Solidarity First: Canadian Workers and Social Cohesion

As working people’s lives become increasingly fragmented, competitive, and unequal, debates about social cohesion capture the unease of contemporary society over growing economic restructuring. 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. They challenge standard approaches by highlighting the experiences of women and non-Canadians. They investigate attempts by Toyota and Magna to construct corporate forms of cohesion and efforts by a local community to forge cohesion via the new cultural economy. And they explore the relationship between cohesion in Canada and the international environment. Critically examining the issue from the ground up, Solidarity First concludes that reinvigorated worker solidarity is a prerequisite to a more worker-friendly form of social cohesion. It will be of interest to students and scholars in the fields of public policy, political science, sociology, and labour studies. --Publisher's description

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