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Article name Sociological Models of Profession Phenomenon Conceptualization
Authors Martjanova N.A. Candidate of Sociology, Associate professor, nmart@bk.ru
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UDK 316
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Annotation This article is devoted to the analysis of different sociological models of profession conceptualization as a complicated and contradictory social phenomenon. Special attention is paid tounderstanding of the term ‘profession’ and factors of a profession involvement in the social system. First of all, the author refers to the most popular sociologists’ approaches to the interpretation of the profession as a social institution and the social community represented in the works of the classics of sociology, such as G. Spenser, E. Durkheim, M. Weber, T. Parsons, R. Merton, etc. The profession phenomenon is also explained by the concepts of “imaginary community”, “subculture”, “social relations and networks”. In modern interpretation professions are characterized as “network communities”. One of the variants of “a synthetic model” of the profession including the most important criteria of reference to a profession is also presented. The article reviews both formal and informal, latent aspects of professional activity.
Key words profession, professional community, social institute, social group, subculture, socialinteractions.
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