Engineering Labour keyword-essays Chen Erjin's work — originally

Chen Erjin's work — originally entitled On Proletarian-Democratic Revolution — is the first major unofficial critique of 'existing socialism' to have reached the West from China

Masha Gessen

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the substantial achievement of one of the most important figures in western Marxism

Engineering Labour keyword-essays Chen Erjin's work — originallyEngineers, often perceived as central agents of industrial capitalism, are thought to be the same in all capitalist societies, occupying roughly the same social status and performing similar functions in the capitalist enterprise. What the essays in this volume reveal, however, is that engineers are trained and organized quite distinctly in different national contexts. The book includes case studies of engineers in six major industrial economies: