The Great Recession was the largest crisis of capitalism since
the Great Depression and the largest crisis in neoliberalism to
date, sending shockwaves throughout the global economy. States
scrambled to right the sinking capitalist ship in order to maintain
high levels of accumulation. In Canada, as in so many other
countries, the state introduced austerity measures aimed at
organized labour and the broader working class. This volume
explores the political economy of The Great Recession in Canada,
and focuses on how labour has responded to the crisis,
neoliberalism, and austerity measures.
Table of Contents: 1. From Crisis To Austerity: An
Introduction/Tim Fowler
2. The Canadian State and the Crisis: Theoretical and Historical
Context/ Stephen McBride & Heather Whiteside
3. From the Great Recession of 2008-2009 to Fiscal Austerity: The
Role of Inequality/Akhter Faroque and Brian K. MacLean
4. Neoliberalism, Capitalist Crisis, and Continuing Austerity in
the Ontario State/Tim Fowler
5. Collective Bargaining in a Time of Austerity: Public-Sector
Unions and the University Sector in Ontario/Mathew Nelson &
James Meades
6. "We Will Fight This Crisis" Auto Workers Resist an Industrial
Meltdown/ Bill Murnighan & Jim Stanford
7. The Decline of the Labour Movement: A Socialist Perspective/
Murray E.G. Smith & Jonah Butovsky
8. Labour s Response to the Crisis and the Future of Working-Class
Politics/ David Camfield
Endorsements: ..". a] thought-provoking collection on
contemporary austerity and the attack on labour reveals how
divergent interpretations of capitalist crisis frame different
understandings of the contemporary crisis of the workers'
movement."
- Bryan D. Palmer is Canada Research Chair at Trent University,
author of " James P. Cannon and the Origins of the American
Revolutionary Left, " 1890-1928 and Editor of " Labour/Le
Travail."
..".a big-picture look at how Canadian governments and business
sought solutions favouring the wealthy at the expense of an ever
more constrained labour movement. The collection will be a critical
read for anyone seeking a comprehensive account of the crisis and
how Canada's politics of austerity have affected unions and workers
across the country."
- John Peters teaches labour studies at Laurentian University and
is editor of " Boom, Bust, Crisis: Labour, Corporate Power, and
Politics in 21st Century Canada "
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