Professionalism : the third logic

Eliot Freidson, 1923-2005 (Författare)

ISBN 9780745677057 · ebok

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Cambridge : Polity Press, 2001

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Eliot Freidson

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ämne

Professionalism, Yrkesgrupper--sociala aspekter, Professions--Social aspects, Occupations--Social aspects

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Professionalism : the third logic · LCCN lc00064877, ISBN 0226262022, ISBN 9780745603315, ISBN 0745603319, ISBN 0745603300

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Sammanfattning

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 professionals'institutional privileges than to their ethical independence to resist use of their specialized knowledge to maximize profit and efficiency without also providing its benefits to all in need. This timely and original analysis will be of great interest to those in sociology, political science, history, business studies and the various professions.

Innehållsförteckning

Part I: Professionalism :The Ideal Type -- 1: Professional Knowledge and Skill -- 2: Divisions of Labor -- 3: Labor Markets and Careers -- 4: Training Programs -- 5: Ideologies -- Part II: The Contingencies of Professionalism -- 6: States and Associations -- 7: Bodies of Knowledge -- Part III: The Fate of Specialized Knowledge -- 8: The Assault on Professionalism -- 9: The Soul of Professionalism