Engineering and social justice
The profession of engineering in the United States has historically served the status quo, feeding an ever-expanding materialistic and militaristic culture, remaining relatively unresponsive to public concerns, and without significant pressure for change from within. This book calls upon engineers t...
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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San Rafael, Calif. (1537 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA) :
Morgan & Claypool Publishers,
c2005.
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| Series: | Synthesis lectures on engineering, technology, and society ;
#7. |
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| Online Access: | View fulltext via EzAccess |
| Summary: | The profession of engineering in the United States has historically served the status quo, feeding an ever-expanding materialistic and militaristic culture, remaining relatively unresponsive to public concerns, and without significant pressure for change from within. This book calls upon engineers to cultivate a passion for social justice and peace and to develop the skill and knowledge set needed to take practical action for change within the profession. Because many engineers do not receive education and training that support the kinds of critical thinking, reflective decision-making, and effective action necessary to achieve social change, engineers concerned with social justice can feel powerless and isolated as they remain complicit. Utilizing techniques from radical pedagogies of liberation and other movements for social justice, this book presents a roadmap for engineers to become empowered and engage one another in a process of learning and action for social justice and peace. |
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| Item Description: | Part of: Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer science. Series from website. Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Oct. 10, 2008). |
| Physical Description: | 1 electronic document (xii, 151 p.) : digital file. |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 1598296272 (electronic bk.) 9781598296273 (electronic bk.) 1598296264 (paper) 9781598296266 (paper) |
| ISSN: | 1933-3461 ; |
| Access: | Abstract freely available; full-text restricted to subscribers or individual document purchasers. Available to subscribers only. |