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- Title: Profession: A Useful Concept for Sociological Analysis?(Essay)
- Author : Canadian Review of Sociology
- Release Date : January 01, 2010
- Genre: Social Science,Books,Nonfiction,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 245 KB
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RECENTLY IN CANADA, THE UNITED KINGDOM, and elsewhere, we appear to be witnessing fundamental change to what have traditionally been seen as some of the most autonomous, rewarding, and distinctive jobs in the labor market. Numerous studies document the loss of autonomy, status, and authority within established professions like medicine, and illustrate that while new professional groups are being created, they tend to have less autonomy and authority than did their predecessors (Beardwood 1999; Brazier et al. 1993; Coburn 1999). In common parlance, the term "profession" typically refers to paid employment or any occupation; its sociological usage to refer to a special kind of occupation with status and privileges appears increasingly divorced from social reality. Some scholars have argued that professions are in a state of decline; becoming subordinate and indistinguishable from other forms of expert labor (Leicht and Fennell 2001; Ritzer and Walczak 1988; Rothman 1984). The apparent decline of professions can be linked to labor market change: with the expansion of the "knowledge economy," an expanding services sector, and credential inflation, there are many occupations in the labor market that require education and expertise, and provide service to the public. Education, training, and a service orientation no longer appear to distinguish professions from other occupations. Furthermore, traditional professions like medicine and law appear to be changing: becoming increasingly controlled in larger bureaucratic settings, and enjoying less autonomy and authority than they did in the past (Coburn 1994; Ritzer and Walczak 1988; Rothman 1984). Occupations not traditionally regarded as professions, like management, are coming to dominate professions, usurping the authority and autonomy once seen to be the perquisites of professional practice (Leicht and Fennell 2001). The end result is a growing belief that professions are in decline, and that the concept itself may not be as relevant a category for sociological analysis as it was in the past.
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