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Professionalism, Managerialism and Reform in Higher Education and the Health Services

The European Welfare State and the Rise of the Knowledge Society

Palgrave Macmillan

Part of the book series: Issues in Higher Education (IHIGHER)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Rui Santiago, Teresa Carvalho
      Pages 1-12
  3. Professionals in Higher Education

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
    2. The State of the Academic Estate

      • Guy Neave
      Pages 15-29
    3. Professional Autonomy in a Comparative Perspective

      • Teresa Carvalho, Rui Santiago
      Pages 30-63
  4. Professionals in Health

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79
    2. Reconstructing Care Professionalism in Finland

      • Helena Hirvonen
      Pages 81-101
    3. Managing the Medics in Britain

      • Mike Dent
      Pages 119-134
    4. The State and Medicine in the Governance of Health Care in Portugal

      • Tiago Correia, Graça Carapinheiro, Helena Serra
      Pages 151-171
  5. Conclusions

    1. Conclusions

      • Teresa Carvalho, Rui Santiago
      Pages 172-180
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 181-185

About this book

Over the past three decades, professions across the European Union have faced significant and radical challenges. This book analyses three professional groups involved in the academic and health sectors and how they are affected by different national Welfare State models such as Mediterranean, Scandinavian and Anglo Saxon.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Aveiro and CIPES, Portugal

    Teresa Carvalho, Rui Santiago

About the editors

Timo Aarrevaara, University of Helsinki, Finland Graça Carapinherio, Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology, Portugal Teresa Carvalho, University of Aveiro, Portugal Tiago Correia, Lisbon University, Portugal Mike Dent, Staffordshire University, UK Helena Hirvonen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland Guy Neave, International Association of Universities, France Joana Ribeiro, University of Coimbra, Portugal Mike Saks, University Campus Suffolk, UK Rui Santiago, University of Aveiro, Portugal Helena Serra, University of Lisbon, Portugal

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Professionalism, Managerialism and Reform in Higher Education and the Health Services

  • Book Subtitle: The European Welfare State and the Rise of the Knowledge Society

  • Editors: Teresa Carvalho, Rui Santiago

  • Series Title: Issues in Higher Education

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137487001

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Education Collection, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-48699-8Published: 27 July 2015

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-48700-1Published: 29 April 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2946-319X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2946-3203

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 185

  • Topics: Higher Education, Social Policy, Politics of the Welfare State, Education Policy

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