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The Social Production of Technical Work: The Case of British Engineers (SUNY Series in the Sociology of Work)

Peter Whalley

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Description:Engineers appear in recent social science as central, though somewhat elusive, figures. They play a particularly critical role in the various attempts to understand the impact of ‘science-based’ industry on the class structure of advanced capitalist societies. In this book, Peter Whalley brings these engineers into sharper focus. He argues that engineers should not be seen as members of a glamorous ‘new class’ of professionalized knowledge workers, nor as a radicalized ‘new working class’ or partially de-skilled technical proletariat. Rather, they should be viewed as ‘trusted employees,’ selected, socialized, trained, and rewarded to perform the discretionary tasks necessarily delegated by employers in the complex organizations of advanced capitalism.The book draws extensively on observations and interviews to compare engineers’ work and understanding in the high- and low-tech settings of two British “Computergraph,” an advanced electronics firm, and “Metalco,” a traditional British engineering giant. Whalley compares the technical work structure of Britain with those of France and the United States. He argues that the impact of technological change on class structure is critically mediated by nationally specific modes of organizing technical work and producing trusted workers. The book goes beyond cultural explanations of these national variations to examine how they are created and reproduced in the organization of work and the structuring of occupations.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Social Production of Technical Work: The Case of British Engineers (SUNY Series in the Sociology of Work). To get started finding The Social Production of Technical Work: The Case of British Engineers (SUNY Series in the Sociology of Work), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Engineers appear in recent social science as central, though somewhat elusive, figures. They play a particularly critical role in the various attempts to understand the impact of ‘science-based’ industry on the class structure of advanced capitalist societies. In this book, Peter Whalley brings these engineers into sharper focus. He argues that engineers should not be seen as members of a glamorous ‘new class’ of professionalized knowledge workers, nor as a radicalized ‘new working class’ or partially de-skilled technical proletariat. Rather, they should be viewed as ‘trusted employees,’ selected, socialized, trained, and rewarded to perform the discretionary tasks necessarily delegated by employers in the complex organizations of advanced capitalism.The book draws extensively on observations and interviews to compare engineers’ work and understanding in the high- and low-tech settings of two British “Computergraph,” an advanced electronics firm, and “Metalco,” a traditional British engineering giant. Whalley compares the technical work structure of Britain with those of France and the United States. He argues that the impact of technological change on class structure is critically mediated by nationally specific modes of organizing technical work and producing trusted workers. The book goes beyond cultural explanations of these national variations to examine how they are created and reproduced in the organization of work and the structuring of occupations.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Social Production of Technical Work: The Case of British Engineers (SUNY Series in the Sociology of Work). To get started finding The Social Production of Technical Work: The Case of British Engineers (SUNY Series in the Sociology of Work), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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