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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... organizations , bureaucracy and bureau- crats . Mills's view was that bureaucracy and managerialism were becoming such dominant forces in modern society that professions were increasingly being sucked into administrative machines ...
... organizational entities in modern society are under pressure to systematize their knowledge and thereby make it potentially accessible to lay members of society , or at least to less skilled occupations . Interactionist alternatives ...
... organization for a market of services , which I have analyzed in the first part of this study , has theoretical precedence : for indeed , in order to use occupational roles for the conquest of social status , it was necessary first to ...
... organizations ' ( 1965 : 172 ) . The researcher starting from interactionist assumptions finds that members of society , often working in pressure groups and occupational associations , are actively striving to change the system of ...
... a considerable lapse of time . In England , Parliament was almost entirely unresponsive . The consequences for professional legal organizations also varied : in France , in the short term at 18 The sociology of the professions.
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Chapter 3 The Cultural Context of Professions | 66 |
Chapter 4 Professions and the State | 100 |
Chapter 5 Patriarchy and the Professions | 124 |
Chapter 6 Knowledge and the Professions | 157 |
Chapter 7 A Professional Project The Case of Accountancy | 187 |
Bibliography | 209 |
Author Index | 218 |
Subject Index | 221 |