ou trois emplois sous-payés pour se maintenir juste au-dessus du seuil de pauvreté. La fameuse " exception américaine " repose en réalité sur l'exceptionnelle toute-puissance des dirigeants d'entreprises, c'est-à-dire sur l'extraordinaire faiblesse organisée des syndicats américains. Pourtant, ce travail, mené par deux sociologues américains, n'annonce pas la fin du mouvement syndical aux Etats-Unis. Il fait apparaître au contraire l'émergence d'un syndicalisme d'action et de contestation sociale, assumant sa dimension politique et sa volonté de lutter pour imposer une plus grande justice sociale.

The Smartest Guys in the Room

The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron

Bethany McLean, Peter Elkind

The inside story of one of history's greatest business scandals, in which top executives of America's seventh largest company walked away with over one billion dollars while investors and employees lost everything.

Strategic Planning Kit For Dummies

Erica Olsen

Create a roadmap for your company’s future success—the For Dummies way Strategic Planning Kit For Dummies not only teaches you how to build a solid business strategy, but it gives you the tools to do it. Checklists, worksheets, and real-life examples guide you through answering your most pressing questions. Plus, all-new online resources make creating a lasting strategy easier than ever. Build a company vision statement, assess your strategic position, engage your team, and execute your plan—with easy-to-understand instructions and explanations that anyone can follow. This revised edition shows you how to adapt your strategy, plan for the unknown, and stay resilient through all the changes facing today’s businesses. Advice from For Dummies experts will make any business leader’s strategic dreams a reality. Learn the basics of how to create a long-term business strategy Create your mission and vision statements and a strategic framework Get organized, engage your team, and deploy your strategy through objectives and key results Access resources, worksheets, checklists and more—in the book and online This is the For Dummies guide for business owners and C-suite executives who are building or rethinking their company’s strategy and planning a path for growth. It’s a big job, but you don’t have to do it alone. Dummies has your back.

Poverty Policy and Poverty Research

The Great Society and the Social Sciences

Robert H. Haveman

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The Sushi Economy

Globalization and the Making of a Modern Delicacy

Sasha Issenberg

Journalist Sash Issenberg traces sushi's journey from Tokyo street snack to global delicacy, in this fascinating history. Issenberg examines not just the foodstuff itself, but the history, economics and businesses behind the famous fish recipes. It covers topics including the birth of modern sushi, the mysterious underworld of pirates and the tuna black market, Nobu Matsuhisa and what sushi chefs really do behind the bar. It jumps from Mediterranean docks to tuna-auctions to cargo holds to Shanghai streets, all the while making a surprising case against eating local.

Digital Code of Life

How Bioinformatics is Revolutionizing Science, Medicine, and Business

Glyn Moody

A behind-the-scenes look at the most lucrative discipline within biotechnology Bioinformatics represents a new area of opportunity for investors and industry participants. Companies are spending billions on the potentially lucrative products that will come from bioinformatics. This book looks at what companies like Merck, Glaxo SmithKline Beecham, and Celera, and hospitals are doing to maneuver themselves to leadership positions in this area. Filled with in-depth insights and surprising revelations, Digital Code of Life examines the personalities who have brought bioinformatics to life and explores the commercial applications and investment opportunities of the most lucrative discipline within genomics. Glyn Moody (London, UK) has published numerous articles in Wired magazine. He is the author of the critically acclaimed book Rebel Code.

When Corporations Rule the World

David C. Korten

In a well-reasoned, extensively researched analysis, David Korten exposes the harmful effects of economic globalization; sets out the underlying causes of today's social, economic, environmental, and political crises; and outlines a strategy for creating localized economics that empower people and communities within a system of global cooperation.