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The System of Professions
Andrew Abbott
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Description for The System of Professions
Paperback. Num Pages: 452 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 620.
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.
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.
Product Details
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
452
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Condition
New
Number of Pages
452
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226000695
SKU
V9780226000695
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About Andrew Abbott
Andrew Abbott is the Ralph Lewis Professor and Chairman of the Department of Sociology at the University of Chicago.
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