Regulating Professions : The Emergence of Professional Self-Regulation in Four Canadian Provinces / Tracey L Adams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adams, Tracey L, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Professions--Law and legislation--Canada--Provinces.

Professions.

Occupations--Licenses--Canada--Provinces.

Occupations.

Canada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (323 pages)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

"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 in-depth research reveals the intriguing 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 professional regulation by analysing their applicability to the Canadian experience of professional regulation, and especially the role played by state actors. By considering the role of both state actors and professional leaders in making professions in Canada, Adams provides a clearer picture of profession creation and illuminates how important they have been in creating Canadian institutions and building Canadian society."--Provided by publisher

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Theorizing Professions; 2 The Emergence of Self-Regulating Professions in Pre-Confederation Canada; 3 Self-Regulating Professions Post-Confederation; 4 Case Studies in Self-Regulation: Medicine, Dentistry, and Land Surveying; 5 The Expansion and Alteration of Professional Self-Regulation, 1900−1930s; 6 Contests over the Regulation of "Drugless Healers," 1900−1930s; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Aug 2018)

ISBN:

1-4875-1545-6

1-4875-1544-8

OCLC:

1046085296