Professionals under Pressure: The Reconfiguration of Professional Work in Changing Public Services

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Professionals under Pressure

The Reconfiguration of Professional Work in Changing Public Services

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Edited by Mirko Noordegraaf, Bram Steijn

Publisher:: Amsterdam University Press
Online publication date:: January 2021
Print publication year:: 2013
Online ISBN:: 9789048518302
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9789048518302

Subjects:: Social Theory, Sociology

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Over the past decade, public services have come under increasing pressure to perform like private-sector organisations. This study demonstrates that professionals have much leeway in coping with changes caused by IT developments, distributed knowledge and more demanding public which have all created new pressures on public services. The authors conclude that rather than demanding more autonomy and space, public service professionals need renewed and workable professional standards.

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The Reconfiguration of Professional Work in Changing Public Services

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Frontmatter
pp 1-4

Contents
pp 5-8

Preface
pp 9-10

1 - Introduction
pp 11-20

2 - Professions, Professionals and the ‘new’ Government Policies: A Reflection on the last 30 Years
pp 21-40

3 - Professionals, Power and the Reform of Public Services
pp 41-54

4 - Professionals Dealing with Pressures
pp 55-72

5 - A managerial Assault on Professionalism?: Professionals in Changing Welfare States
pp 73-90

6 - Legal Professionals Under Pressure: Legal Professional Ideology and New Public Management
pp 91-108

7 - Institutionalizing Professional Conflicts Through Financial Reforms: The Case of dbcs in Dutch Mental Healthcare
pp 109-124

8 - Public Professionals and Policy Alienation
pp 125-144

9 - Loyalties of Public Sector Professionals
pp 145-160

10 - Democratizing Social Work: From New Public Management to Democratic Professionalism
pp 161-178

11 - Bounded Professionalism: Why Self-Regulation is Part of the Problem
pp 179-192

12 - Control of Front-Line Workers in Welfare Agencies: Towards Professionalism?
pp 193-210

13 - Professionalization of (police) Leaders: Contested Control
pp 211-228

14 - Conclusions and Ways Forward
pp 229-238

About the Editors and Authors
pp 239-243

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