The idea of African unity, the Pan-African Movement, the problems of nation building in Africa, and the history of the African Diaspora have attrac...

The Treaty on the European Union provides for a Member State to leave the EU, either on the basis of a negotiated withdrawal agreement or without o...

Women make up almost half of the nation's workforce, yet research shows that they continue to hold a lower percentage of corporate board seats comp...

Workers' compensation insurance covers nearly all workers in the U.S. and provides those who are injured or become ill as a result of work with med...

For the century of approximately 1870 through 1970, America's ongoing industrialization brought growing prosperity to much of its citizenry and, af...

This book explores the Workforce Investment Act, which provides a combination of education and training services to prepare individuals for work an...

The economy is recovering from the recession, but employers are still having difficulty filling certain jobs. The Department of Labor's (DOL) Workf...

Women's participation in labor force activities has greatly expanded since the end of World War II. Immediately following the war, less than one-th...

The advances of technology and business have made the world and its nations increasingly interconnected and interdependent in an era of globalisati...

An answer for the economist is a question for a policy maker. Most economists are confronted daily with the practical question of how the world is ...

The interaction among national economies is critical to today's globalised society; no country can survive without trade. Major international organ...

The World Trade Organization (WTO) was established on 1 January 1995, under an agreement reached during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade neg...

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) is the only global international organisation dealing with the rules of trade between nations. At its heart are ...

If ever there existed a benign-sounding organisation, it is surely the World Trade Organisation. The WTO is the successor to GATT. According to the...

Some of the most intense effects of globalization can be seen in rural communities. Despite a booming world economy, rural communities-and the peop...

A reprint of the Doubleday edition of 1967. The most comprehensive one-volume collection in English of Marx's early writings (1835-1847) on the nat...

This book provides an overview and analysis of U.S.-Yemeni relations amidst evolving political change in Yemeni leadership, ongoing U.S. counter-te...

Yemen is important to world trade and economy due to its strategic location at the Bab el-Mandab strait linking the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, a...

Yemen's "Arab Spring" uprising paralysed that country's government and shattered its military into hostile factions for over a year beginning in ea...

Young adults in the United States have experienced higher rates of unemployment and lower rates of labour force participation than the general popu...