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Caroline Baillie

Engineers within a Local and Global Society

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Engineers, Technology and Society presents topics intended to aid the practicing engineer in reflecting upon the nature and purpose of their own practice within the engineering profession and how that is related to and implicated in social, economic and political issues. The series will include external relations between engineering, economic systems and social and political practices, as well as power structures and working conditions within the organisation.In an increasingly competitive and hostile environment in which practicing engineers are forced to spend their lives fighting for higher profit margins, many engineers become despondent… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-3-031-79933-4
  • EAN: 9783031799334
  • Produktnummer: 39048316
  • Verlag: Springer International Publishing
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
  • Seitenangabe: 76 S.
  • Masse: H23.5 cm x B19.1 cm x D0.4 cm 161 g
  • Abbildungen: Paperback
  • Gewicht: 161

Über den Autor


Caroline Baillie is Professor of Praxis in Engineering and Social justice at the University of San Diego, and co-founding director of the not-for-profit Waste for Life (wasteforlife.org) which supports vulnerable communities in the development of upcycled waste-based businesses. Baillie's research considers socio-technical processes and systems, which enhance social and environmental justice, and educational systems that promote these. She brings lessons learned from these studies and practices into the classroom of all ages, to facilitate the transformation to a more equitable and just future. Professor Baillie has published 27 scholarly books, over 200 book chapters, peer reviewed journal and conference papers, and is Editor of this book series Engineers, Technology, and Society.

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