Regulating Professions

The Emergence of Professional Self-Regulation in Four Canadian Provinces

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

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Self-regulation has long been at the core of sociological understandings of what it means to be a "profession." However, the historical processes resulting in the formation of self-regulating professions have not been well understood.In Regulating Professions, Tracey L. Adams explores the emergence of self-regulating professions in British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, and Nova Scotia from Confederation to 1940. Adams’s in-depth research reveals the backstory of those occupations deemed worthy to regulate, such as medicine, law, dentistry, and land surveying, and how they were regulated. Adams evaluates sociological explanations for professionalization and its regulation by analysing their applicability to the Canadian experience and especially the role played by the state. By considering the role of all those involved in creating the professional landscape in Canada, Adams provides a clear picture of the process and illuminates how important this has been in building Canadian institutions and society.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2018-08-02
Mått152 x 231 x 33 mm
Vikt640 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor328
FörlagUniversity of Toronto Press
ISBN9781487502492
UtmärkelserShort-listed for 2019 CLSA Book Prize awarded by the Canadian Law and Society Association 2019 (Canada)

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Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik
Amerikas historia inom Historia och arkeologi

AcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Theorizing Professions2. The Emergence of Self-Regulating Professions in Pre-Confederation Canada3. Self-Regulating Professions Post-Confederation4. Case Studies in Self-Regulation: Medicine, Dentistry, and Land Surveying5. The Expansion and Alteration of Professional Self-Regulation, 1900−1930s6. Contests over the Regulation of "Drugless Healers," 1900−1930sConclusionNotesReferencesIndex

"In this deeply researched and well-argued book, Tracey Adams provides a valuable comparative examination of professions in four Canadian provinces with an eye to testing several key sociological theories. It is historical sociology done well, and the book should be essential reading for anyone examining the history of professions in the Anglo-American world." - Dan Malleck, Brock University (Social History of Medicine)