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
After a conceptual reflection on the different professional regulation patterns in Europe, this book explores the main features of the currently ongoing European professional deregulation policies. It focuses on the current changes in Portugal where there seems to be an important increase of self-regulating professional associations despite the European deregulation trend and highlights the fact that experts cannot stay away any longer from the prevailing changes in society nor should they remain confined to their specific disciplines
