Work and Labour in Canada

Third Auflage
ISBN: 978-1-55130-957-6
Verlag: Canadian Scholars

Buch, Englisch, 340 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 171 mm x 248 mm

Now in its third edition, Work and Labour in Canada explores critical issues Canadian labourers face on a daily basis, concerning the development of modern capitalist structures, low wages and the increase in unpaid and alienated employment, gendered and racialized divisions of labour, and accessibility in the work environment. Andrew Jackson and Mark Thomas draw upon updated statistics, figures, and case studies to identify the economic, social, and political processes that influence contemporary workplace environments and trends, and offer equitable and democratic alternatives to the current organizational structure of the Canadian workforce. This new edition also includes discussions on contemporary workers’ movements and temporary foreign labourer programs. A resource for labour activists and researchers, this text is suitable for upper-level undergraduate courses in sociology of work and labour studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jackson, Andrew

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- List of Tables and Figures
- List of Boxes
- Preface to the Third Edition
- Introduction
- Part I: Working in Precarious Times Chapter 1: The World of Work in the 21st Century
- Chapter 2: Work, Wages, and Living Standards in Canada
- Chapter 3: Education, Training, and Lifelong Learning: Tensions and Contradictions
- Chapter 4: The Unhealthy Canadian Workplace
- Part II: Work, Inequality, and Difference
- Chapter 5: Gender, Work, and Social Reproduction
- Chapter 6: Race, Racialization, and Racism at Work
- Chapter 7: The Inaccessible Canadian Workplace
- Chapter 8: Troubled Transitions: Into and Out of the Labour Force
- Part III: Contemporary Workers’ Movements in Canada
- Chapter 9: The Impact of Unions
- Chapter 10: Workers’ Movements in the New Millennium
- Part IV: The Canadian Workplace in the Global Economy
- Chapter 11: Globalization and Work in Canada
- Chapter 12: Improving Work: Reforming or Transforming Wage Labour?
- Appendix I: Internet Resources
- Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Andrew Jackson spent most of his career as Chief Economist and Director of Social and Economic Policy with the Canadian Labour Congress. Since retiring from the CLC in 2012 he has been senior policy adviser to the Broadbent Institute, and spent two years as the Packer Visiting Professor of Social Justice at York University. He is currently an adjunct research professor at Carleton University. He writes a bi-weekly on line column for the Globe and Mail and is the author of numerous articles and several books, including Work and Labour in Canada: Critical Issues which is now in its second edition.

Mark Thomas is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of the GLobal Labour Research Centre at York University.