Labour Conditions for Construction
Decent Work, Building Cities and The Role of Local Authorities
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Beschreibung
This authoritative guide promotes safe, healthy andnon-exploitative working conditions for the construction industry.It combines theoretical analysis and case-studies from around theworld, offering recommendations for best practice.
The book results from a project funded by the GenevaInternational Academic Network, with staff from the InternationalLabour Office and the University of Geneva. It presents anddiscusses the challenges and potential of local authorities topromote decent work in construction.
Existing literature on decent work focuses mainly on the rolesand responsibilities of actors in the private sector but thecontribution of the public sector should not be ignored. Localauthorities play a crucial role in economic development through arange of policies and programmes in the construction sector andrelated services.
Labour Conditions for Construction: decent work, buildingcities & the role of local authorities includes amethodology that combines quantitative and qualitative information.It defines and validates a set of criteria to evaluate the capacityof local authorities, combining criteria about decent work, theconstruction sector and the policies and programmes of the localauthority in each case study city.
The book fills an important gap in focussing on the role oflocal authorities in creating and promoting decent work and will beof interest to managers and policy-makers in construction, healthand safety and labour relations as well as to researchers andstudents in construction management.
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Roderick Lawrence
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"In sum, Labour Conditions for Construction is easy todigest, an authoritative read and is an excellent text that ishighly recommended for policy-makers, practitioners and researchersalike with an interest in the construction labour market fromacross the social science community." (ConstructionManagement and Economics, 1 August 2010)
"[An] excellent text ... relevant illustrations will be eagerlyreceived and welcomed as a valuable contribution to the much neededinformation on employment creation as a tool for povertyalleviation. ... Deserves a wide and caring readership."(RoSPA Occupational Safety & Health Journal, January2010)
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