Power in the Highest Degree - Professionals and the Rise of a New Mandarin Order

Klappentext Power in the Highest Degree! one of the most comprehensive studies of professionals ever undertaken! exposes professionalism as a double-edged sword that is transforming capitalist and socialist societies alike. Drawing on interviews with over 1!000 practicing professionals--about their work! politics! and personal lives--the authors show how! by dispensing self-interested and morally colored judgments as scientific truth! modern professionals are trying to monopolize what passes for objective knowledge. Zusammenfassung One of the most sweeping works of social criticism to appear in years! this work offers a bold theory of modern classes and a comprehensive portrait of the modern professional. Drawing on one of the largest studies ever undertaken! including interviews with over 1!000 professionals! the authors show how experts! claiming a monopoly on many types of knowledge! are radically transforming the economic and social order.This book demonstrates how this has resulted in many citizens becoming deeply insecure about their competence to manage private and public affairs without professional guidance. The authors make a case for a society that radically democratizes knowledge while retaining many non-exclusive aspects of professionalism.

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• Authors: Charles Derber, Charles (Associate Professor of Sociology Derber, Charles Schwartz Derber, Derber Charles, Yale Magrass, Yale (Professor of Sociology Magrass, William A. Schwartz, William A. (Graduate Student of Sociology Schwartz, Schwartz William A.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.06.1990
• EAN: 9780195037784
• ISBN: 978-0-19-503778-4
• No. of pages: 286
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Health & Safety, Social groups, Social discrimination & inequality, Sociology: work & labour, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Sociology: work and labour, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Health & safety issues, Health and safety in the workplace, Social discrimination and social justice, Social groups, communities and identities, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Workplace Harassment & Discrimination