Labour conditions for construction : building cities, decent work & the role of local authorities / Labor conditions for construction edited by Roderick Lawrence and Edmundo Werna. - Chichester, U.K. ; Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. - xxix, 281 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Conceptual and methodological issues / Roderick Lawrence & Mariana Paredes Gil -- Measuring decent work / Mariana Paredes Gil -- Local authorities and the construction industry / Mariana Paredes Gil & Edmundo Werna -- Dar es Salaam / Jill Wells -- Santo Andre / Mariana Paredes Gil -- Conclusions and recommendations / Roderick Lawrence, Yves Fluckiger, Cedric Lambert, Mariana Paredes Gill & Edmundo Werna.

9781405189439 (hardback : alk. paper) 1405189436 (hardback : alk. paper)

2009001745


Construction workers--Employment.
Construction industry--Employees--Health and hygiene.
Work environment.
Labor policy.
Quality of work life--Government policy.
Local government.
Administrative responsibility.

HD9715.A2 / L33 2009

331.2046900973 / LAW