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Professional Powers: A Study of the Institutionalization of Formal Knowledge

Professional Powers: A Study of the Institutionalization of Formal Knowledge

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 Freidson, Eliot

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University of Chicago Press. Used - Good. SOME PAGE CORNERS ARE CREASED. LIGHT PENCIL IN CORNER OF FIRST PAGE. Paperback 100% of proceeds go to charity! Good condition with all pages in tact. Item shows signs of use and may have cosmetic defects.
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Reader reviews for Professional Powers: A Study of the Institutionalization of Formal Knowledge

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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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