{"product_id":"between-craft-and-science-technical-work-in-the-united-states-paperback-softback-9780801483660","title":"Between Craft and Science; Technical Work in the United States (Paperback \/ softback) 9780801483660","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBetween Craft and Science\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTechnical Work in the United States\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eStephen R. Barley (Edited by), Julian E. Orr (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780801483660\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 3 March 1997\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e280 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.5 x 1.9 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fascinating and useful look at the underappreciated subject of technicians' work.\u003c\/p\u003e - Amy Sue Bix, Iowa State University (Technology and Culture) \u003cp\u003eA thorough and innovative exploration of technical work.... A substantial contribution toward understanding not only technical work, but also the rapidly changing occupational sector as a whole.\u003c\/p\u003e (Contemporary Sociology) \u003cp\u003eThis is an interesting book and develops issues of which we have little specific, organized knowledge.\u003c\/p\u003e (Administrative Science Quarterly)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween Craft and Science brings together leading scholars from sociology, anthropology, industrial relations, management, and engineering to consider issues surrounding technical work, the most rapidly expanding sector of the labor force. Part craft and part science, part blue-collar and part white-collar, technical work demands skill and knowledge but is rarely rewarded with commensurate status or salary.The book first considers the anomalous nature of technical work and the difficulty of locating it in any conventional theoretical framework. Only an ethnographic approach, studying the actual doing of the work, will make sense of the subject, the authors conclude. The studies that follow report daily practice filled with disjunctures and ironies that mirror the ambiguities of technical work's place in the larger culture. On the basis of those studies, the authors probe questions of policy, management, and education.Between Craft and Science considers the cultural difficulties in understanding technical work and advances coherent, practice-oriented insights into this anomalous phenomenon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"ILR Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52744063287576,"sku":"9780801483660","price":30.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/between-craft-and-science-technical-work-in-the-united-states-paperback-softback-9780801483660","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}