The student books of this series contain a range of resources, questions and assignments. In-depth case studies are taken from both economically developed and developing countries, the material of which ranges in scale from local and regional to national and global. Work, Employment and Development covers all the main themes of economic geography and development in a wide variety of contexts from an individual company to global economic systems. This book deals with the differences between work and employment, patterns of growth and decline in jobs, various approaches to regional development and whether or not there are alternative ways of organizing economies. All of the aforementioned are examined within the context of their effects on the quality of people's lives.