Pleasure, Power and Technology
Some Tales of Gender, Engineering and the Co-operative Workplace
Published in May 1989
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-04-445204-1 (ISBN)
Description
This study explores the links between feminism, co-operatism and technology. The author reflects on the development of the women's movement, the co-operative movement and the attitudes toward technology within both. It includes a case study of the Mondragon co-operatives and the role of women in them. Also included are theoretical reflections on the potential for a feminist co-operative movement in the USA.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Illustrations
bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
288 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-04-445204-1 (9780044452041)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Part 1 Gender, technology and work - thought and action: tools of power and pleasure; research, action and theoretical perspectives; discipline and pleasure in engineering; military institutions and gender inequality. Part 2 Mondragon - gender, technology and power in co-operative workplaces: co-operativism; women workers in the Mondragon system of producer co-operatives; gender and technology in the Mondragon system; conclusion stories.