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The system of professions : an essay on the division of expert labor

Andrew Delano Abbott (Author)
Print Book, English, 1988
University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1988
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xvi, 435 pages ; 24 cm
9780226000688, 9780226000695, 0226000680, 0226000699
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Introduction
Professional work
The claim of jurisdiction
The system of professions
Internal differentiation and the problem of power
The social environment of professional development
The cultural environment of professional development
The information professions
Lawyers and their competitors
The construction of the personal problems jurisdiction
Conclusion