The contributions to this edited collection are based on a number of the many papers first presented at the International Sociological Association conference on Professions in Transition, held in Leicester in April 1992. The original theme of the conference reflected the widespread view amongst academics that an accumulating range of changes occurring on an international scale necessitated a review of the professions. In selecting the papers for this volume the editors have continued the focus on the theme of change, both in conceptual and analytical terms and through illustrations of the developing nature and role of particular professions in a variety of national contexts. The.
