Professional Powers: A Study of the Institutionalization of Formal Knowledge

By Eliot Freidson

Book Overview

"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 entr e 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

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226262251
• ISBN13: 9780226262253
• Release Date: May 1988
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 8.5"