| Description |
xviii, 168 pages ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Ashgate classics in sociology |
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Ashgate classics in sociology.
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| Contents |
Ch. 1. The Legacy of Parsons and Hughes -- Ch. 2. Accomplishing Profession -- Ch. 3. 'Atrocity Stories' and Professional Relationships -- Ch. 4. 'In the Beginning was the Work ...' Reflections on the Genesis of Occupations -- Ch. 5. 'A Respectable Profession'? Sociological and Economic Perspectives on the Regulation of Professional Services -- Ch. 6. Closing the Market: Licensure and English Pharmacy 1794-1868 -- Ch. 7. Herbert Spencer and the Professions: Occupational Ecology Reconsidered -- Ch. 8. Professions and Social Order in a Global Society -- Ch. 9. 'After the Fall ...': Capitulating to the Routine in Professional Work -- Ch. 10. In Memory of Eliot Freidson: Is "professional dominance" an obsolete concept? |
| Summary |
"Over the past 30 years Robert Dingwall has published an influential series of articles on the professions, especially law and medicine. This represents a substantial and coherent body of work in an important sub-discipline of sociology, but it is presently fragmented and many of the essays are difficult to obtain. This volume assembles the best of these writings in a single place, making them more accessible for use as a whole." "The ten essays are republished in their original form, each bearing the traces of the time and plate it was written. In sum they provide a fascinating account of an academic journey. They are introduced with a foreword from the author, who places the work in context and offers some thoughts about hot it might be used by scholars in developing the field, to evaluate; for example, the effects of the New Labour period on professional autonomy." |
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"These essays will be indispensable to sociologists with a general interest in the professions and to scholars of law, medicine and business."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [143]-161) and index |
| Subject |
Professions -- Sociological aspects.
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Law.
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Medicine.
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| LC no. |
2007023736 |
| ISBN |
9780754646143 (alk. paper) |
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0754646149 (alk. paper) |
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