The Sociology of the Professions: SAGE PublicationsThis much-needed book provides a systematic introduction, both conceptual and applied, to the sociology of the professions. Keith Macdonald guides the reader through the chief sociological approaches to the professions, addressing their strengths and weaknesses. The discussion is richly illustrated by examples from and comparisons between the professions in Britain, the United States and Europe, relating their development to their cultural context. The social exclusivity that professions aim for is discussed in relation to social stratification, patriarchy and knowledge, and is thoroughly illustrated by reference to examples from medicine and other established professions, such as law and architecture. The themes of the book are drawn together in a final chapter by means of a case study of accountancy. |
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... 6 The professional project 8 The professional project as a research focus 12 The system of the professions 14 Revolutions and social actors 17 Beyond monopoly 20 Marxian theory and the professions 22 Professions or disciplines?
... referred to in this context, the centrality of the 'producers' and their relationships, together with the tenor of other work by this author, (e.g. Johnson, 1977, 1980) leads one to see it as deriving more from a Marxian tradition.
Professions as social actors The 'power approach', whether derived from interactionist or Marxian traditions, was undoubtedly more fruitful than the work of functionalists and the related delineation of professional 'traits'.
Larson contrasts this assessment with that of the Marxian tradition and in particular refers to the work of Gramsci. From this viewpoint any appearance of 'detachment' of professionals from the class system of the structure of power is ...
Nor should one overlook the way in which the theoretical base appears to shift during the course of the book, so that the emphasis becomes much more Marxian in the later chapters. While full of interest for the sociologist of the ...
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Professions and the state | 66 |
The problem of ethnocentrism | 71 |
England | 72 |
Law | 73 |
Medicine | 77 |
Summary | 78 |
The United States of America | 79 |
Three cases of professional formation | 105 |
Architecture | 107 |
Accountancy | 109 |
The state professions and historical change | 114 |
Conclusion | 119 |
Notes | 122 |
Patriarchy and the professions | 124 |
Women and modern society | 126 |
Medicine | 82 |
Summary | 83 |
France | 85 |
Medicine | 88 |
Germany | 89 |
Law | 91 |
Medicine | 92 |
Summary | 94 |
State crystallizations | 96 |
Conclusion | 98 |
Notes | 99 |
Professions and the state | 100 |
State formation and professional autonomy | 101 |
Social closure the special case of patriarchy | 129 |
Caring professions | 133 |
Mediation | 134 |
Indeterminacy | 135 |
Objectivity | 137 |
Social closure in nursing and midwifery | 138 |
Midwifery | 144 |
Uncaring professions | 149 |
Work knowledge science and abstraction | 163 |
Conclusion | 183 |
Building respectability | 197 |
Author index | 218 |