ch. 1. The legacy of Parsons and Hughes -- ch. 2. Accomplishing profession -- ch. 3. 'Atrocity stories' and professional relationships -- ch. 4. 'In the beginning was the work.' reflections on the genesis of occupations -- ch. 5. 'A respectable profession'? Sociological and economic perspectives...

Over the past 30 years Robert Dingwall has published an influential series of articles on the professions, especially law and medicine. This represents a substantial and coherent body of work in an important sub-discipline of sociology. This volume assembles the best of these writings in one...