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Power, Politics, and Principles
Mackenzie King and Labour, 1935-1948
Taylor Hollander (Author)
9781487521936
Paperback / softback, published 11 May 2018
416 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.61 kg
Set against the backdrop of the U.S. experience, Power, Politics, and Principles uses a transnational perspective to understand the passage and long-term implications of a pivotal labour law in Canada. Utilizing a wide array of primary materials and secondary sources, Hollander gets to the root of the policy-making process, revealing how the making of P.C. 1003 in 1944, a wartime order that forced employers to the collective bargaining table, involved real people with conflicting personalities and competing agendas. Each chapter of Power, Politics, and Principles begins with a quasi-fictional vignette to help the reader visualize historical context. Hollander pays particular attention to the central role that Mackenzie King played in the creation of P.C. 1003. Although most scholars describe the Prime Minister’s approach to policy decisions as calculating and opportunistic, Power, Politics, and Principles argues that Mackenzie King’s adherence to moderate principles resulted in a less hostile legal environment in Canada for workers and their unions in the long run, than a more far-reaching collective bargaining law in the United States.
Illustrations Afterword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Prime Minister
The Labour Movement
The Employers
Other Groups
More of the Same
Incongruities
Fine-Tuning
Plant Committees
The Campaign
Intransigence
Respect and Dignity
Adherence
The Impetus
The Experts
The Code
Tempering
The Rand Formula
Postwar Tumult
The Middle of the Road
Reference
Index