Author: David Granick
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: soviet, russian, post, cambridge, studies, consequences, rights, union, job
Number of Pages: 356
Published: 1987-09-25
List price: $158.00
ISBN-10: 0521332958
ISBN-13: 9780521332958

The book is concerned with the right of an employee of a Soviet state enterprise to keep his existing job, unless he/she voluntarily quit it to search for another, and with the maintaining of overfull employment in all regional labor markets of the Soviet Union. The author hypothesises that over most other objectives to preserving these conditions favorable for labor. This hypothesis is contrasted with that which explains the low unemployment and low dismissal rate in the Soviet Union simply by the oberheating of the economy, finding a parallel here with capitalist economies in high-boom perio

Authors:Steve Granick, K. Binder, P.-G. de Gennes, E.P. Gi
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: polymer, science, advances, environments, confined, polymers
Number of Pages: 292
Published: 1998-12-11
List price: $275.00
ISBN-10: 3540642668
ISBN-13: 9783540642664

The rapidly-developing field of confined polymers is reviewed in this volume. Special emphasis is given to polymer aspects of this interdisciplinary problem. Taken together, the contributions offer ample evidence of how the field of polymer science continues to evolve with the passage of time. The topics revolve around the tendency of surfaces to impede chain relaxation and to stimulate new sorts of chain organization. These have been implicated in a variety of spectacular phenomena. Here is a listing of authors and affiliations: K. Binder (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany); P.-G

Authors:David Jessop, David Jones, Peter Baily, David Farmer,
Publisher: Trans-Atlantic Publications, Inc.
Keywords: management, principles, purchasing
Number of Pages: 448
Published: 2005-01-13
List price: $89.50
ISBN-10: 0273646893
ISBN-13: 9780273646891

Providing a proactive managerial view of the purchasing function, this text meets the needs of the modern manager as a practical guide and satisfies the requirements of students of purchasing management, whether functional, specialist or general. Suitable for undergraduate Business or Engineering students taking a module in Purchasing and Supplies Management, MBA and CIPS students.

Authors:Joyce E. Penner, David Lister, David J. Griggs, David
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: report, special, atmosphere, global, aviation
Number of Pages: 373
Published: 1999-12-01
List price: $85.00
ISBN-10: 0521664047
ISBN-13: 9780521664042

This Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report is the most comprehensive assessment available on the effects of aviation on the global atmosphere. The report considers all the gases and particles emitted by aircraft that modify the chemical properties of the atmosphere, leading to changes in radiative properties and climate change, and modification of the ozone layer, leading to changes in ultraviolet radiation reaching the Earth. This volume provides accurate, unbiased, policy-relevant information and is designed to serve the aviation industry and the expert and policymaking

Authors:David Wray, David Lee, Andrew Clark, David Stenhouse,
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
Keywords: surgery, oral, general, textbook
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2003-08-28
List price: $92.95
ISBN-10: 0443070830
ISBN-13: 9780443070839

This practical resource helps readers arrive at an integrated understanding of both general and oral surgery — in one convenient text. A companion to Wray: Textbook of General and Oral Medicine, it provides the basic principles of general surgery and general medicine and a more detailed knowledge of certain areas of these specialties which are related to dentistry or have an influence on the practice of dentistry.

Authors:David Broughton, David Denver, David Farrell, Colin R
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: yearbook, parties, elections, british
Number of Pages: 230
Published: 1996-05-01
List price: $54.95
ISBN-10: 0714642436
ISBN-13: 9780714642437

This volume looks at the political events and discusses the major issues of 1994, most notably the European parliament elections.

Authors:David Broughton, David Denver, David Farrell, Colin R
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: yearbook, parties, elections, british
Number of Pages: 230
Published: 1996-05-01
List price: $170.00
ISBN-10: 0714647055
ISBN-13: 9780714647050

This volume looks at the political events and discusses the major issues of 1994, most notably the European parliament elections.