Max Weber and the Iron Cage of Technology

Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-86

  Maley, Terry ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bureaucracy; Democracy; Max Weber; Social science; Social scientific methodology; Soft technology; Values

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; IRON; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

DEMOCRACY; IRON CAGE; SOFT TECHNOLOGY;

SOCIAL ASPECTS;

EID: 1642364103     PISSN: 02704676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0270467604263181     Document Type: Article

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