Culture, Capital and Class Conflicts in the Political Economy of Cape Breton
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4301459 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pauline Gardiner Barber (0000-0002-2771-2222, corresponding author), Pauline Barber |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 362-378 |
| Publication date | 1990-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Historical Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0952-1909 • E-ISSN: 1467-6443 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-6443.1990.tb00111.x |
| OpenAlex | W2020286098 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 13 |
This paper examines the unprecedented rapid unionization of fish processing plant workers in the industrial town of Glace Bay, Cape Breton. The explanation for union militancy is tied to historical dynamics in local labour markets and the transposition of working class consciousness from the mining sector to the fish processing sector. Historically forged household and community dynamics and cultural values provide the key to the mobilization of the Cape Breton fish plant workers. While the contradictory and complex nature of local culture allowed for the emergence of resistance, the conditions which inspired such action also nurtured social patterns well accommodated to the region's marginal economic conditions. Thus, the circumstances under which strategies for resistance are forthcoming must hold particular and locally meaningful cultural significance. Paternalistic control of the labour force in local fish plants successfully manipulated local cultural values. Impersonal corporate management strategies violated these codes of conduct and provoked rapid collective response
Cape · Class consciousness · Collective action · Cultural capital · Economics · Economy · Paternalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Resistance (ecology · Social science · Sociology · Canadian Identity and History · Labor Movements and Unions · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Ecology · Law
Livelihood and Resistance
Labour surplus and local labour markets in the Nova Scotia fish processing industry
Class and Gender in Fishing Communities in Nova Scotia
Changing Modes of Social Control in a New Brunswick Fishing Packing Town
Peripheral Women
The ties that bind
She Was Skipper of the Shore-Crew
Class Theory and Gender
Underdevelopment and Social Movements in Atlantic Canada
Why Do Workers Bother
Political Economy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,03 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 1993 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |