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Autore |
Perkin Harold James. |
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Titolo |
The Third Revolution : professional elites in the modern world / / Harold Perkin |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1996 |
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ISBN |
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0-203-28206-X |
1-134-76395-6 |
1-280-05735-1 |
0-203-43935-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (272 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Professions - History |
Professions - Sociological aspects |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-245) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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