Frustrated Technocrats: A Social History of Engineering in the G.D.R., 1949-89

该项目的目的是撰写德意志民主共和国（GDR）工程专业的历史。 调查的重点是东德工程师的职业精神和社会身份，以及1949年后国家重塑工程专业并利用其追求自己的技术和经济目标的方式。 尽管1949年后工程专业发生了革命性的变化，但许多民主德国工程师的职业精神仍然受到1945年之前工程专业的记忆以及德国的记忆的影响。 根据档案资料、访谈和在民主德国进行的社会学研究，这项研究将探讨五个主要主题：（1）工程师的招聘、教育和部署; (2)职业问题，如收入、职业权力、职业安排和在职培训;（3）工程师的实际工作经验，特别是在研究和开发方面;（4）工程师与社会主义统一党之间的关系;（5）工程师的社会关系、地位和家庭生活。 在整个分析过程中，我们将认识到，尽管官方努力确保妇女、工人阶级出身的妇女和年轻人的平等，但这些特征仍然是权力、权威和地位的重要决定因素。

The aim of this project is to write a history of the engineering profession in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). The investigation focuses on the professional ethos and social identities of East German engineers, as well as on the ways in which the state remolded the engineering profession after 1949 and used it to pursue its own technological and economic goals. Though revolutionary changes took place in the engineering profession after 1949, the professional ethos of many GDR engineers was still framed by a memory of what the engineering profession had been up to 1945 and what it still was in West Germany. Drawing on archival materials, interviews, and sociological studies conducted in the GDR, the study will examine five main themes: (1) the recruitment, education and deployment of engineers; (2) professional concerns, such as earnings, professional power, career placement, and on-the-job training; (3) the actual work experience of engineers, particularly in research and development; (4) the relationship between the engineer and the Socialist Unity Party; (5) the social ties, status, and family life of engineers. Throughout, the analysis will be informed by an awareness that, despite official efforts to ensure equality for women, those of working-class origins, and young people, that such characteristics continued to be important determinants of power, authority, and status.