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The New Working Class?

White-Collar Workers and their Organizations- A Reader

Palgrave Macmillan

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  1. Richard Hyman
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  2. Robert Price
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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. The Debate on White-Collar Labour

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • Richard Hyman
      Pages 3-45

    3. The Problem of Definition

      • George Sayers Bain, Robert Price
      Pages 46-51

    4. Clerical Labour: Some Early Arguments

      • F. D. Klingender, David Lockwood, C. Wright Mills
      Pages 52-65

    5. Clerical Labour and the New Technology

      • Richard Hyman
      Pages 66-73

    6. Technicians in Modern Capitalism

      • J. K. Galbraith, Serge Mallet, André Gorz, Ernest mandel, Michael Mann
      Pages 74-92

    7. Two Views of ‘Service’ Labour

      • Harry Braverman, Ernest Mandel
      Pages 93-97

    8. The Search for Theory: Synthesis or Dissonance?

      • Anthony Giddens, Harry Braverman, John Urry, Barbara, John Ehrenreich, Nicos Poulantzas et al.
      Pages 98-144

  3. The Development and Character of White-Collar Unionism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 145-145
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    2. Introduction

      • Robert Price
      Pages 147-183

    3. The Early History of White-Collar Unionism

      • David Lockwood, B. C. Roberts, Ray Loveridge, John Gennard
      Pages 184-203

    4. White-Collar Union Character

      • George Strauss, R. M. Blackburn, K. Prandy, George Breain, David Coates, Valerie Ellis et al.
      Pages 204-246

    5. White-Collar Workers and Attitudes to Trade Unions

      • Jean-Daniel Reynaud, D. E. Mercer, D. T. Weir, K. Roberts, F. G. Cook, S. C. Clark et al.
      Pages 247-281

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 282-285
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