Description
Book SynopsisSolidarity First examines the concept and practice of social cohesion in terms of its impact on, and significance for, workers in Canada.
Trade ReviewSolidarity First is about working class experience in the era of globalization and neo-liberalism; the contributors show how this experience provides an invaluable lens through which to evaluate the discourse and set of practices that go under the label "social cohesion." Well-written and clear, it will be read by researchers in a variety of social science disciplines. -- Stephen McBride, co-editor of Global Turbulence: Social Activists' and State Responses to Globalization
Table of ContentsTable of Contents
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction: Canadian Workers and Social Cohesion / RobertO’Brien
Part 1: Conceptualizing Social Cohesion
2 Gendering the Concept of Social Cohesion through an Understandingof Women and Work / Belinda Leach and Charlotte Yates
3 Social Cohesion, International Competitiveness, and the"Other": A Connected Comparison of Workers’Relationships in Canada and Mexico / Holly Gibbs
Part 2: Constructing Social Cohesion
4 Workplace Cohesion and the Fragmentation of Solidarity: The MagnaModel / Wayne Lewchuk and Don Wells
5 Working Time and Labour Control in the Toyota Production System /Mark Thomas
6 Cultural Production and Social Cohesion amid the Decline of Coaland Steel: The Case of Cape Breton Island / Larry Haiven
Part 3: Internationalizing Social Cohesion
7 Civil Society Targets the International / RobertO’Brien
8 International Labour Norms and Worker Disorganization in Canada /Roy Adams
9 ILO Action on "The Scope of the EmploymentRelationship": Lessons from Canada on the Gendered Limits ofFostering Social Cohesion / Leah F. Vosko
10 Conclusion: Beyond Social Cohesion / RobertO’Brien
Notes
References
List of Contributors
Index
