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Bryan Evans,Carlo Fanelli,Leo Panitch,Donald Swartz

From Consent to Coercion: The Continuing Assault on Labour

From Consent to Coercion: The Continuing Assault on Labour

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The book From Consent to Coercion explores the assault against trade union rights and freedoms in Canada, focusing on the diminishing welfare state and its impacts on working-class rights and standards of living. It witnesses the passing of free collective bargaining and a return to coercion to secure subordination in the Canadian political economy.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 312 pages
Publication date: 15 March 2023
Publisher: University of Toronto Press


From Consent to Coercion delves into the escalating attack on trade union rights and freedoms in Canada, orchestrated by both federal and provincial governments. Centering the struggles of Canadian unionized workers, this comprehensive book explores the decline of the welfare state and its profound implications for broader working-class rights and standards of living. The fourth edition witnesses the passing of an era of free collective bargaining in Canada, a period characterized by the state and capital's reliance on workers' and unions' consent to serve as subordinates in Canada's capitalist democracy. It examines how the past two decades have seen a resurgence of the state and capital's dependence on coercion, employing force and fear to secure this subordination.

In the context of growing precarity, poverty, and polarization, From Consent to Coercion examines this critical juncture in the Canadian political economy. This essential edition raises awareness about the urgent need to rebuild and rejuvenate socialist politics, fostering bold thinking and developing innovative solutions to address the challenges posed to the left of social democracy.

Weight: 400g
Dimension: 226 x 152 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781487524364
Edition number: 4 Revised edition

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