Professionalism and Social Change

This book guides the reader in discovering contemporary professions and the critical changes they have lived through after the post-industrial transformation of advanced capitalist societies. Two interrelated concepts are used to interpret what is happening in professional work: differentiation , namely the set of processes by which professions and professionalism have become more diverse, and heterogeneity , the outcomes of such processes.

A novel analytical framework delves into differentiation and understands heterogeneity based on three dimensions: within (how professions are structured internally), between (how professions distinguish themselves from other occupations and from each other), and beyond (how professions govern societal changes and influence differentiation processes). The book presents a collection of studies covering different countries and professions to demonstrate the analytical potential of the within-between-beyond model. The conclusions show how neo-liberal professionalism is putting the very idea of collegiate professions at stake while exposing emerging professions to market risks.

Chapters 1 and 10 are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Identifies and analyses the main challenges that professions and professionals are facing in contemporary society Explores social consequences of trends in economy and labour Looks at the ways in which professional groups are driving current social change

Auteur

Lara Maestripieri holds a PhD in Sociology and Social Research, granted by the University of Trento (2011). She is a "Ramon y Cajal" distinguished researcher at the Department of Political Science at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and the IGOP (Institute of Government and Public Policy). She is the current Secretary/Treasurer of the ISA RC52 "Sociology of Professional Groups" board. Previous publications on emerging professions appeared in the Journal of Professions & Organization, Canadian Review of Sociology, Professions & Professionalism.

Andrea Bellini received a PhD in Sociology from the University of Florence. He currently holds a position as an Assistant Professor at the Sapienza University of Rome. His research interests are at the crossroads of the sociology of professions and industrial relations. Within this broad area, his work has focused on the study of labour regulation and interest representation. His publications include contributions on the legal, healthcare, and creative professions. He is a member of the editorial board of CAMBIO.

Contenu

1. Introduction.- Part 1.- 2. When Employment Conditions Rule Professionalism. The Case of the Academic Profession in Switzerland, Pierre Bataille, Nicky Le Feuvre, and Marie Sautier.- 3. Exploring Heterogeneity Within South African Textile Designers, Debby Bonnin.- 4. Varieties of Professionalism and Perceptions of Discrimination in the Legal Professions, Valeria Insarauto, Isabel Boni-Le Goff, Grégoire Mallard, Eléonore Lépinard, and Nicky Le Feuvre.- 5. Platform Labour: A New Layer of Differentiation Within Professions?, Ivana Pais, Davide Arcidiacono, and Giorgio Piccitto.- 6. Public Sector Reform and Differentiation Within Professions, by Karolina Parding and Anna Berg Jansson.- part 2.- 7. Changing Professional Practices in Evolving Professional Systems: The Case of French Doctors and Engineers in Quebec, Jean-Luc Bédard, Marta Massana Macià, and Christophe Groulx.- 8. Doing Professionalism in Everyday Work: The Female Lawyers' Strategies to Exercise Control Over Their Work in Finland, French Canada, and Poland, Marta Choroszewicz.- 9. E xamining Teacher Professionalism Under Test-Based Accountability Regimes: A Realist Synthesis, Natalie Browes, Marcel Pagès, Lluís Parcerisa, and Antoni Verger.- 10. Regulating the Labour Market for Professionals: A Case of Smart Organization, Valeria Pulignano, Silvia Lucciarini, and Luisa De Vit.- Part 3.- 11. The Changing Nature of Profession-State Relations in Canada: The Struggle for Self-Regulation in Increasingly Hostile Social Environments, Tracey Adams.- 12. Tools and Targets of Activist Professionals: Theorizing Work in Professional Movements, Joris Gjata, Matthew Rowe, and Shawhin Roudbari.- 13. The Knowledge Society and the Emergence of New Professional GroupsA Case from Portugal, by Teresa Carvalho.- 14. Professions and Trust in Sweden. Alterations of Trust in Professional Work and Institutions inRecent Decades, Lennart Svensson and Kerstin Svensson.- Conclusions.