The Social Bases of Support for Workplace Democracy

After analyzing attitudes toward the distribution of political power, Form and Rytina (1969) called for increased investigation of the relationship between social stratification and political ideology. This article complements their focus by analyzing attitudes toward the distribution of power in th...

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Published in:Sociological perspectives 1984-10, Vol.27 (4), p.395-425
Main Authors: Zipp, John F., Luebke, Paul, Landerman, Richard
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Affluence
Attitudes
Blue collar workers
Capitalism
Coefficients
Democracy
Democracy/Democracies/Democratic/ Democrats/ Democratization
Financial management
General studies
Job satisfaction
Manual labor
Owners
Party identification
Political attitudes
Political ideologies
Political power
Public opinion
Reorganization
Social stratification
Sociology
Sociology of work
Sociology of work and sociology of organizations
Stock ownership
Work
Workplace/Workplaces
Workplaces
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Attitudes
Blue collar workers
Capitalism
Coefficients
Democracy
Democracy/Democracies/Democratic/ Democrats/ Democratization
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General studies
Job satisfaction
Manual labor
Owners
Party identification
Political attitudes
Political ideologies
Political power
Public opinion
Reorganization
Social stratification
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Sociology of work
Sociology of work and sociology of organizations
Stock ownership
Work
Workplace/Workplaces
Workplaces
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