Professional Powers A Study of the Institutionalization of Formal Knowledge

Name: Professional Powers A Study of the Institutionalization of Formal Knowledge
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ISBN: 9780226262253

ISBN-10: 0226262251

ISBN-13: 9780226262253

Edition: 1986

Authors: Eliot Freidson

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"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…

Book details

List price: $33.00
Copyright year: 1986
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 5/15/1988
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 260
Size: 0.55" wide x 0.85" long x 0.06" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



Formal Knowledge, Power, and the Professions



Identifying Professions



The Category Profession



Establishing Professional Positions: The Credential System



The Position of Professionals in the Courts



The Question of Professional Decline



The Special Position of Professional Employees



Professional Powers in Work Organizations



Professions in the Political Economy



The Institutional Transformation of Formal Knowledge


Index