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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... Qualifications : producing the producers 192 195 Building respectability 197 Professional unity , jurisdiction and state licensure 199 Professional knowledge 201 A worldwide profession 202 The continuing project 204 Notes 207 ...
... qualifications as a characteristic and a basis for promotion of bureaucrats . What later writers - starting with Mills ( 1956 ) and continuing with , for example , Oppen- heimer ( 1973 ) - observed was that professions like other ...
... qualifications and expertise as well as property as ' opportunities for income ' in a market society ; and she quotes Parkin ( 1971 ) to emphasize the need not only to possess such opportunities , but to strive to maximize them . Stated ...
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Índice
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36 | |
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 |