"This is an immensely useful book for sociologists working in a wide range of sub-fields. It confirms Freidson's status among the leading exponents of the old Chicago tradition. This book is catholic in its reading, sophisticated in its arguments and cautious in its judgements."--Robert Dingwall, Sociology "As an attempt to provide a complex, wide-ranging account this book should be essential reading for specialist students, and it should act as a stimulus for the extension of both empirical research and theory."--Alex ...
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"This is an immensely useful book for sociologists working in a wide range of sub-fields. It confirms Freidson's status among the leading exponents of the old Chicago tradition. This book is catholic in its reading, sophisticated in its arguments and cautious in its judgements."--Robert Dingwall, Sociology "As an attempt to provide a complex, wide-ranging account this book should be essential reading for specialist students, and it should act as a stimulus for the extension of both empirical research and theory."--Alex Faulkner, Sociological Review "Freidson's book is a concise introduction to the professions, challenging specialists with its puncturing of theoretically induced misconceptions and offering general readers a clear but critical entr???e to the theoretical literature concerning this central aspect of modern society."--Andrew Abbott, Science "This is a stimulating and well-written book which opens up a new perspective on the professions as well as contributing to existing debates."--David Podmore, Times Higher Education Supplement
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Fine in Very Good jacket. This book attempts to clarify the relations between knowledge and power by grounding them in the institutions of professionalism in the United States; it provides an analysis of the crucial dimensions of professional power: expertise, credentialism, and autonomy (black covers with silver lettering on spine; white pictorial dust jacket with red & blue lettering has a few small repaired edge tears; otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy; in stock & available for immediate shipment from a reliable independent bookstore)
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