Professionalism Reborn: Theory, Prophecy, and Policy

by Eliot Freidson

Book Overview

In industrialized societies, professionals have long been valued and set apart from other workers because of their specialized knowledge and skill. But has their role in these societies declined? Of what significance are they today?

In this concise synthesis of the major debates about the professions since World War II, Eliot Freidson explores several broad questions about professionalism today--what it is, what its future is likely to be,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226262219
• ISBN13: 9780226262215
• Release Date: August 1994
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"