Professions and metaphors : understanding professions in society
edited by Andreas Liljegren and Mike Saks
1. Introducing professions and metaphors / Andreas Liljegren and Mike Saks -- 2. Key metaphors in the sociology of professions : occupations as hierarchies and landscapes / Andreas Liljegren -- 3. The ecological metaphor in the sociology of occupations and professions / Robert Dingwall -- 4. Slaying the minotaur : reflections on the sociology of the professions / Mike Saks -- 5. Social closure : on metaphors, professions and a boa constrictor / Ola Agevall -- 6. Regulating the English health professions : zoos, circuses or safari parks? / Mike Saks -- 7. Boundaries of social work or social work of boundaries? / Andrew Abbott -- 8. Gender and law and the metaphor of justice-as-a-woman : an evolutionary socio-legal perspective / Vittorio Olgiati -- 9. Engineering the soul : construction and sacrifice in the teaching profession / Lixian Jin and Martin Cortazzi -- 10. Metaphors we help by : socio-cognitive patterns of professionals in social work / Rudolf Schmitt -- 11. Metaphors in medical practice : a jurisdictional tool / Inge Kryger Pedersen.
