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Political Science Labor & Industrial Relations

More with Less

Work Reorganization in the Canadian Mining Industry

by (author) Bob Russell

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Feb 1999
Category
Labor & Industrial Relations, Mining, Labor
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780802081780
    Publish Date
    Feb 1999
    List Price
    $45.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780802043542
    Publish Date
    Feb 1999
    List Price
    $87.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442677388
    Publish Date
    Feb 1999
    List Price
    $91.00

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The massive changes under way in capitalist commodity production include the transition from a traditional or Fordist approach to a post-Fordist one, involving practices such as employee involvement, continuous improvement, and gainsharing. In this research monograph, Bob Russell explores the changing character of industrial relations and labour processes in two staple industries: potash and uranium mining.

Using an innovative case-analytic approach, Russell compares the managerial strategies used by five transnational firms. As indicated by his title, More with Less, he sees the shift toward post-Fordism as having more to do with the intensification of labour, accomplished in part through the creation of multitasked positions, than with worker empowerment and the transcendence of class conflict. Russell combines extensive empirical analysis with a review of contemporary writing on work relations and labour processes to provide this intensive political-economic perspective on the capital-labour relation. His meticulous research will interest scholars and professionals in Canada, the United States, Britain, Europe, and Australia.

About the author

Bob Russell is an associate professor in the Department of Employment Relations at Griffith Business School, Griffith University.

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