Solidarity First : Canadian Workers and Social Cohesion.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (241 pages)
Intro -- 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.
Solidarity First examines the concept and practice of social cohesion in terms of its impact on, and significance for, workers in Canada.
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Working class -- Canada. Employees -- Canada. Social values -- Canada. Solidarity -- Canada. Social participation -- Canada. Social integration -- Canada. Canada -- Economic conditions -- 1991-.