Regulating Professions: The Emergence of Professional Self-Regulation in Four Canadian Provinces
Canada (histoire), Histoire, Essais et documents généraux
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Résumé
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