This textbook provides a systematic introduction, both conceptual and applied, to the sociology of the professions, addressing their strengths and weaknesses. This discussion is illustrated with examples from and comparisons between the professions in Britain, the United States and Europe, relating their development to their cultural context. The social exclusivity that professions aim for is discussed in relation to social stratification, patriarchy and knowledge, and is illustrated by reference to examples from medicine and other established professions, such as law and architecture. The themes of the book are drawn together in a final chapter by means of a case study of accountancy.
This title explores the complexities of class transformation as young women approach a radically altered labour market and examines the profound but different regulation to which young women of all social positions are subjected.
Drawing on explorations of the labour movement and working-class politics, Brenner provides a materialist approach to one of the most important issues of feminist theory today: the intersections of gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality and class.'
West African intellectuals have a long history of engaging with European intrusion by reflecting on their status as colonial and postcolonial subjects. Against the tendency to view this engagement as a confrontation between the modern west and traditional Africa, Philip S. Zachernuk argues that the interaction is far more fluid and diverse. ......
A statement on the place and continuing centrality of the concept of class in cultural studies and sociology. The relevance of class has been disputed by postmodern viewpoints, but the author argues that the theoretical retreat has often been a cover for the class interests of its own advocates. The book reopens the debate and offers a critical ......
Middle-Class American Women and Their Friends in the Twentieth Century
A study of the changing nature of friendship between white middle-class women during the coming-of-age of modern America. Drawing on a wide range of primary sources, the author sets out to uncover the complex and intricate links between social and cultural developments and female friendship.
A statement on the place and continuing centrality of the concept of class in cultural studies and sociology. The relevance of class has been disputed by postmodern viewpoints, but the author argues that the theoretical retreat has often been a cover for the class interests of its own advocates. The book reopens the debate and offers a critical ......
The Austro-Hungarian Foreign Office on the Eve of the First World War
Aristocratic Redoubt: The Austro-Hungarian Foreign Office on the Eve of the First World War is a study of the nobility who served in the foreign office prior to World War I. Following the lead of historians who are reexamining pre-industrial elites in England and Germany, Godsey deals with such facets of aristocratic life as education, wealth, ......
The university classroom has been turned into an intensely bitter battlefield. Conservatives are attacking the academy's ability to teach, and at times its very right to educate. As the dust begins to settle, the contributors to this volume weigh in with a constructive and wide-ranging statement on the progressive possibilities of teaching. This ......
