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Professionalism: The Third Logic
Eliot Freidson
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Description for Professionalism: The Third Logic
Paperback. Eliot Freidson has written the first systematic account of professionalism as a method of organizing work. In ideal--typical professionalism, specialized workers control their own work, while in the free market consumers are in command, and in bureaucracy managers dominate. Num Pages: 264 pages, 5. BIC Classification: JHBL; KJWX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
Eliot Freidson has written the first systematic account of professionalism as a method of organizing work. In ideal-typical professionalism, specialized workers control their own work, while in the free market consumers are in command, and in bureaucracy managers dominate. Freidson shows how each method has its own logic requiring different kinds of knowledge, organization, career, education and ideology. He also discusses how historic and national variations in state policy, professional organization, and forms of practice influence the strength of professionalism.
Eliot Freidson has written the first systematic account of professionalism as a method of organizing work. In ideal-typical professionalism, specialized workers control their own work, while in the free market consumers are in command, and in bureaucracy managers dominate. Freidson shows how each method has its own logic requiring different kinds of knowledge, organization, career, education and ideology. He also discusses how historic and national variations in state policy, professional organization, and forms of practice influence the strength of professionalism.
In appraising the embattled position of professions today, Freidson concludes that ideologically inspired attacks pose less danger to ... Read more
This timely and original analysis will be of great interest to those in sociology, political science, history, business studies and the various professions.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745603315
SKU
V9780745603315
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About Eliot Freidson
Eliot Freidson is Professor Emeritus of Sociology, New York University, and Visiting Professor of Sociology, University of California, San Francisco
Reviews for Professionalism: The Third Logic
"This work is the capstone of Eliot Freidson's extraordinarily distinguished career as a medical sociologist and student of the professions. The book summarizes a wide range of literature within Freidson's innovative and profound theory of professionalism as a "logic" of institutions different from (and in conflict with) the logics of the market and of bureaucracy. It should be required reading ... Read more