The concept of 'actor' in the study of professions: identifying a Western bias
This paper is based on reviews of literatures on sociology of profession. The paper argues that the concept ‘actors’ has only narrowly mapped the Western literatures related to professionalization of occupations. Such a narrow conception of ‘actor’ in many ways only reflects a convergence of the Wes...
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Language: | English |
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Dhaka University Press
2010
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Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/11442/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/11442/1/article_in_journal_Dev_Studies.pdf |