Professions in Civil Society and the State: Invariant Foundations and Consequences

Contributing to the sociology of professions, a specialty that emerged during the 1930s, Sciulli (sociology, Texas A&M U.) asks what a profession is and how it differs from other occupations, what the sources of professional power are, why instruction in a profession includes an abstract theoretical or liberal component rather than just vocational or mechanics matters, what the consequences of successful and failed professionalization are, and related questions. Among his topics are the situation on the continent, corporate governance and Delaware courts, the independent socio-cultural authority of professionalism, fiducial responsibilities, and occupational orientation of professionalism. Annotation 穢2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)