Description: Acknowledgments Introduction Part I. Clarifying the Issues 1. The Theory of Professions: State of the Art 2. How Dominant are the Professions? Part II. Elements of a Theory of Professionalism 3. The Division of Labor as Social Interaction 4. Professions and the Occupational Principle 5. Occupational Autonomy and Labor Market Shelters Part III. Prophesying the Future of the Professions 6. Professionalization and the Organization of Middle-Class Labor in Post-Industrial Society 7. The Futures of Professionalism 8. The Changing Nature of Professional Control Part IV. Choosing Professionalism as Social Policy 9. Are Professions Necessary? 10. Professionalism as Model and Ideology 11. The Centrality of Professionalism to Health Care 12. Nourishing Professionalism References Index

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