“Proletarianizing” lives: researching careers.
The writer discusses the “proletarianization” of professional careers. “Proletarianizing” refers to changes in the social practices and ideological orientations of professional careers whereby professionals exercise power and discretion but do so in a process that defines both the conditions of cho...
| Publicado en: | Law & Society Review Vol. 33; no. 3; pp. 703 - 713 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
1999
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| Sumario: | The writer discusses the “proletarianization” of professional careers. “Proletarianizing” refers to changes in the social practices and ideological orientations of professional careers whereby professionals exercise power and discretion but do so in a process that defines both the conditions of choice and the limits of managerial discretion. The importance of linking research on careers to “proletarianizing” by examining how the loss of certain kinds of careers can be “alienating” is highlighted. The focus of researching careers is explored and the reasons why changing career patterns might be alienating are examined. The implications of the loss of careers and social change are detailed, and it is concluded that studying careers is vital to demonstrating the need for a response to this change. |
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