Labour Studies

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From NEW! 4. The Inequality Turnaround “Sharing the Dividends” From: Earth for All View New Society Publishers	Chapter 4 explores the challenges of the growing inequality across the globe. Topics discussing include economic inequality, privatization, the creation of progressive taxation for …	Jørgen Randers; Jayati Ghosh; Johan Rockström; Owen Gaffney; Per Espen Stoknes; Sandrine Dixson-Declève	18	2022	$1.80 Add
From A Blue-Collar Legacy – for Better and for Worse From: Shift Change View Between The Lines	This chapter examines the dual nature of Hamilton, and poses key questions about the city. Can history be the basis for a roadmap forward? Are there unique aspects of Hamilton’s past that …	Stephen Dale	49	2021	$4.90 Add
From A Bottom-Up Approach to the Creation of a Marine Protected Area in San Felipe, Mexico Gender Relations, Governance Mechanisms and Globalization From: Changing Tides View Fernwood Publishing		Julia Fraga; Katherine Savard	13	2005	$1.30 Add
From NEW! A Brief History of Basic Income in Canada From: The Case for Basic Income View Between The Lines	In this chapter, various basic income schemes in Canada are detailed, from William Aberhart’s Social Credit Party to the famous "Mincome" project in Dauphin, Manitoba. The chapter …	Dr. Danielle Martin; Elaine Power; Jamie Swift	35	2021	$3.50 Add
From NEW! A Coming Capitalism The Nineteenth-Century Transportation Revolution From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890 James Lorimer and Company	This chapter examines the transportation revolution in Canada in the nineteenth century.	Bryan D. Palmer	17	2024	$1.70 Add
From A Crisis of Representation From: Labour Under Attack View Fernwood Publishing	Anti-Unionism, Media and Popular Culture	Dennis Soron	16	2018	$1.60 Add
From NEW! A Democratic Socialist Future From: The Fire and the Ashes View Between The Lines	In his concluding chapter, the author surveys the political present, and notes that narratives about elections being won by appealing to the "mushy centre" are disproven by the success …	Andrew Jackson	16	2021	$1.60 Add
From NEW! A Fateful Transition, 1870–90 Big Industries, Big Banks From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890 James Lorimer and Company	This chapter discusses the rise of big Industry and Banking in Canada in the late nineteenth century.	Bryan D. Palmer	12	2024	$1.20 Add
From A feminist intervention that hurt women From: Bent out of Shape View Between The Lines		Karen Messing	17	2021	$1.70 Add
From NEW! A friend to labour? The Trudeau record on labour rights and labour relations From: The Trudeau Record View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter examines the Trudeau government’s record on labour rights and labour relations.	Stephanie Ross	15	2024	$1.50 Add
From A Good Dose of Materialism Helps a Bad Case of Affluenza From: Curing Affluenza View Between The Lines	Chapter 2 examines our current culture of convenience, discussing topics including consuming and producing, credit cards and credit card debt, consumerism (the love of buying things) verses …	Richard Denniss	27	2018	$2.70 Add
From NEW! A Good Idea Goes Viral From: The Case for Basic Income View Between The Lines	This chapter highlights the disparate impacts of COVID-19 on low-wage "essential" workers, racialized populations, and women; the pandemic revealed that many Canadians suffer from …	Dr. Danielle Martin; Elaine Power; Jamie Swift	30	2021	$3.00 Add
From A Guaranteed Livable Income for Canadians From: Basic Income For Canadians View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter provides an outline of what basic income is.	Evelyn L. Forget	27	2020	$2.70 Add
From NEW! A Life on the Left From: The Fire and the Ashes View Between The Lines	In the opening chapter, Jackson describes his book as "part personal memoir, part historical analysis, and part political manifesto." He also discusses how the labour movement has been …	Andrew Jackson	12	2021	$1.20 Add
From Foreword From: A New Kind of Union View James Lorimer and Company	Peter Kennedy, Unifor’s former secretary treasurer, briefly explains why he is proud to have played a part in the creation of Unifor.	Peter Kennedy	4	2019	$0.40 Add
From A New Agenda for Labour From: The Canadian Labour Movement: A Short History View James Lorimer and Company	Assesses the emerging agenda for labour in the hostile climate of the 1990s	Craig Heron	11	2012	$1.10 Add