Solidarity first
Subtitle: Canadian workers and social cohesion
By: edited by Robert O'Brien
Publisher: UBC Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Vancouver
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9780774814393; 9780774814409
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-215) and index.
Table of contents: title: Canadian workers and social cohesion / Robert O'Brien; title: Gendering the concept of social cohesion through an understanding of women and work / Belinda Leach and Charlotte Yates; title: Social cohesion, international competitiveness, and the "other" : a connected comparison of workers' relationships in Canada and Mexico / Holly Gibbs; title: Workplace cohesion and the fragmentation of solidarity : the magna model / Wayne Lewchuk and Don Wells; title: Working time and labour control in the Toyota production system / Mark Thomas; title: Cultural production and social cohesion amid the decline of coal and steel : the case of Cape Breton Island / Larry Haiven; title: Civil society targets the international / Robert O'Brien; title: International labour norms and worker disorganization in Canada / Roy Adams; title: ILO action on "The scope of the employment relationship" : lessons from Canada on the gendered limits of fostering social cohesion / Leah F. Vosko; title: Beyond social cohesion / Robert O'Brien.