The Political Economy of Workplace Injury in Canada
Workplace injuries are common, avoidable, and unacceptable. The Political Economy of Workplace Injury in Canada reveals how employers and governments engage in ineffective injury prevention efforts, intervening only when necessary to maintain the standard legitimacy. Dr. Bob Barnetson sheds light on...
Saved in:
| 主要作者: | |
|---|---|
| 格式: | Online |
| 语言: | 英语 |
| 出版: |
Athabasca University Press
2021
|
| 主题: | |
| 在线阅读: | 14459 |
| 标签: |
没有标签, 成为第一个标记此记录!
|
| _version_ | 1869526227685998592 |
|---|---|
| author | Bob Barnetson |
| author_browse | Bob Barnetson |
| author_facet | Bob Barnetson |
| author_sort | Bob Barnetson |
| collection | Directory of Open Access Books |
| description | Workplace injuries are common, avoidable, and unacceptable. The Political Economy of Workplace Injury in Canada reveals how employers and governments engage in ineffective injury prevention efforts, intervening only when necessary to maintain the standard legitimacy. Dr. Bob Barnetson sheds light on this faulty system, highlighting the way in which employers create dangerous work environments yet pour billions of dollars into compensation and treatment. Examining this dynamic clarifies the way in which production costs are passed on to workers in the form of workplace injuries. |
| format | Online |
| id | doab-20.500.12854ir-56542 |
| institution | Directory of Open Access Books |
| language | eng |
| publishDate | 2021 |
| publishDateRange | 2021 |
| publishDateSort | 2021 |
| publisher | Athabasca University Press |
| publisherStr | Athabasca University Press |
| record_format | ojs |
| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-565422022-01-31T14:42:56Z The Political Economy of Workplace Injury in Canada Bob Barnetson government injury prevention work environments Workplace injuries are common, avoidable, and unacceptable. The Political Economy of Workplace Injury in Canada reveals how employers and governments engage in ineffective injury prevention efforts, intervening only when necessary to maintain the standard legitimacy. Dr. Bob Barnetson sheds light on this faulty system, highlighting the way in which employers create dangerous work environments yet pour billions of dollars into compensation and treatment. Examining this dynamic clarifies the way in which production costs are passed on to workers in the form of workplace injuries. 2021-02-11T23:20:45Z 2021-02-11T23:20:45Z 2012-03-29 16:37:58 2010 book 14459 19256485 9781926836003 9781926836010 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/56542 eng Fabriks: Studies in the Working Class image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://www.aupress.ca/index.php/books/120178 Athabasca University Press 6b1b8af7-79e4-4b18-b297-b983df0f073f 9781926836003 9781926836010 284 open access |
| spellingShingle | government injury prevention work environments Bob Barnetson The Political Economy of Workplace Injury in Canada |
| title | The Political Economy of Workplace Injury in Canada |
| title_full | The Political Economy of Workplace Injury in Canada |
| title_fullStr | The Political Economy of Workplace Injury in Canada |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Political Economy of Workplace Injury in Canada |
| title_short | The Political Economy of Workplace Injury in Canada |
| title_sort | political economy of workplace injury in canada |
| topic | government injury prevention work environments |
| topic_facet | government injury prevention work environments |
| url | 14459 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT bobbarnetson thepoliticaleconomyofworkplaceinjuryincanada AT bobbarnetson politicaleconomyofworkplaceinjuryincanada |