Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

労働と社会的セーフティネット－欧米の労働のアクティベーション
Besharov, Douglas J. / Call, Douglas M. (eds.), Work and the Social Safety Net: Labor Activation in Europe and the United States. (International Policy Exchange Series) 368 pp. 2022 (Oxford U. Pr., US) <683-269>
ISBN 978-0-19-024159-9 hard ¥21,560.- (税込) US$ 100.00 *

During the first two decades of the twenty-first century, the United States and much of the developed world were rocked by three successive economic shocks, each one more severe than the one before. Real relief from these economic shocks, of course, can only come from a restored economy--with balanced strength across many sectors and regions. Safety-net programs can also help alleviate this suffering. They provide urgent financial help and, when properly designed, can assist, motivate, or nudge recipients to seek and accept new employment. When necessary, they can help recipients to learn new skills and engage in other socially preferred behaviors. That is, they can "activate" the unemployed and underemployed. Work and the Social Safety Net: Labor Activation in Europe and the United States describes how in the 1990s and early 2000s many European countries adopted policy reforms aimed at activating those recipients apparently able to work. These policy reforms were put to the test during the Great Recession and its aftermath. This volume reviews the experiences from both Europe and the United States during this period, and includes two chapters apiece on unemployment insurance, social assistance, disability, public employment services, and political economy. Work and the Social Safety Net identifies policies for activating recipients of safety-net programs while still preserving a strong social safety net--as a guide during the economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and future downturns.

Davenport, Thomas H. / Miller, Steven M., Working with AI: Real Stories of Human-Machine Collaboration. (Management on the Cutting Edge) 312 pp. 2022:9 (MIT Pr., US) <683-270>
ISBN 978-0-262-04724-1 hard ¥7,535.- (税込) US$ 34.95 *

Drayton, Michael, The Saboteur at Work: How the Unconscious Mind Can Sabotage Ourselves, Our Organisations and Society. 220 pp. 2022:12 (Routledge, UK) <683-271>
ISBN 978-1-03-203587-1 hard ¥35,612.- (税込) GB￡ 125.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-203588-8 paper ¥8,543.- (税込) GB￡ 29.99 *

The Saboteur at Work describes how unconscious psychological processes can sabotage individual lives, the functioning of groups, teams and organisations, and even global politics.Drawing on research in the fields of psychology and organisations, this comprehensive yet straightforward and accessible book enables you to understand how the unconscious can impact progress and performance and describes practical techniques you can use to overcome the saboteur, individually and at work. The book discusses the modern understanding of our adaptive unconscious, and you will learn about repression, imposter syndrome and other defence mechanisms. Ideas are brought to life using real-world examples and personal, organisational and national stories. The book explores the mind's capacity for self-deception by telling the story of Tony Blair and the invasion of Iraq and looks at unconscious processes in organisations, asking what role the saboteur played in huge corporate failures such as the collapse of Barings Bank and the Boeing 737 Max scandal. The saboteur also operates on a larger scale - governments and societies can be sabotaged by this unconscious force. In Nazi Germany, how did normal, decent people behave like monsters, colluding with or actively participating in the murder of innocent people? Why did big US corporates like IBM, Ford and Chrysler work with the Nazis to make the Holocaust possible?If you manage a team or lead an organisation, you need to understand the role played by the saboteur in your workplace and in your own career and life. This book enables leaders and managers to develop their leadership skills by understanding how the unconscious impacts individual, group and social processes. It will also be of use to coaches and organisational consultants working in the areas of teams and performance.

Yeoh, Brenda S. A. / Wee, Kellynn Jiaying et al. (eds.), Migrant Workers In Singapore: Lives And Labour In A Transient Migration Regime. 440 pp. 2022:7 (World Scientific, SI) <683-273>
ISBN 978-981-12-5502-1 hard ¥31,908.- (税込) US$ 148.00 *

Initially upheld as a bastion of success in curbing the spread of COVID-19, Singapore eventually found itself home to the highest number of coronavirus cases in Southeast Asia. Over 90% of its cases in 2020 occurred among the 300,000 migrant construction workers primarily from Bangladesh, India, and China who live as part of a transient population in this city-state.This collection looks beyond the immediacy of heightened concerns surrounding the migrant worker population in the time of the COVID-19 crisis. It gives attention to broader questions of migrant lives and labour in a city-state that has thrived on migration since its beginnings as a colonial entrepot. Serving as a primer for the general and academic reader interested in developing a richer understanding of the structural conditions of migrant construction work, the book draws together key studies on migrant construction work in Singapore.The chapters in this volume, contributed by a range of academic experts, spotlight the processes of unequal global development, precarious work, and welfare exclusion that have rendered low-waged labour migrants especially vulnerable to the pandemic. They also highlight migrant men's social identities beyond the sphere of work by attending to their experiences and strategies as members of transnational families and social-cultural communities. Accompanying the chapters are short reflections from the authors that not only summarise the findings but also provide updates on the research context in view of the recent situation.

Wharton, Amy (ed.), Working in America: Continuity, Conflict, and Change in a New Economic Era. 5th ed. 392 pp. 2022:12 (Routledge, UK) <683-198>
ISBN 978-1-03-205870-2 hard ¥35,612.- (税込) GB￡ 125.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-205869-6 paper ¥20,509.- (税込) GB￡ 71.99 *

This leading, comprehensive text for courses on the sociology of work covers many vital new topics since the last edition (2015), just as it continues to offer foundational writings and discusses different types of jobs, inequality and intersectionality, work and family, and more.New to this edition:* The gig economy and new digital platforms and their effects on how work is organized.* Precarious work and precarious workers, changes that reflect fundamental changes in employment relationships, increased job insecurity, and how people think about their jobs.* The new retail, from customer interactions to a world where consumption is driven by data science.* The latest research on call centers as the archetypal 21st-century workplace, illustrating many important issues about interactive work, transnational workplaces, gender, etc.* The post-pandemic workplace, including essential workers and frontline workers, healthcare work and care workers; job flexibility, and implications for gender, work, and family.