1st Edition

Professions and Power (Routledge Revivals)

Edited By Terence J. Johnson Copyright 1972
100 Pages
by Routledge

100 Pages
by Routledge

100 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1972, this book rejects as inadequate the ‘trait’ and ‘functionalist’ theories of the professions and instead presents an alternative framework to analyse the contemporaneous occupational change in industrial societies. The author describes how occupational specialisation creates varying degrees of social distance between producers and consumers of goods or services, thus... Read more

Acknowledgements; 1 Theoretical Approaches: Concepts and Contrasts 2 Professionalisation and Professionalism 3 Types of Occupational Control 4 Collegiate: Professionalism Revisited 5 Patronage 6 Mediation 7 Conclusion; Bibliography

Biography

Terence J. Johnson