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Engineering Labour: Technical Workers in Comparative Perspective

Engineering Labour: Technical Workers in Comparative Perspective

Meiksins, Peter
Smith, Chris

Paperback

Series: Real Utopias Project

Technology & EngineeringGeneral SociologySocial Movements

ISBN10: 185984135X
ISBN13: 9781859841358
Publisher: Verso
Published: Aug 17 1996
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.89 Width: 5.29 Depth: 8.42
Language: English
Engineers, often perceived as central agents of industrial capitalism, are thought to be the same in all capitalist societies, occupying roughly the same social status and performing similar functions in the capitalist enterprise. What the essays in this volume reveal, however, is that engineers are trained and organized quite distinctly in different national contexts. The book includes case studies of engineers in six major industrial economies: Japan, France, Germany, Sweden, Britain and the United States. Through a comparison of these six cases, the authors develop an approach to national differences which both retains the place of historical diversity in the experience of capitalism and accommodates the forces of convergence from increasing globalisation and economic integration. Contributions from: Boel Berner, Stephen Crawford, Kees Gispen, Kevin McCormick and Peter Whalley.

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