Experts Versus Laymen: A Study of the Patsy and the Subcontractor

by Barney G. Glaser

Book Overview

This book studies the relationship and balance of power between experts and laymen. It is rooted in the author's analysis of customer and contractor interactions in the housing industry, but relevant to other kinds of expert-layman relationships. Many of the conflicts between customer and contractor noted by the author also occur in lawyer-client, student-teacher, and doctor-patient relations.

The author's research is structured around three...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0878552170
• ISBN13: 9780878552177
• Release Date: January 1976
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 182 Pages