Is professionalisation possible within the political culture of Bangladesh

“Profession” and “professionalization” are much-debated sociological concepts and the criteria which distinguish professions from other occupations have been strongly contested. Professionalization is a process of occupational change or development that involves the enhancement of the standard and q...

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Main Author: Quddus, S. M. Abdul
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
English
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/4013/1/Seminar_paper_BDI_London_16102010_pdf.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/4013/4/Conference_invitation_London.pdf
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description “Profession” and “professionalization” are much-debated sociological concepts and the criteria which distinguish professions from other occupations have been strongly contested. Professionalization is a process of occupational change or development that involves the enhancement of the standard and quality of practice, as well as of the status and level of vocational rewards. It is also mentioned in the western discussions that the dynamics in the professionalization process include: (a) state recognition and the delegation of power; (b) practitioners’ commitment to practicing a body of knowledge and skills of special; (c) specific material rewards so that practitioners have a high degree of; and (d) professional organization as a means of exercising control over recruitment, training, certification and standards of practice. Is this paper we have argued that in addition to the above-mentioned actors and factors, the existing political culture and its inherent dynamics of a given society like Bangladesh also has a strong influence in the professionalization process of occupations
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:40132018-02-14T08:12:43Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/4013/ Is professionalisation possible within the political culture of Bangladesh Quddus, S. M. Abdul JQ Political institutions Asia “Profession” and “professionalization” are much-debated sociological concepts and the criteria which distinguish professions from other occupations have been strongly contested. Professionalization is a process of occupational change or development that involves the enhancement of the standard and quality of practice, as well as of the status and level of vocational rewards. It is also mentioned in the western discussions that the dynamics in the professionalization process include: (a) state recognition and the delegation of power; (b) practitioners’ commitment to practicing a body of knowledge and skills of special; (c) specific material rewards so that practitioners have a high degree of; and (d) professional organization as a means of exercising control over recruitment, training, certification and standards of practice. Is this paper we have argued that in addition to the above-mentioned actors and factors, the existing political culture and its inherent dynamics of a given society like Bangladesh also has a strong influence in the professionalization process of occupations 2010-10 Proceeding Paper NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/4013/1/Seminar_paper_BDI_London_16102010_pdf.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/4013/4/Conference_invitation_London.pdf Quddus, S. M. Abdul (2010) Is professionalisation possible within the political culture of Bangladesh. In: Weekly Seminar Series of BDI , 16 Oct 2010, Policy Research Centre (PRC), London. (Unpublished)
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title_full Is professionalisation possible within the political culture of Bangladesh
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title_short Is professionalisation possible within the political culture of Bangladesh
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