Product Description: This set of volumes places the labor markets, workplaces, jobs and workers of Europe in comparative perspective. It focuses on the politics, economics, sociology, and history of work and workers in Europe. Authors contribute a variety of methodological and theoretical perspectives, with papers that push the boundaries of evidence and argument...read more

Product Description: This second of two companion volumes places the labor markets, workplaces, jobs and workers of Europe in comparative perspective. It focuses on the politics, economics, sociology, and history of work and workers in Europe. It contains both qualitative and quantitative studies as well as explicitly theoretical work, and compares contemporary patterns and the recent history of European workers with other models of work worldwide...read more

Product Description: • Does leadership affect economic growth and development?• Is leadership an exogenous determinant or an endogenous outcome of growth and development processes? Can we differentiate between the two?• Do leaders’ decisions and actions vary in importance over various stages in the process, at least in successful cases?• How important is choosing the right economic model?• To what extent does leadership affect the explicit or implicit time horizons of policy choices?• Is leadership an important determinant of inclusiveness in growth?• In what ways do leaders build consensus or institutions to allow time for the economic plan to work?• What challenges does economic success generate?• How do successful leaders adapt to new problems such as income inequality and a rising middle class?• Does the creation of new institutions play any role in solving these problems?• Why do leaders often choose second best political economic compromises in economic development?This book has been prepared for the Commission on Growth and Development to evaluate the state of knowledge on the relationship between leadership and economic growth...read more

Product Description: A moving story of a young boy's life from rags to riches sadness and joy trying to cope with the immense change that takes him through life.