SOCY 303 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Blue-Collar Worker, Symbolic Capital, Ideal Type

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Social Sci, Edu and Soc Work - Sociology
• Course: SOCY 303
• Professor: W.Andrew Silver

Document Summary

Changing labour markets: one way to address this question: Emergency ambulance work: harrits and larsen (2016, what"s important here: As new technology develops and society develops professions will decrease. Discussion of authority as comprising both social authority and cultural authority. Comparison of teachers and physicians" claims to authority over long (60 years) period (denmark) Application of parkin"s concept of closure, dual closure (p. 166: a professional continuum, paraprofessional semi-professional professional. Paraprofessional occupational groups that provide direct support for professionals. Semi-professional some sophisticated knowledge that is independent from professional. Professional have all knowledge required to be a professional. Semi-professionals only display a partial set of core properties. They do work independently from doctors but lack exclusivity over knowledge, thus they have to defer authority to professional group (doctors) Key component of semi-professions deferring authority to professionals: traditional professionals represent ideal type (weber) E. g. lawyers share autonomy, regulation, education, etc.