The System of Professions: An Essay on the Division of Expert Labor by Andrew Abbott

The System of Professions: An Essay on the Division of Expert Labor

Andrew Abbott

452 pages first pub 1988 (editions)

nonfiction sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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In The System of Professions Andrew Abbott explores central questions about the role of professions in modern life: Why should there be occupational groups controlling expert knowledge? Where and why did groups such as law and medicine achieve the...

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