Professions and Institutional Change: Towards an Institutionalist Sociology of the Professions

摘要: Beginning with this article, our special issue advances the understanding of role professions in processes institutional change and through it proposes a retheorization contemporary professionalism. Using institutionalist lenses professional settings, we highlight relationship between professionalization broader institutionalization projects. We start by critically reviewing existing approaches sociology professions, identifying functionalist conflict-based approach. Then, build on further elaborate an perspective work. Such affirms importance studying as institutions connecting to patterns institutionalization; highlights professionals agents creation, maintenance, disruption institutions, recognizes accommodating within organizational context. also illustrate how, empirically, eight papers advance agency and, theoretically, contribute reconceptualization study Finally, briefly summarize contribution identify series directions for research.