Routledge Library Editions: Industrial Relations Living with Capitalism

Living with Capitalism (1977) examines work in a large corporation and its effects on the people working there. It uses as its source ‘ChemCo’, an anonymised British-owned multinational chemical producer, and the authors interviewed workers, foremen and managers to analyse relations within its factory. Part 1. Labour for Capital 1. ChemCo 2. The Labour of Labouring Men 3. The Labour of Superintendence: Managers 4. The Labour of Superintendence: Foremen 5. Capital’s Division of Labour Part 2. Individuals in a Class Society 6. Lives in Process Part 3. The Politics of the Factory 7. The Management Strategy 8. The Worker’s Struggle 9. The Politics of Representation 10. Trade Unionism, Corporate Capitalism and the Working Class Part 4. Living with Capitalism 11. The Politics of ‘Trust’ and the Lack of Trust in ‘Politics’ 12. ‘Success’ and ‘Failure’ 13. The Ideology of Sacrifice 14. Production, Consumption, Waste