| Regulating Professions: The Emergence of Professional Self-Regulation in Four Canadian Provinces Contributor(s): Adams, Tracey L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1487502494 ISBN-13: 9781487502492 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $82.65 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - History | Canada - Post-confederation (1867-) - History | Modern - General |
| Dewey: 344.710 |
| LCCN: 2018298940 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.9" W x 9.1" (1.40 lbs) 328 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian - Chronological Period - Modern |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Adams, Tracey L.: - Tracey L. Adams is a professor in the Department of Sociology at Western University. Her earlier work, A Dentist and a Gentleman, is also published by University of Toronto Press. |