Trade union praxis - 4 (towards a sociology of trade unions): modalities of the alienation of the working classes

Abstract

The praxis of work organizations is linked inextricably with the politicoeconomic context of the larger society in which the organization is located. The organizational structures and processes given the relations of production constitute the alienation of activity whether it is a capitalist, socialist or a mixed economy. It is within the above framework that this paper tries to examine the implication of the alienati of activity for the alienation of labour. The paper will also examine whether the modalities of alienation vary depending upon the profile of the socio-economic formation within which alienation is experienced.