In studying the impact of industry on class organization, social scientists have assumed that the effects of technological advance increase with time and that, as technology molds, dehumanizes, and alienates workers, the pressure mounts to change the system through political action. William H. Form tests these assumptions in his study. The author considers whether workers have more to do with one another as societies industrialize, whether they become more involved in organizations, and whether these involvements become distinctively similar, creating an organizational basis for a solidary working-class movement. To examine these questions, he chooses four countries (India, Argentina, Italy, and the U.S.) that vary in the extent of their industrial development. He then compares samples of skilled, semiskilled, and unskilled workers in order to ascertain how specific technologies to which they have been exposed affect their behavior in systems such as the work group, union, party, neighborhood, and nation. Originally published in 1976.
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By:
William Humbert Form
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 4262
Dimensions:
Height: 235mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 21mm
Weight: 680g
ISBN: 9780691644363
ISBN 10: 0691644365
Series: Princeton Legacy Library
Pages: 360
Publication Date: 19 April 2016
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Primary
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*List of Tables, pg. ix*Preface, pg. xv*Acknowledgments, pg. xix*1. Technology and the Social Integration of the Working Class, pg. 1*2. Four Nations, Four Cities, and Four Factories, pg. 25*3. Stratal Origins and Destinations, pg. 51*4. Community Origins, Industrial Discipline, and Urban Adaptation, pg. 75*5. Technology, Machines, and Worker Behavior, pg. 94*6. AutoworkersandTheirMachines, pg. 113*7. Autoworkers and Their Unions, pg. 138*8. Technology, Unions, and Political Ideology, pg. 156*9. Linking Systems for Working-Class Movements, pg. 181*10. Internal Stratification of the Working Class, pg. 203*11. The Social Construction of Anomie, pg. 228*12. Technology, Participation, and Stratification, pg. 255*Appendices, pg. 271*References, pg. 301*Author Index, pg. 329
