Professional Powers: A Study of the Institutionalization of Formal Knowledge

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University of Chicago Press, 15 մյս, 1988 թ. - 241 էջ
"This is an immensely useful book for sociologists working in a wide range of sub-fields. It confirms Freidson's status among the leading exponents of the old Chicago tradition. This book is catholic in its reading, sophisticated in its arguments and cautious in its judgements."—Robert Dingwall, Sociology

"As an attempt to provide a complex, wide-ranging account this book should be essential reading for specialist students, and it should act as a stimulus for the extension of both empirical research and theory."—Alex Faulkner, Sociological Review

"Freidson's book is a concise introduction to the professions, challenging specialists with its puncturing of theoretically induced misconceptions and offering general readers a clear but critical entrée to the theoretical literature concerning this central aspect of modern society."—Andrew Abbott, Science

"This is a stimulating and well-written book which opens up a new perspective on the professions as well as contributing to existing debates."—David Podmore, Times Higher Education Supplement
 

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2 Identifying Professions
20
3 The Category Profession
40
The Credential System
62
5 The Position of Professionals in the Courts
92
6 The Question of Professional Decline
108
7 The Special Position of Professional Employees
134
8 Professional Powers in Work Organizations
158
9 Professions in the Political Economy
184
10 The Institutional Transformation of Formal Knowledge
208
Index
232
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Eliot Freidson is a professor emeritus of sociology at New York University and visiting professor of sociology at the University of California, San Francisco. He is the author of several books, including Professional Powers: A Study of the Institutionalization of Formal Knowledge and Professionalism Reborn: Theory, Prophecy, and Policy.

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