Profession as a Categori of Society
Profession as a Categori of Society

Author(s): Ali Demir
Subject(s): Sociology, Labor relations, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Özgür Yayın Dağıtım Ltd. Şti.
Keywords: Profession; society; Professionalization; modern society;
Summary/Abstract: Professionalization is nowadays a term used to explain modern society by defining it as the explanatory feature of society. Max Weber, Emile Durkheim, Herbert Spencer, Talcott Parsons, Niklas Luhmann and Jürgen Habermas have used concepts such as centralization, rationalization, universalization and communication in describing and explaining society (Kurtz, 2006; Kurtz, 2011: 31-33). In this context, centralization and rationalization on the one hand, universalization and communication on the other hand, can be understood as two complementary processes. Centralization could be defined as the process of unification both on the basis of geography (center-periphery) and structure and function. On the other hand, rationalization means the process of unification based on effectiveness and efficiency.

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