Playing Against the House(Reprint) The Dramatic World of an Undercover Union Organizer (Paperback) by JamesD. Walsh Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2018 by Scribner ISBN-13: 978-1-982115-55-5, ISBN: 1-982115-55-6
Playing Against the House The Dramatic World of an Undercover Union Organizer by JamesD. Walsh Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 2016 by Scribner ISBN-13: 978-1-4767-7834-1, ISBN: 1-4767-7834-5
"Fascinating and groundbreaking: a talented young journalist goes undercover to work as a casino labor-union organizer in Florida in this rare, smart look at the ongoing struggle between the haves and the have-nots. Salting is a simple concept get hired at a non-union company, do the job you were hired to do, and, with the help of organizers on the outside, unionize your coworkers from the inside. James Walsh spent almost three years as ..."
"Marginal studies have become imperative in a world increasingly divided into haves and have-nots. Byron (sociology and anthropology, University of Wales) brings together a selection of nine cases from marginal regions of Europe to provide an overview across geographic, economic, social, and cultural aspects of marginality. Contributors in geography"
"'My thoughts on the spiritual exercises proper to cloistered monks'; the ninth prior of La Grande Chartreuse ( '1180) articulates the monastic contemplative tradition in distinctively western terms. '...reading, meditation, prayer and contemplation. These make a ladder for monks by which they are lifted up from earth to heaven. It has few rungs, yet its length is immense and wonderful, for its lower end rests upon the earth, but its top ..."
"Minivans, for example, always show up well in insurance loss statistics, although
they handle less well than passenger cars and, with some exceptions, have
performed poorly in crash tests. Minivans, however, are more likely to be driven
by conservative drivers, including parents transporting children, than by
hotrodders. Another oddity: The Volvo 740/760 sedan shows up less well in
insurance claim statistics than the Volvo 740/760 ..."
True Odds How Risk Affects Your Everyday Life by JamesWalsh Published 2002 ISBN-13: 978-1-56343-873-8, ISBN: 1-56343-873-9
EU Enlargement Not All it's Cracked Up to be by JamesWalsh Hardcover, Published by Director Publications Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-904520-04-7, ISBN: 1-904520-04-9
"Jorgen Amdam is Professor in the Department of Commune Planning and
Administration at Volda College, Norway. Roar Amdam is Senior Lecturer in the
Institute of Municipality Studies, Volda College, Norway. Paul Olav Berg is
Professor inĀ ..."