"The text summarizes a very comprehensive investigation of cultural processes and situations at Volvo's most important production plant (Tor­slanda, Gothenburg). The investigation concerns many aspects of working life: the self perception of workers as such, the self perception of wor­kers as class, their idea of working conditions and their transformations and so on. The term “cul­ture” in the text is used and encompasses peo­ples' thoughts, values and actions as well as their economic and social situations. The study can be seen as a part of the long ethnological tradition of depicting workers' working life and blue-collar workers' culture that was particularly prevalent in the 1980's and 1990's. The Ohlsson's basic theoretical approach assumes the existence of a conflict between work and capital, and that eco­nomic and sociological conditions between the different classes within society are fundamental to the analysis of societies and cultures."

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