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Solidarity first : Canadian workers and social cohesion / edited by Robert O'Brien.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Working class--Canada.
- Working class.
- Employees--Canada.
- Employees.
- Social values--Canada.
- Social values.
- Solidarity--Canada.
- Solidarity.
- Social participation--Canada.
- Social participation.
- Social integration--Canada.
- Social integration.
- Canada--Economic conditions--1991-.
- Canada.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (241 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Vancouver : UBC Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Solidarity First examines the concept and practice of social cohesion in terms of its impact on, and significance for, workers in Canada. Contributors examine how social cohesion functions on multiple levels."--BOOK JACKET.
- Contents:
- ""Contents""; ""List of Tables and Figures""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""1 Introduction: Canadian Workers and Social Cohesion""; ""Part 1: Conceptualizing Social Cohesion""; ""2 Gendering the Concept of Social Cohesion through an Understanding of Women and Work""; ""3 Social Cohesion, International Competitiveness, and the “Other�: A Connected Comparison of Workers� Relationships in Canada and Mexico""; ""Part 2: Constructing Social Cohesion""; ""4 Workplace Cohesion and the Fragmentation of Solidarity: The Magna Model""
- ""5 Working Time and Labour Control in the Toyota Production System""""6 Cultural Production and Social Cohesion amid the Decline of Coal and Steel: The Case of Cape Breton Island""; ""Part 3: Internationalizing Social Cohesion""; ""7 Civil Society Targets the International""; ""8 International Labour Norms and Worker Disorganization in Canada""; ""9 ILO Action on “The Scope of the Employment Relationship�: Lessons from Canada on the Gendered Limits of Fostering Social Cohesion""; ""10 Conclusion: Beyond Social Cohesion""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""List of Contributors""; ""Index""
- ""A""""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-45715-2
- 9786612457159
- 0-7748-5613-0
- OCLC:
- 923446703
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