| Policy, People, and the New Professional: De-Professionalisation and Re-Professionalisation in Care and Welfare Contributor(s): Kremer, Monique (Editor), Knijn, Trudie (Editor), Duyvendak, Jan Willem (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9053568859 ISBN-13: 9789053568859 Publisher: Amsterdam University Press OUR PRICE: $60.34 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2006 Annotation: In recent decades, social and political pressures have forced a reevaluation of the roles of health and welfare professionals throughout Europe. "Policy, People, and the New Professional" examines those changes and their consequences. The volume reveals how public dissatisfaction with caregivers, financial pressures from government agencies, and attempts to cope with Europe's increasingly multicultural population have led to changes in responsibilities and oversight for a wide range of practitioners. Though more changes are certain to come as Europe's population ages--"Policy, People, and the New Professional" provides an essential explanation of the road traveled so far. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Political Science | Public Policy - General - Medical | Public Health |
| Dewey: 362.102 |
| Series: Care & Welfare |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 6.38" W x 9.2" (0.82 lbs) 222 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Engaging with the acclaimed American sociologist Eliot Freidson's argument about professionalism's 'third logic' (a viable alternative to bureaucracy and consumerism), Dutch, British, French and German contributors to this volume bring together three political and academic debates rarely tackled jointly: professionalism, change, and policy, in the context of the increasing marketization and bureaucratization of healthcare and welfare. As attempts to cope with Europe's increasingly ageing and multicultural societies are being implemented, this first title in a uniquely positioned series provides an exhaustive analysis of the road travelled so far. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kremer, Monique: - Jan Willem Holtslag, Monique Kremer, and Erik Schrijvers are present and past members of the Scientific Council for Government Policy, a research institute advising the Dutch government on policy matters. |
