The Blue-Coated Worker : A Sociological Study of Police Unionism (Paperback)

Preface; Acknowledgements; 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; Postscript and appendices; Bibliography; Index.