Engineers and professional self-regulation : from the Finniston Committee to the Engineering Council / Grant Jordan
1992, First Edition. Oxford New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #394640
ISBN: 0198277474
Physical description; xiii, 305 pages ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-301) and index. Contents; 1. The British policy style: party peripheral politics -- 2. Self-regulations, registration, and licensing -- 3. Morale and malaise: the roots of Finniston -- 4. The politics of the engineering profession: waiting for Finniston -- 5. Committee politics: Finniston at work -- 6. Engineering a consenus -- 7. Negotiating on the engineering council: politics of detail -- 8. The transition to the engineering council: politics of persistence -- 9. Conclusion: Understanding the process -- Appendices -- 1. Timetable of negotiations on draft charter -- 2. Drafts of engineering council charter -- 3. Meeting of presidents of engineering institutions with Sir Keith Joseph, 24 March 1981 -- 4. Membersship of committee of inquiry into the engineering profession -- 5. Executive groups -- 6. Members of first engineering council, appointed from 1 January 1982. Subjects; Engineering Council (Great Britain). PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS. SOCIETIES. TRAINING. ENGINEERING.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS. Great Britain. Economics. Engineering Regulation.
Price: €125.00