WORKING?. EMPLOYMENT POLICY IN CANADA - Tecno-Libro

Recent history has witnessed what might be called a populist revolt, including the .election of Donald Trump and the Brexit vote. These political moments re?ect the .alienation of large numbers of people, who feel left behind economically. How did we get here? And to what extent are Canadians &ldquo.locked&rdquo. into a given path? .Award-winning academic Stephen McBride, whose expertise spans economics, policy, .globalization, and labour studies, is an expansive thinker and a clear writer. McBride .considers some relevant history since World War II: the changing winds of political .thought. the institutional contours of employment policy. and the interconnection .between the social and the economic as it in?uences our thinking about work. He .sketches out the evolution of Canadian employment policy since the 1970s. Drawing on .the latest and most reliable data, McBride then considers topics such as education and .training, the importation of labour, employment r