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Industrial Sociology in the UK: Reminiscences and Reflections

University of Glasgow, j.eldridge{at}lbss.gla.ac.uk

The paper offers reflections on the author’s working experience as an industrial sociologist from the 1960s. It seeks to contextualise this in more general considerations of the part played by industrial sociology in the development of sociology in the UK. This is evidenced in thematic concerns, the importance of historical perspectives as well as the use of case studies and the development of ethnographic work. It discusses the role which industrial sociology has played in bringing issues of power, authority, control and class into sharp focus.

Key Words: Industrial sociology • industrial relations • conflict • class • pluralism • power authority

Sociology, Vol. 43, No. 5, 829-845 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0038038509340748


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