Conclusions. Making Sense of Professionalism and Social Change

The post-industrial transition, along with globalisation and digitalisation, has transformed professions and professional groups. However, these changes are not fully comprehensible if we do not take into account neo-liberalisation as the process through which neo-liberalism has redirected social ch...

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Autores: Maestripieri, Lara|||0000-0003-4710-1653, Bellini, Andrea|||0000-0001-9875-4166
Tipo de recurso: capítulo de libro
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:281998
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/281998
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1007/978-3-031-31278-6_14
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Connective professionalism
Collegiate professionalism
Emerging professions
Neo-liberalism
Deregulation
Inequality
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Sumario:The post-industrial transition, along with globalisation and digitalisation, has transformed professions and professional groups. However, these changes are not fully comprehensible if we do not take into account neo-liberalisation as the process through which neo-liberalism has redirected social change by redesigning institutions. The success of neo-liberalism has challenged collegiate professionalism and has facilitated the rise of a new model of professionalism among emerging professions. This concluding chapter uses the WBB model-the analytical framework developed in this edited book-to make sense of the changes that are condensed in "neo-liberal" professionalism, in which members are increasingly exposed to market risks, heterogeneous working conditions, and precarious jobs. To do this, it summarises the key findings that have emerged from the analysis of the cases presented in the 12 chapters and tackles the job of putting the pieces together. To conclude, the authors make a reflection on professions as systems of inequality, either institutionalised or market-based.