Collection of essays on contemporary sociology and cultural change, with particular reference to social structure and leadership in capitalist developed countries - covers historical and traditional aspects of the modern social class system, the political attitudes of interest groups, social participation, the position of women, the role of trade unions and intellectuals, age group conflicts, youth unrest, social implications of automation, social change, etc. Bibliography.

Conciencia y sociedad industrial; Dilemas y decisiones en el desarrollo social; Libertad y agresión en la sociedad tecnológica; Sindicalismo y política; El socialismo difícil; El colonialismo por dentro y por fuera, y América Latina frente a la sociedad industrial son los temas tratados en este volumen, junto con las discusiones que suscitaron.

A study of both capitalist and socialist industrial societies which includes the USSR, China and Western Europe. It discusses the limits and divisions of industrial capitalism and socialism, corporatism, employment relationships in economic recession, class and conflict.