Veblen and the Political Economy of the Engineer
The Radical Thinker and Engineering Leaders Came to Technocratic Ideas at the Same Time
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2772019 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Donald R Stabile (St. Mary's College of Maryland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 41-52 |
| Publication date | 1986-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Economics and Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9246 • E-ISSN: 1536-7150 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1536-7150.1986.tb01899.x |
| OpenAlex | W1556420596 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 2 |
Thorstein Veblen's case for a Technocracy, "The Engineers and the Price System," has long posed an enigma: Why would a thinker as radical as Veblen align himself with a group as conservative as engineers? But engineers themselves had developed a political economy with important points in common with Veblen's analysis. Starting from their positions as technological experts in corporations, engineers came to believe that business methods were not efficient for production; this belief led them to develop systems of scientific management as an antidote to old-style management. Later, they expanded these ideas into a system of social management called Technocracy. This system of Technocracy represented an engineering effort at formulating an industrial democracy, with the cooperation of labor. Veblen was able to write a more systematic version of these ideas, because they fit in well with his own theoretical analysis
Democracy · Economics · Neoclassical economics · Political science · Politics · Social engineering (security) · Sociology · Technocracy · Veblen good · Computer Science · Law · Management and Organizational Studies · Philosophy and History of Science
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,15 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 2026 (35) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |