Outsourcing America : what's behind our national crisis and how we can reclaim American jobs / Ron Hira And Anil Hira.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hira, Ron.

Contributor:

Hira, Anil.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manpower policy--United States.

Manpower policy.

Offshore outsourcing--United States.

Offshore outsourcing.

Labor market--United States.

Labor market.

United States--Commercial policy.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Outsourcing America : the true cost of shipping jobs overseas and what can be done about it

Place of Publication:

New York : AMACOM, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Revised and expanded- the book that exposed the hidden ways outsourcing affects us all.

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowlegments; Chapter 1: What Outsourcing Means for America; Chapter 2: Outsourcing in a Larger Context; Chapter 3: The Public Debate on Outsourcing Is Misleading; Chapter 4: Outsourcing of High-Wage Jobs; Chapter 5: Why Companies Are Moving Jobs Overseas; Chapter 6: The Far-Reaching Effects of Outsourcing on the U.S. Economy; Chapter 7: The Human Face of Outsourcing: The Impact on Individual Workers and Communities; Chapter 8: How Our Dysfunctional Immigration Policy Fuels Outsourcing; Chapter 9: How Developing Countries Attract American Jobs

Chapter 10: Outsourcing in Europe and CanadaChapter 11: Ten Policy Recommendations; Appendix A: Defining Outsourcing; Appendix B: Analysis of Key Outsourcing Studies; Appendix C: Legislation Introduced Related to Outsourcing; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Rev. ed. of: Outsourcing America : what's behind our national crisis and how we can reclaim American jobs / Ron Hira and Anil Hira. 2005.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-261) and index.

ISBN:

9786612091148

9781282091146

128209114X

9780814416280

0814416284

OCLC:

609837263