Professional Powers: A Study of the Institutionalization of Formal Knowledge

by Eliot Freidson

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 entree 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

• ISBN10: 0226262243
• ISBN13: 9780226262246
• Publish Date: 1 January 1986
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 10 September 2005
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: University of Chicago Press
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 264
• Language: English