Military Institutions and the Labor Process
Noneconomic Sources of Technological Change, Women's Subordination, and the Organization of Work
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4021137 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Barton C Hacker, Sally L Hacker |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 743 |
| Publication date | 1987-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Technology and Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0040-165X • E-ISSN: 1097-3729 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3105181 |
| OpenAlex | W2322604855 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 6 |
Military institutions have strongly and persistently affected other social and economic institutions, a reality largely ignored by modern scholars of whatever political persuasion. The problem begins with an inability--or unwillingness-to understand military institutions on their own terms. Conservative and Marxist economists alike, for instance, can offer no theory to explain either the causes or the effects of innovation in military technology.' Weaponry clearly changes for reasons that may owe little or nothing to the marketplace, and novel weapons may alter every aspect of society.2 This is not merely a matter of the sporadic impact of a specific war or wars, or even of war in
Economics · Labour economics · Macroeconomics · Political science · Process (computing) · Sociology · Subordination (linguistics) · Technological change · Work (physics) · Computer Science · Defense, Military, and Policy Studies · Economic Growth and Productivity · Engineering · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Mechanical Engineering · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.16 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1988 - 2023 (36) |
| Highly cited | No |