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Change and Inequality in Professional Status

Thursday, July 17, 2014: 8:30 AM-10:20 AM
Room: 414
RC52 Sociology of Professional Groups (host committee)

Language: English

Session Organizers:
Gitte SOMMER HARRITS, University of Aarhus, Denmark and Lars Thorup LARSEN, Aarhus University, Denmark
Chair:
Mike SAKS, University Campus Suffolk, United Kingdom
Women On Top: The Temporal Status Of Gender In Elite Professions (Oral Presentation)
Mana NAKAGAWA, Stanford University, USA; Alison WYNN, Stanford University, USA

Decline, Crisis or Change? Professional Status and Knowledge Authority Among Danish Doctors and Teachers (Oral Presentation)
Gitte SOMMER HARRITS, University of Aarhus, Denmark; Lars Thorup LARSEN, University of Aarhus, Denmark

Gender and Medical Specialization: Segregation By Culture or Choice? (Oral Presentation)
Jayashree V KULKARNI, JSW Steel Ltd., India

UK Maternity Services 'Risk Culture' : Is the Professional Status of Midwives 'At Risk' ? (Oral Presentation)
Zoey SPENDLOVE, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom