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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I confess this was a bit of slog for me to get through; as someone who saw me with the book remarked, "that's awfully long for an 'essay.'" In retrospect, once you have a grasp of his thesis from the early chapters, it may not be necessary to work through all the subsequent explanations. ( ) no reviews | add a review
In The System of Professions Andrew Abbott explores central questions about the role of professions in modern life: Why should there be occupational groups controlling expert knowledge? Where and why did groups such as law and medicine achieve their power? Will professionalism spread throughout the occupational world? While most inquiries in this field study one profession at a time, Abbott here considers the system of professions as a whole. Through comparative and historical study of the professions in nineteenth- and twentieth-century England, France, and America, Abbott builds a general theory of how and why professionals evolve. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)331.71209Social sciences Economics Labor economics Skilled and unskilled labor Professionals [by current use]LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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