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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456311203321

Titolo

Solidarity first [[electronic resource] ] : Canadian workers and social cohesion / / edited by Robert O'Brien

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Vancouver, : UBC Press, c2008

ISBN

1-282-45715-2

9786612457159

0-7748-5613-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

O'BrienRobert <1963->

Disciplina

305.562

Soggetti

Working class - Canada

Employees - Canada

Social values - Canada

Solidarity - Canada

Social participation - Canada

Social integration - Canada

Electronic books.

Canada Economic conditions 1991-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""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""

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