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Profesinės veiklos lauko tyrimo ypatumai
Trasformation of the Research of the Professional Activities

Author(s): Arūnas Poviliūnas
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Vilniaus Universiteto Leidykla
Keywords: sociology of professions; occupations; professions; professionalization; theory of P. Bourdieu; field and habitus; the research of the field of professional activity

Summary/Abstract: The article elaborates a programme based on Pierre Bourdieu’s sociology for research into the field of professional activities. This programme is considered from the viewpoint of the development of the sociology of professions. The article analyses the different stages of the development of the sociology of professions and reveals how the typological and functionalistic concept of the profession and research into the professionalisation of occupations become interpretations of professional power. The author argues that the conceptual tools offered by Bourdieu (field, habitus and capital) usefully contribute to the investigation of professions as forms of professional power.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 16-34
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Lithuanian