
Professionalism
The Third Logic
Eliot Freidson(Author)
Polity Press
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 5. May 2001
Book
Hardback
264 pages
978-0-7456-0330-8 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
Reviews / Votes
"This work is the capstone of Eliot Freidson's extraordinarily distinguished career as a medical sociologist and student of the professions. The book summarizes a wide range of literature within Freidson's innovative and profound theory of professionalism as a "logic" of institutions different from (and in conflict with) the logics of the market and of bureaucracy. It should be required reading for anyone concerned with the vital issue of the importance of - and contemporary threats to - the social values intrinsic to professionalism." Robert Alford, City University of New York"As learned and tightly argued as any work in the Weberian tradition, this book develops an ideal-type analysis of professionalism that transcends the particular circumstances of specific occupations. Freidson's distinctions between professions, technical occupations and crafts are likely to inform all subsequent discussions. Everyone who studies the professions will need to take this important book into account." Steven Brint, University of California, Riverside
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
510 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7456-0330-8 (9780745603308)
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Person
Eliot Freidson is Professor Emeritus of Sociology, New York University, and Visiting Professor of Sociology, University of California, San Francisco
Content
Acknowledgements. Introduction.
Part One: Professionalism: the Ideal Type.
Chapter 1: Professional Knowledge and Skill.
Chapter 2: Divisions of Labour.
Chapter 3: Labor markets and Careers.
Chapter 4: Training Programs.
Chapter 5: Ideologies.
Part Two: The Contingencies of Professionalism.
Chapter 6: States and Associations.
Chapter 7: Bodies of Knowledge.
Chapter 8: The Assault on Professionalism.
Chapter 9: The Soul of Professionalism.
Notes.
References.
Index
Part One: Professionalism: the Ideal Type.
Chapter 1: Professional Knowledge and Skill.
Chapter 2: Divisions of Labour.
Chapter 3: Labor markets and Careers.
Chapter 4: Training Programs.
Chapter 5: Ideologies.
Part Two: The Contingencies of Professionalism.
Chapter 6: States and Associations.
Chapter 7: Bodies of Knowledge.
Chapter 8: The Assault on Professionalism.
Chapter 9: The Soul of Professionalism.
Notes.
References.
Index