Professional Powers: A Study of the Institutionalization of Formal Knowledge - Hardcover

Freidson, Eliot

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0226262243 ISBN 13: 9780226262246

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1986

Synopsis

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 entree 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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About the Author

Eliot Freidson was Professor Emeritus of Sociology in the Graduate School of Arts and Science of New York University. He received his undergraduate, M.A., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Chicago. Professor Freidson is past Chairman of the Research Committee for Medical Sociology of the International Sociological Association; he has also served on scientific advisory boards for the Social Security Administration, the National Institutes of Health, and the National Center for Health Services Research and Development.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226262243
• ISBN 13: 9780226262246
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 264