Table of Contents

AcknowledgmentsCh. 1Introduction: Professionals and the Character of American Democracy3Pt. 1The Professional Stratum in America21Ch. 2Professions as Organization and Status Category23Ch. 3Professions in the Political Economy I: Spheres and Sectors45Ch. 4Professions in the Political Economy II: Markets66Ch. 5Culture and Politics81Ch. 6The Rhythms of Political Change104Pt. 2Experts, Intellectuals, and Professionals127Ch. 7The Influence of Policy Experts129Ch. 8The Moral Imagination of Intellectuals150Ch. 9Professionals and Politics in Postindustrial Societies175Ch. 10Conclusion: The Transformation of the Professional Middle Class and the Future of Intellectuals202Notes213Index265

Promotional Information

Steven Brint offers an exhaustive, systematic, and well-executed analysis of the politics and position of professionals in American society. He provides a very useful synthesis of available knowledge on this group, offers original detailed information on its politics, and addresses important sociological debates. -- Mich'ele Lamont, Princeton University

About the Author

Steven Brint is Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Riverside. He is the coauthor, with Jerome Karabel, of the award-winning study The Diverted Dream: Community Colleges and the Promise of Educational Opportunity in America, 1900-1985.

Reviews

"Brint's important book ... tackles very large and complex questions about the changing roles of the professions in advanced capitalist societies... It continues lines of analysis that have been pursued since the classic turn-of-the-century works of sociology, and it does so with great success."--Contemporary Sociology "Brint's important book ... tackles very large and complex questions about the changing roles of the professions in advanced capitalist societies... It continues lines of analysis that have been pursued since the classic turn-of-the-century works of sociology, and it does so with great success."--Dietrich Rueschemeyer, Contemporary Sociology