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The Sociology of the Professions

Keith M Macdonald - Business & Economics - 1995 - 244 pages
The Sociology of the Professions is essential reading for any student of this increasingly important area of study. Lucid, clearly written and argued, Keith M. Macdonald has ...
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The Sociology of the Professions: Lawyers, Doctors and Others

Robert Dingwall, Philip Lewis - Social Science - 2014 - 276 pages
Robert Dingwall and Philip Lewis’s renowned compilation of diverse studies—written by internationally recognized theorists and empirical researchers into the sociology of the ...
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Professions and Professionalization: Volume 3, Sociological Studies

J. A. Jackson - Social Science - 1970 - 238 pages
An exploration of professions and the characteristics of professionalism.
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Health Professions and the State in Europe

Terry Johnson, Mike Saks - Health & Fitness - 1995 - 256 pages
Explains and illuminates the specific relationship between health professions and the state. Eight countries in Europe are examined and topical issues include: market policies ...
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The Rise of Professionalism: Monopolies of Competence and Sheltered Markets

Vilfredo Pareto - Social Science - 2017 - 345 pages
What gave rise to our modern conceptions of professional status, and how did particular professions gain their privileged status? Magali Sarfatti Larson shows how our present ...
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Professionalism Reborn: Theory, Prophecy, and Policy

Eliot Freidson - Business & Economics - 1994 - 252 pages
In industrialized societies, professionals have long been valued and set apart from other workers because of their specialized knowledge and skill. But has their role in these ...
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Professions and Power (Routledge Revivals)

Terence J. Johnson - Social Science - 2016 - 100 pages
First published in 1972, this book rejects as inadequate the ‘trait’ and ‘functionalist’ theories of the professions and instead presents an alternative framework to analyse ...
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Regulating Professions: The Emergence of Professional Self-Regulation in ...

Tracey L Adams - Social Science - 2018 - 323 pages
Self-regulation has long been at the core of sociological understandings of what it means to be a "profession." However, the historical processes resulting in the formation of ...
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