BUILDING A PROFESSION: AN INSIGHT ON THE PROFESSIONALIZATION OF ENGINEERS IN ROMANIA 1919-1940 Cover Image

BUILDING A PROFESSION: AN INSIGHT ON THE PROFESSIONALIZATION OF ENGINEERS IN ROMANIA 1919-1940
BUILDING A PROFESSION: AN INSIGHT ON THE PROFESSIONALIZATION OF ENGINEERS IN ROMANIA 1919-1940

Author(s): Dragoş Sdrobiş
Subject(s): History
Published by: NEW EUROPE COLLEGE - Institute for Advanced Studies
Keywords: professionalization; engineer; Greater Romania; Polytechnic School; technocracy

Summary/Abstract: In the last three decades, Romanian historiography privileged the intellectual, cultural and political reevaluations of Romanian modernity. However, there is still little interest regarding the rise and formation of liberal and/or intellectual professions in modern Romania and the role these professions played in (re)shaping the social, economic and politic visions for a modern(izing) state. The aim of this study is to sketch the provisions for such a broader demarche, while taking engineers as a study case. From a theoretical point of view, the study relies on the “system of professions” theory of Andrew Abbott.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 2017+18
  • Page Range: 239-268
  • Page Count: 30
  • Language: English