Download or read book The Formation of Professions written by Michael Burrage and published by Sage Publications (CA). This book was released on 1990 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study stresses the centrality of the theory of professions and professionalization for analysis of the relations between occupation and knowledge, state and strategy. Contributors explore the varied appearance and behaviour of various knowledge-based groups.