The Professions, State and the Market by Mike Saks - 9780367738136

The Professions, State and the MarketMedicine in Britain, the United States and Russia\nAuthor(s): Mike Saks\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367738136, 978-0367738136\nSynopsis\nThis unique book enhances our understanding of the links between professions, the state and the market and their implications for the public in terms of professional practice. In so doing, the book adopts a neo-Weberian perspective, in which professions are seen as a form of exclusionary social closure based on legal boundaries established by the state. \n\nTo illustrate the overarching theme, the book considers how healthcare in general, and medicine in particular as a form of professional work, is organized in public and private arenas in three societies with different socio-political philosophies - namely, Britain, the United States and Russia. As such, it examines the varying extent to which the development of independent professio.