The changing nature of state-profession relations: the case of three Canadian provinces

Tracey L. Adams

Chapter 24 in Research Handbook on the Sociology of the Professions, 2025, pp 368-382 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This chapter explores profession-state relations underlying professional regulation in three Canadian provinces. After reviewing different theoretical accounts of state-profession relations, the chapter presents an analysis of qualitative interview data from 61 interviews with leaders in professional regulation across health and other professions in Alberta, British Columbia, and Ontario. Interview findings reveal that regulatory leaders’ relationships with state actors were variable. Typically, they reported positive interactions with Ministry/department staff; however, relations with Ministry leaders and government were more mixed, absent or strained. Regulatory leaders also reported that relations were less collaborative and more political, on average, than in the past. Regulatory leaders adopted several strategies to build more positive relations and win government attention to effect policy change; however, these strategies were only moderately successful. The findings are mostly consistent with ecological theoretical accounts of state-profession relations.

Keywords: Professional regulation; State-profession relations; Politics; Canada; Ecologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781035323074
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