The Field of Social Regulation: How the State Creates a Profession

This article describes the process of professionalisation in the field of social control in Sweden. The aim is to analyse how the state by legislation created the profession of social workers for local social services and thus for social control by public administration. We show how organisations f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kerstin Svensson, Karsten Åström
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences 2013-12-01
Series:Professions and Professionalism
Online Access:https://journals.hioa.no/index.php/pp/article/view/557