Workers Unions and the State

First Published in 1998. This is Volume XV of the eighteen in the Sociology of Work and Organization series. This book provides a discussion of when and why workers turn into unionists, the view of industrial responsibility and civic virtue initially written in 1965. Part 1 Workers into Unionists; Chapter 1 Are the Unions Irresponsible?; Chapter 2 The Workers’ Root-Needs and Dispositions; Chapter 3 The Idea of a Factory; Chapter 4 Frustration ‘Without Hope’; Chapter 5 Primary Groups in the Factory; Chapter 6 Management’s Image of the Worker; Chapter 7 Shaping the Worker’s Character; Chapter 8 Workers into Unionists; Chapter 9 The Problem Stated; Part 2 Towards Industrial Responsibility; Chapter 10 ‘Free but Responsible’ Groups; Chapter 11 Autonomous Groups in Practice; Part 3 Towards Civic Virtue; Chapter 12 Education for Civic Virtue; Chapter 13 Institutions for Civic Virtue; Chapter 14 A Song Unfinished;