{"product_id":"professions-and-the-state-anthony-jones-9780877228011","title":"Professions and the State: Expertise and Autonomy in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe","description":"\u003cp\u003e Unlike autonomous professionals in Western industrialized democracies, professionals in a socialist, bureaucratic setting operate as employees of the state. The change in environment has important Implications not only for the practice of professions but also for the concept of professionalism itself. This collection of nine essays is the first to survey the major professions In the USSR, Czechoslovakia, and Poland. The contributors investigate the implications of professional experience in a socialist economy as well as relating changes in professional organization and power to reform movements in general and perestroika in particular. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the series \u003ci\u003eLabor and Social Change\u003c\/i\u003e, edited by Paula Rayman and Carmen Sirianni.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anthony Jones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0877228019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780877228011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Temple University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/22\/1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.33h x 6.25w x 0.88d","brand":"Anthony Jones","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48453425594623,"sku":"9780877228011","price":76.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5350ce2d-9f79-4f3d-b03f-63a70056455a.jpg?v=1777300154","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/professions-and-the-state-anthony-jones-9780877228011","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}