{"product_id":"from-consent-to-coercion-the-continuing-assault-on-labour-fourth-edition-hardback-9781487506469","title":"From Consent to Coercion; The Continuing Assault on Labour, Fourth Edition (Hardback) 9781487506469","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFrom Consent to Coercion\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Continuing Assault on Labour, Fourth Edition\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBryan Evans (Author), Carlo Fanelli (Author), Leo Panitch (Author), Donald Swartz (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487506469\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 February 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e312 pages, 5 b\u0026amp;w figures and 2 b\u0026amp;w tables\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.9 x 2.5 cm, 0.52 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrom Consent to Coercion\u003c\/em\u003e examines the increasing assault against trade union rights and freedoms in Canada by federal and provincial governments. Centring the struggles of Canadian unionized workers, this book explores the diminution of the welfare state and the impacts that this erosion has had on broader working-class rights and standards of living.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe fourth edition witnesses the passing of an era of free collective bargaining in Canada – an era in which the state and capital relied on obtaining the consent of workers and unions to act as subordinates in Canada\u0026amp;#x2019;s capitalist democracy. It looks at how the last twenty years have marked a return to a more open reliance of the state and capital on coercion – on force and on fear – to secure that subordination.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom Consent to Coercion\u003c\/i\u003e considers this conjuncture in the Canadian political economy amid growing precarity, poverty, and polarization in an otherwise indeterminate period of austerity. This important edition calls attention to the urgent task of rebuilding and renewing socialist politics – of thinking ambitiously and meeting new challenges with unique solutions to the left of social democracy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003ePreface to the Third Edition\u003cbr\u003ePreface to the Fourth Edition\u003cbr\u003eForeword: Beyond Fatalism – Renewing Working-Class Politics by Sam Gindin\u003cbr\u003eAcronyms and Initialisms \u003cbr\u003e1 From the Era of Consent to the Era of Coercion \u003cbr\u003e2 The Postwar Era of Free Collective Bargaining \u003cbr\u003e3 Permanent Exceptionalism: The Turn to Coercion \u003cbr\u003e4 Freeing Trade, Coercing Labour \u003cbr\u003e5 Consolidating Neoliberalism \u003cbr\u003e6 Austerity and Authoritarianism \u003cbr\u003e7 From Great Recession to COVID-19 Crisis \u003cbr\u003e8 The Right to Strike: Freedom of Association and the Charter \u003cbr\u003e9 Labour\u0026amp;#x2019;s Last Gasp or Revival? Rebuilding Working-Class Resistance \u003cbr\u003eNotes \u003cbr\u003eGlossary \u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595480723736,"sku":"9781487506469","price":44.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/from-consent-to-coercion-the-continuing-assault-on-labour-fourth-edition-hardback-9781487506469","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}