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The Sociology of the Professions Dead or Alive
Keith M. Macdonald,George Ritzer +1 more
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In this paper, the authors present a survey of the sociological study of the professions in the UK and conclude that "the reality examined in the British literature lead us to conclude that the professions will...Abstract:
In 1983 Richard Hall viewed the sociological study of the professions as near death. However, had Hall examined the recent British literature he would have come to a very different conclusion. Our survey shows that this is a very active area of research and theorizing and that there are important lessons in it for American students of the professions. First, unlike the American literature, work in Britain has not been dominated by fruitless efforts to find the characteristics that differentiate professions from other occupations. Second, the British literature contains four distinctive characteristics that differentiate it from the American literature. They are a focus on inter- and intraprofessional conflicts, the relationship between the professions and the polity, the link between the professions and social stratification, and theoretical roots in the classic ideas of observers such as Marx and Weber. Third, the realities examined in the British literature lead us to conclude that the professions will ...read more
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Accounting, professions and regulation: Locating the sites of professionalization
David J. Cooper,Keith Robson +1 more
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The Handbook of Journalism Studies
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Professional Networks and the Institutionalization of a Single Mind Set
TL;DR: The personal networks and attitudes toward clients of a unique set of bureaucratic professionals-corporate giving officers-are examined in this paper, where the authors examine the structure of these professionals' networks and tests to see if proximity results in two giving officers recognizing and thinking well of the same nonprofits in their community.
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Toward a Theory of Professionalization
TL;DR: In this paper, a model of professionalization based largely on the power view is presented, and professional power is defined in terms of two dimensions of attitudinal autonomy: autonomy from client and autonomy from employing organization.
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Social closure and occupational registration
TL;DR: This paper examines the case of the accountancy profession and shows how, after decades of attempting to achieve registration, this goal was abandoned, partly because the costs came to outweigh the rewards and partly because a very similar end was achieved by other means.
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The Structure of Closure: A Critique and Development of the Theories of Weber, Collins, and Parkin
TL;DR: The focus of the closure theories of Weber, Collins, and Parkin on the power relations contained in exclusionary codes which regulate society provides a promising framework for integrating the analysis of property, credentials, lineage, communal divisions between racial, ethnic, linguistic, and religious groups, the relations between the sexes, Communist Party domination, and resulting counterstruggle as mentioned in this paper.