The Trend Towards the European Deregulation of Professions and its Impact on Portugal Under Crisis

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Introduction

   • Raquel Rego

   Pages 1-4

3. European Patterns of Professional Regulation: National and International Theorizing

   • Julia Evetts

   Pages 5-17

4. The (De)Regulation of the Liberal Professions in the European Union

   • Vital Moreira, Stanislav Toshkov

   Pages 18-54

5. Portuguese Occupational Group Trends Running Counter to EU Policies

   • Raquel Rego

   Pages 55-77

6. Deontological and Methodological Research Questions in Portuguese Sociology of Professions

   • Luísa Veloso, João Freire, Luísa Oliveira, Noémia Lopes

   Pages 78-92

7. Conclusion

   • Raquel Rego

   Pages 93-97

8. Back Matter

   Pages 98-100

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For the first time, European professional deregulation is the focus of reflection by social scientists. This book explores how professional associations act as pressure groups and highlights the democratic regime that is prevailing and the potential convergence problems that Europe may face.

• crisis
• Europe
• European Union (EU)
• research
• sociology
• Union

• SOCIUS-ISEG-Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal

  Raquel Rego

Julia Evetts, University of Nottingham, UK. João Freire, ISCTE- University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal. Noémia Lopes, High Institute of Health Sciences Egas Moniz, Portugal. Vital Moreira, University of Coimbra, Portugal. Luísa Oliveira, ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal. Stanislav Toshkov, European Parliament. Luísa Veloso, University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal.

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