Professionalism reborn : theory, prophecy, and policy
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Professionalism reborn : theory, prophecy, and policy
Polity Press , The University of Chicago Press, 1994
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Bibliography: p. [217]-231
Includes index
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Reprints a dozen essays on the nature of professions and professionalism in the current industrial state. They appraise the state of research, its inadequacies, and methodological issues; work towards a theory from the idea of occupational control of work; assess the state of professions in light of
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In industrialized societies, professionals have long been valued and set apart from other workers because of their specialized knowledge and skill. But has their role in these societies declined? Of what significance are they today?
In this concise synthesis of the major debates about the professions since World War II, Eliot Freidson explores several broad questions about professionalism today what it is, what its future is likely to be, and its value to public policy. Freidson argues that because professionalism is based on specialized knowledge, it is distinct from either bureaucratic or market-based forms of work. He predicts a rebirth of the professions during which practitioners lose some of their independence and become more accountable to standards of a professional elite. And, defending professionalism as a desirable method of providing complex, discretionary services to the public, Freidson argues that market-based or bureaucratic methods would impoverish the quality of service to consumers, and suggests ways the virtues of professionalism can be reinforced.
The most accessible survey available of almost fifty years of theory and research by the scholar whose own work helped define the field, this book will appeal to the growing international body of scholars concerned with studying and theorizing about the professions.
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In this book, Eliot Freidson explores several questions about professionalism in Western industrial societies today - how to theorize about it, what its future is likely to be and its value to public policy. In analyzing these problems, Freidson develops an interpretation of the professions and the role of the professional. Professionalism is understood to be based on the occupational control of work. As such, he shows, it is quite distinct from either bureaucratic or market-based forms of structuring work. Freidson also discusses various predictions about the future of the professions, pointing out that virtually all of them have mistaken practitioners for the profession as a whole and ignored members who generate new knowledge, set and implement policy, and communicate with the public through the media. He predicts a reorganization of the professions in which practitioners lose some of their independence and become accountable to standards established and administered by a professional elite.
In contemplating the political, economic and ideological forces that exert enormous pressure on the professions today, Freidson departs from most writers by defending professionalism as a desirable method of providing complex, discretionary services to the public. He holds that market-based or bureaucratic methods would impoverish the quality of service to consumers and suggests how the virtues of professionalism can be reinforced. This book should appeal to the growing international body of historians, political scientists, sociologists and policy analysts who are concerned with studying and theorizing about the professions.
Table of Contents
Part I: Clarifying the Concepts. 1. The Theory of the Professions: State of the Art. 2. How Dominant are the Professions? Part II: Elements of a Theory of Professionalism. 3. The Division of Labour as Social Interaction. 4. Professions and the Occupational Principle. 5. Occupational Autonomy and Labor Market Shelters. Part III: Prophesying the Future of Professions . 6. Professionalization and the Organization of Middle-Class Labour in Post-Industrial Society. 7. The Futures of Professionalization. 8. The Changing Nature of Professional Control. Part IV: Choosing Professionalism as Social Policy. 9. Are Professions Necessary? 10. Profession as Model and Ideology. 11. The Centrality of Professionalism to Health Care Policy. 12. Nourishing Professionalism.
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This book is an original interpretation of the professions and the role of the professional in Western industrial societies today.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements. Introduction.
Part I: Clarifying the Concepts.
1. The Theory of the Professions: State of the Art.
2. How Dominant are the Professions?.
Part II: Elements of a Theory of Professionalism.
3. The Division of Labor as Social Interaction.
4. Professions and the Occupational Principle.
5. Occupational Autonomy and Labor Market Shelters.
Part III: Prophesying the Future of Professions.
6. Professionalization and the Organization of Middle-Class Labor in Post-Industrial Society.
7. The Futures of Professionalization.
8. The Changing Nature of Professional Control.
Part IV: Choosing Professionalism as Social Policy. .
9. Are Professions Necessary?.
10. Profession as Model and Ideology.
11. The Centrality of Professionalism to Health Care Policy.
12. Nourishing Professionalism.
Index.
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