The blue-coated worker : a sociological study of police unionism / Robert Reiner.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Reiner, Robert, 1946-

Series:

• Cambridge studies in sociology ; 10.
• Cambridge studies in sociology ; 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Police--Labor unions--Great Britain.
• Police--Great Britain--Attitudes.
• Police--Great Britain.
• Police.
• Police--Labor unions.
• Great Britain.

Physical Description:

295 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge [Eng.] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1978.

Contents:

• Part I Introduction and Historical Background
• 1 Introduction to the study of police unionism
• 2 The history and structure of the Police Federation
• Part II Police Attitudes to Unionism
• 3 Policemen's evaluation of the Federation
• 4 Evaluation of specific Federation activities
• 5 Policemen's desire for unionism
• 6 The goals an institutionalisation of representation
• 7 the Federationists and the men
• 8 Attitudes to unionism outside the force
• Part III The Police as an Occupation
• 9 The background and initial orientation of policemen
• 10 Orientation to work
• 11 Police and outside society
• 12 Understanding police unionism a typology
• Part IV Conclusions
• 13 Conclusions and implications of the study.

Notes:

• Includes index.
• Bibliography: pages [284]-288.

ISBN:

0521218896.

OCLC:

3540513