Over the past three decades, professions across the European Union have faced significant and radical challenges. This book analyses three professional groups involved in the academic and health sectors and how they are affected by different national Welfare State models such as Mediterranean, Scandinavian and Anglo Saxon.

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Timo Aarrevaara, University of Helsinki, Finland Graça Carapinherio, Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology, Portugal Teresa Carvalho, University of Aveiro, Portugal Tiago Correia, Lisbon University, Portugal Mike Dent, Staffordshire University, UK Helena Hirvonen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland Guy Neave, International Association of Universities, France Joana Ribeiro, University of Coimbra, Portugal Mike Saks, University Campus Suffolk, UK Rui Santiago, University of Aveiro, Portugal Helena Serra, University of Lisbon, Portugal

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PART I: PROFESSIONALS IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Introduction; Teresa Carvalho and Rui Santiago

1. Academic Profession; Guy Neave

2. Organizational Autonomy in a Comparative Perspective: Academics, Doctors and Nurses; Teresa Carvalho and Rui Santiago

3. The Academic Profession: A Nordic Perspective; Timo Aarrevaara

PART II: PROFESSIONALS IN HEALTH

4. Reconstructing Care Professionalism in Finland; Helena Hirvonen

5. Beyond the Portuguese Nursing Labour Market: Towards a Crisis of Professionalism?; Joana Ribeiro

6. Managing the Medics in Britain; Mike Dent

7. Doctors as a Comparative Profession; Mike Saks

8. State and Medical Regulation in Portugal: A Longitudinal Reading; Tiago Correia, Graça Carapinheiro and Helena Serra

Conclusion; Teresa Carvalho and Rui Santiago