The Trend Towards the European Deregulation of Professions and Its Impact on Portugal Under Crisis

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.

Autorentext
Julia Evetts, University of Nottingham, UK. João Freire, ISCTE- University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal. Noémia Lopes, High Institute of Health Sciences Egas Moniz, Portugal. Vital Moreira, University of Coimbra, Portugal. Luísa Oliveira, ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal. Stanislav Toshkov, European Parliament. Luísa Veloso, University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal.

Inhalt

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; Luísa Veloso, João Freire, Luísa Oliveira and Noémia Lopes