Description
A comprehensive textbook on Canadian labor policy and its effects.
A thorough and accessible undergraduate textbook, Canadian Labour Policy and Politics is an essential guide to the politics of inequality in Canada's job market. Contributors trace the rise of austerity, reveal its resulting inequalities, and propose solutions for a sustainable future. Leading experts describe how public policy--supposedly intended to protect workers--often leaves employees vulnerable with little economic or social security. Based on the latest research, the book examines case studies of how globalization, labor laws, COVID-19, and other challenges affect workers on and off the job. Key features include chapter summaries and outlines, suggestions for further reading, and glossaries.
Author: John Peters
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
Published: 12/06/2022
Pages: 216
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.85lbs
Size: 9.92h x 7.87w x 1.18d
ISBN13: 9780774866057
ISBN10: 0774866055
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Sociology | General
- Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations
- Political Science | Public Policy | General
A thorough and accessible undergraduate textbook, Canadian Labour Policy and Politics is an essential guide to the politics of inequality in Canada's job market. Contributors trace the rise of austerity, reveal its resulting inequalities, and propose solutions for a sustainable future. Leading experts describe how public policy--supposedly intended to protect workers--often leaves employees vulnerable with little economic or social security. Based on the latest research, the book examines case studies of how globalization, labor laws, COVID-19, and other challenges affect workers on and off the job. Key features include chapter summaries and outlines, suggestions for further reading, and glossaries.
Author: John Peters
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
Published: 12/06/2022
Pages: 216
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.85lbs
Size: 9.92h x 7.87w x 1.18d
ISBN13: 9780774866057
ISBN10: 0774866055
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Sociology | General
- Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations
- Political Science | Public Policy | General
About the Author
John Peters is a research fellow at the Interuniversity Research Center on Globalization and Work and associate professor at the University of Montreal. Don Wells is professor emeritus of labor studies and political science at McMaster University.