The Sociology of the Professions: SAGE PublicationsSAGE, 26 sept 1995 - 240 páginas This much-needed book provides a systematic introduction, both conceptual and applied, to the sociology of the professions. Keith Macdonald guides the reader through the chief sociological approaches to the professions, addressing their strengths and weaknesses. The discussion is richly illustrated by examples from and comparisons between the professions in Britain, the United States and Europe, relating their development to their cultural context. The social exclusivity that professions aim for is discussed in relation to social stratification, patriarchy and knowledge, and is thoroughly illustrated by reference to examples from medicine and other established professions, such as law and architecture. The themes of the book are drawn together in a final chapter by means of a case study of accountancy. |
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... Murphy (1988: 245) and to speak of 'formally rational abstract utilitarian knowledge'. 'Professional' and similar terms have a wide range of uses in everyday speech, many of which are value- laden, while in some European languages the ...
... (Murphy, 1984) might find it seriously deficient, while those scholars whose concern is with the nature - inherent or contrived - of professional knowledge bases - (Boreham, 1983; Halliday, 1985; Table 1.1 Means or sources of ...
... Murphy (1990) - although the last-mentioned argues against the proletarianization hypothesis. Allied to this is the question as to whether the professions are being radically transformed as a result of general social change, namely a ...
... Murphy (1984, 1988) effectively redressed the individualistic emphasis of so much writing on stratification, especially that of a Marxian complexion. In addition, they provided valuable and welcome conceptual tools for sociologists of ...
... Murphy, 1990: 87, terms it) of surplus value in service occupations and 'non-productive labour'. These are given considerable attention by Larson (1977), but it is the market that is of more importance in understanding modern society ...
Índice
36 | |
Professions and the state | 66 |
The problem of ethnocentrism | 71 |
England | 72 |
Law | 73 |
Medicine | 77 |
Summary | 78 |
The United States of America | 79 |
Three cases of professional formation | 105 |
Architecture | 107 |
Accountancy | 109 |
The state professions and historical change | 114 |
Conclusion | 119 |
Notes | 122 |
Patriarchy and the professions | 124 |
Women and modern society | 126 |
Medicine | 82 |
Summary | 83 |
France | 85 |
Medicine | 88 |
Germany | 89 |
Law | 91 |
Medicine | 92 |
Summary | 94 |
State crystallizations | 96 |
Conclusion | 98 |
Notes | 99 |
Professions and the state | 100 |
State formation and professional autonomy | 101 |
Social closure the special case of patriarchy | 129 |
Caring professions | 133 |
Mediation | 134 |
Indeterminacy | 135 |
Objectivity | 137 |
Social closure in nursing and midwifery | 138 |
Midwifery | 144 |
Uncaring professions | 149 |
Work knowledge science and abstraction | 163 |
Conclusion | 183 |
Building respectability | 197 |
Author index | 218 |