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Professional Powers: A Study of the Institutionalization of Formal Knowledge
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Professional Powers: A Study of the Institutionalization of Formal Knowledge Paperback - 1988

by Eliot Freidson

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"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 entre 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

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Knowledge is power, it is said.

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  • Title Professional Powers: A Study of the Institutionalization of Formal Knowledge
  • Author Eliot Freidson
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 0002-
  • Pages 260
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago & London
  • Publication date 1988-05-15
  • ISBN 9780226262253 / 0226262251
  • Weight 0.64 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.5 x 5.18 x 0.6 in (21.59 x 13.16 x 1.52 cm)
  • Category Sociology
  • Dewey Decimal Code 306.42

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