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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780846003321

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

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""

""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""

Sommario/riassunto

"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.