Open AccessNeo-Weberianism and changing state-profession relations: the case of Canadian health care
Author(s) -
Tracey L. Adams,
Mike Saks
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
sociologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.248
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2182-7907
pISSN - 0873-6529
DOI - 10.7458/spp20188814798
Subject(s) - state (computer science) , politics , context (archaeology) , perspective (graphical) , health care , political science , sociology , political economy , social science , law , geography , archaeology , algorithm , artificial intelligence , computer science
Professions now operate in a more critical modern Western societal context. This has typically led to a major political challenge by the state to the self-regulation of such groups. It is argued, though, that the reasons for this are more complex than a knee-jerk reaction to the growing number of emerging professional scandals. Accordingly, tools are provided from a neo-Weberian perspective to analyse changes in state-profession relations — bringing state actors to the fore in a novel way. Their application is illustrated mainly through a case study of Canadian health profession regulation.