Changing Technology and National Career Structures: The Work and Politics of French Engineers
Title | Changing Technology and National Career Structures: The Work and Politics of French Engineers |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 1991 |
Authors | Crawford, S. |
Secondary Title | Science, Technology & Human Values |
Abstract | This article compares the work, careers, and social values of French engineers employed in traditional and science-based industries. Based on field research and 129 interviews in a metal-working factory and an electronics firm, it first presents a critique of three influential approaches to technical workers: the theories of professionalization, proletarianization, and a "new working class." It then develops the central argu ment : that market situations—especially markets for technical skills—have greater explanatory power than usually recognized and that the evolving structure of technical careers is a nationally distinctive product of society-specific educational and employment institutions. |
URL | http://sth.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/16/2/173 |
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