The trend towards the European deregulation of professions and its impact on Portugal under crisis
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Raquel Rego.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
[Basingstoke]
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Palgrave Macmillan
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2013
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
(vii, 100 pages) : illustrations
SERIES
Series Title
Palgrave pivot.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
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.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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.