Revival

This title was first published in 1979: Deftly combining an analysis of socio-economic change and social institutions with political commentary, intellectual biography and theoretical critique, Michael Rose identifiesthe hidden similarities of the different currents in sociologie du travail and accounts for the popularity of such bold but fragile notions as Mallet's 'new working class' or Touraine's 'post industrial society'.

Michael Rose

1. Introduction: problem and Approach 2. France 1945-75: A Sketch of the Period 3. Humanism and the Labour Process 4. Miscarriage of Technocratic Sociology: The Institute Des Sciences Sociales Du travail 5. Automation and Society 6. What 'New Working Class'? 7. A Certain Idea of Sociology 8. Bureacracy and French Fabianism 9. The Reformist Approach in French Industrial Relations 10. Apposite Empiricism 11. Conclusion