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Mike Saks' Professions provides an accessible, well-written, up-to-date overview of professions, exploring their historical origins and current challenges, in the UK, US, and around the world. Written by an undisputed leader in the field, and drawing on Saks' extensive (indeed exhaustive) knowledge of the area, the book provides a concise but rich discussion of important issues and debates in the field, in a manner that will appeal to a broad audience, from undergraduate students and researchers, to professionals, business leaders, and policymakers. By not only providing a general description of professions, but outlining how they vary across field, nation, time period, political, economic, and social context, Saks has produced rich insights into this important social phenomenon. Tracey L. Adams, PhD Editor, Canadian Review of Sociology / Revue canadienne de sociologie There can be no better guide to the social science literature on professions and professionalization than Mike Saks. Himself an important contributor to this literature, Saks skillfully brings the sociology of professions up to date by focusing on the interplay of professional organization with the challenges of state regulation, neo-liberal preferences for market-based policies, and growing public skepticism about expertise. Whatever their shortcomings, Saks concludes, professionalized occupational groups continue to contribute significantly to the well-being of citizens in the Anglo-American world. Steven Brint, University of California

Mike Saks' Proffesions provides an accessible, well-written, up-to-date overview of professions, exploring their historical origins and current challenges, in the UK, US, and around the world. Written by an undisputed leader in the field, and drawing on Saks' extensive (indeed exhaustive) knowledge of the area, the book provides a concise but rich discussion of important issues and debates in the field, in a manner that will appeal to a broad audience, from undergraduate students and researchers, to professionals, business leaders, and policymakers. By not only providing a general description of professions, but outlining how they vary across field, nation, time period, political, economic, and social context, Saks has produced rich insights into this important social phenomenon. Tracey L. Adams, PhD Editor, Canadian Review of Sociology / Revue canadienne de sociologie There can be no better guide to the social science literature on professions and professionalization than Mike Saks. Himself an important contributor to this literature, Saks skillfully brings the sociology of professions up to date by focusing on the interplay of professional organization with the challenges of state regulation, neo-liberal preferences for market-based policies, and growing public skepticism about expertise. Whatever their shortcomings, Saks concludes, professionalized occupational groups continue to contribute significantly to the well-being of citizens in the Anglo-American world. Steven Brint, University of California

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Mike Saks is Emeritus Professor at the University of Suffolk, UK, and Visiting Professor at the University of Lincoln, Royal Veterinary College, University of London, University of Westminster, UK, and University of Toronto, Canada.

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