Politics, ecologies and professional regulation
The case of British Columbia's Professional Governance Act
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5610328 |
|---|---|
| Authors | T L Adams (0000-0002-6649-5988, Department of Sociology The University of Western Ontario London Ontario Canada, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 420-434 |
| Publication date | 2024-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-1315 • E-ISSN: 1468-4446 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1468-4446.13093 |
| PMID | 38587196 |
| OpenAlex | W4394570435 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 31 |
A variety of theories have been proposed to explain why states pass legislation to regulate professional groups, and why, more recently, they have acted to curtail professional privileges. While these theories have drawn attention to the importance of power dynamics and public protection, among other factors, the role of political interests has been downplayed. This article builds on ecological theory to argue that, with some modifications, the theory illuminates the centrality of state-profession relations and politics to regulatory change. The theory is applied to a case study of regulatory change in British Columbia, Canada impacting resources-sector professions, with particular attention to the controversies and political considerations that shaped reform. The case study suggests that when the political and professions ecologies are overlapping and symbiotic, as they were in BC, a challenge in the political ecology can implicate professions, prompting a solution that brings change within both ecologies
Centrality · Corporate governance · Economics · Environmental ethics · Legislation · Management · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · State (computer science · Variety (cybernetics · Law · Management and Organizational Studies · Occupational and Professional Licensing Regulation · Public Administration · Regulation and Compliance Studies
The System of Professions
Case study research
Professional emergence on transnational issues
Overlapping Ecologies
Beyond Monopoly
Striking a Regulatory Bargain. The Legal Profession, Associations and the State in South Africa
The State Nobility
Jurisdictional engagements
Professional Occupations in the UK and Europe
The Formation of Professions
Marxism and Class Theory
Professionalism
Specialization and Regulation
The Division of Labour in Society
Why is UK medicine no longer a self-regulating profession? The role of scandals involving "bad apple" doctors
No struggle, no strength
From Max Weber
Between social spaces
Five Misunderstandings About Case-Study Research
Field and Ecology
The Order of Professionalization
Analyzing the Professions
Ecologies of Boundaries
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |