The Politics of Work in the West: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

Contents: Labour in the Prairie City / Glen Makahonuk -- The establishment and consolidation of a commercial fishing industry in Manitoba, 1880-1910 / Frank Tough -- Class, state and power / K. Murray Knuttila -- The Saskatchewan approach to workplace health and safety, 1972-1983 / Robert Sass -- The politics of health standards setting / Robert Sentes -- Critical reflections on "the right to work" / Rob White -- The political economy of the new conservatism / Jim Sheptycki.

"Selected proceedings of a one day conference sponsored by the Social Research Unit, Department of Sociology, University of Saskatchewan, March 1985."