The trend towards the European deregulation of professions and its impact on Portugal under crisis
[Book]
edited by Raquel Rego.
[Basingstoke]
Palgrave Macmillan
2013
(vii, 100 pages) : illustrations
Palgrave pivot.
1. European Patterns of Professional Regulation: National and International Theorizing / Julia Evetts --;2. The (de)regulation of the liberal professions in the European Union / Vital Moreira and Stanislav Toshkov --;3. Professional regulation: Portuguese occupational group trends running counter to EU policies / Raquel Rego --;4. Deontological and methodological research questions in Portuguese sociology of professions / Luisa Veloso, Joao Freire, Luisa Oliveira and Nǒmia Lopes.
For the first time, European professional deregulation is the focus of reflection by social scientists. This book explores how professional associations act as pressure groups and highlights the democratic regime that is prevailing and the potential convergence problems that Europe may face.