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Towards a new professionalism?

Towards a new professionalism?. Roland Bal, 2 December 2010. Why new professionalism?. Historical argument: Heydays of professionalism; 1950s and 60s Almost complete autonomy ‘golden years’ Critique of professionalism: 1960s and 70s Democratizing the elites (Freidson I)

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Towards a new professionalism?

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  1. Towards a new professionalism? Roland Bal, 2 December 2010

  2. Why new professionalism? • Historical argument: • Heydays of professionalism; 1950s and 60s • Almost complete autonomy • ‘golden years’ • Critique of professionalism: 1960s and 70s • Democratizing the elites (Freidson I) • Iatrogenic damage (Illich) • Controlling the professionals: 1980s and onwards • State control of public services • Managing performance / standardisation • Conserving professionalism: 2000s • Stress of professional control of work (Freidson II) • New professionalism: 2010s?

  3. Why new professionalism? • Theoretical arguments (1950s onwards) • Traditional theories of professionalism: • Stress on formal characteristics of professions • Analyzing professions one at a time • Treating professionals domains as given • Ecological theories (1980s onwards): • Treating professions as competing, organic • Stressing boundary work between the professions – domains in the making • Pragmatic theories (2000s onwards): • Professionalism as collective accomplishment (including the state, clients etc) • Focus on the consequences of professionalism

  4. What is this new professionalism? • Up for discussion today… • … but some common elements: • Pragmatic – focused at consequences • Accountable • Reflexive • Raises lots of new quesions: • What does this new professionalis entail? • What new frictions are introduced? • What kind of consequences does this have • for professionals work • for the social role of professionals

  5. Program • 10.15 – 11.15 Ruth McDonald • 11.15 – 12.15 Jos de Bock and Jan-Willem Duyvendak • 12.15 – 13.30 lunch • 13.30 – 14.30 Cor Kalkman and Yolande Wittman • 14.30 – 15.30 Marianne de Visser and Iris Wallenburg • 15.30 – 16.00 Coffee & tea break • 16.00 – 17.00 Marieke Schuurmans and Karin Timm • 17.00 Closing and drinks

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