Professions and the State

Expertise and Autonomy in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe

AvAnthony Jones

Inbunden, Engelska, 1991

Del i serien Labor and Social Change

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Beskrivning

Unlike autonomous professionals in Western industrialized democracies, professionals in a socialist, bureaucratic setting operate as employees of the state. The change in environment has important Implications not only for the practice of professions but also for the concept of professionalism itself. This collection of nine essays is the first to survey the major professions In the USSR, Czechoslovakia, and Poland. The contributors investigate the implications of professional experience in a socialist economy as well as relating changes in professional organization and power to reform movements in general and perestroika in particular.In the series Labor and Social Change, edited by Paula Rayman and Carmen Sirianni.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1991-05-22
Mått:159 x 25 x 22 mm
Vikt:581 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Labor and Social Change
Antal sidor:277
Förlag:Temple University Press,U.S.
ISBN:9780877228011

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Anthony Jones currently teaches Sociology at Northeastern University and is a Fellow at the Russian Center of Harvard University.

Innehållsförteckning

Preface1. Professions and the State in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union: Theoretical Issues – Eliott Krause2. The Hybrid Profession: Soviet Medicine – Mark G. Vleld3. Lawyers In the Soviet Union – Louise Shelley4. Soviet Engineers as a Professional Group – Eduard Gioeckner5. The "Purposeful Science" of Soviet Sociology: Will It Become a Profession? – Llah Greenfeld6. Teachers in the Soviet Union – Anthony Jones7. Constraints on Professional Power in Soviet-Type Society: Insights From the 1980-81 Solidarity Period in Poland – Michael Kennedy and Konrad Sadkowski8. Hierarchy of Status and Prestige Within the Medical Profession In Czechoslovakia – Aiena Heitiinger9. Professions, the State, and the Reconstruction of Socialist Societies – Anthony Jones and Eliott KrauseAbout the Contributors