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Organizing Engineering Work - A Comparative-Analysis, Peter F. Meiksins, Chris Smith
Organizing Engineering Work - A Comparative-Analysis, Peter F. Meiksins, Chris Smith
Sociology & Criminology Faculty Publications
This article analyzes the organization of engineering work in six industrial capitalist countries. It identifies four major models for the organization of engineering work; the engineering profession did not succeed in achieving professional “closure” in any of the six countries under review. A review of the historical evolution of the organization of engineering work in each of the six countries reveals that engineering has been shaped by a complex interaction among the profession itself, employers, the state, labor, and preindustrial forces. However, none of the national variations on the four models for organizing engineering labor is stable or without …
Review Of Friendships Between Women: A Critical Review, Sarah H. Matthews
Review Of Friendships Between Women: A Critical Review, Sarah H. Matthews
Sociology & Criminology Faculty Publications
Reviews the book "Friendships Between Women: A Critical Review," by Pat O'Connor.
Why American Engineers Aren't Unionized - A Comparative Perspective, Peter F. Meiksins, Chris Smith
Why American Engineers Aren't Unionized - A Comparative Perspective, Peter F. Meiksins, Chris Smith
Sociology & Criminology Faculty Publications
This article presents a comparative perspective on why U.S. engineers are not unionized. The decline of organized labor in the U.S. has stimulated a new interest in comparative research. Explanations of the prolonged stagnation and contraction of the U.S. labor movement that focus on the U.S. alone run the risk of assuming that the U.S. case is normal, and that the decline of organized labor is a structural inevitability of advanced capitalism. By broadening their scope to include other industrialized countries with similar political economies and different labor histories, students of the labor movement will be better able to identify …
Looking Back On Goffman: The Excavation Continues, James J. Chriss
Looking Back On Goffman: The Excavation Continues, James J. Chriss
Sociology & Criminology Faculty Publications
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Durkheim's Cult Of The Individual As Civil Religion: Its Appropriation By Erving Goffman, James J. Chriss
Durkheim's Cult Of The Individual As Civil Religion: Its Appropriation By Erving Goffman, James J. Chriss
Sociology & Criminology Faculty Publications
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