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The Third Revolution : professional elites in the modern world / Harold Perkin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Perkin, Harold James.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Professions--History.
- Professions.
- Professions--Sociological aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (272 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Perkin's ambitious new book examines the leading professional societies since World War II: those in the free market economies and also the collapsed command economies of Eastern Europe. He warns of the greed and corruption of their elites.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables; Preface; THE THIRD SOCIAL REVOLUTION; THE UNITED STATES: A FREE MARKET FOR CORPORATIONS; BRITAIN: KEYSTONE OF THE ARCH; FRANCE: A PLANNED MERITOCRACY; GERMANY: TWO VERSIONS OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY; SOVIET RUSSIA: GULLIVER'S GIANT; JAPAN: A FLOATING WORLD; TOWARDS A GLOBAL PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY; EPILOGUE: WHAT IS TO BE DONE?; Notes; Select bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-245) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-76394-8
- 0-203-28206-X
- 1-134-76395-6
- 1-280-05735-1
- 0-203-43935-X
- 9780203439357
- OCLC:
- 57067907
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