Theorising Professions A Sociological Introduction /

• Main Author: Burns, Edgar A. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Industrial organization.; Economic sociology.; Social sciences-Philosophy.; Industrial sociology.; Industrial Organization.; Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology.; Social Theory.; Sociology of Work.

This book synthesises several decades of research to extend beyond the limitations of a traditional functionalist model, offering a twenty-first century theory of professions and professionalism for a new generation engaging in theorising and research. It asserts nine innovative arguments, drawing o...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Why Theorise Professions?
• 2. Beyond Defining Professions
• 3. Professions and Modern Organisational Forms
• 4. Professionalisation Discourses
• 5. Periodising Professions History
• 6. The Post-Professional Transition
• 7. Public Good and Professogenesis
• 8. Unbundling Professional Expertise. - 9. Professions Unbound.