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Welche Rolle spielen Geschlechterdifferenzierungen in Professionalisierungsprozessen? Wie werden diese Differenzierungen in Geschlechterhierarchien übersetzt? Diese Fragen werden für die zahnmedizinische Profession in Deutschland analysiert. Ein komplexes Forschungsdesign gibt Einblicke in das verwobene Bedingungsgefüge professioneller Entwicklungen, in dem unterschiedliche Akteure mit jeweils spezifischen Interessen agieren, die sich nicht uneingeschränkt auf die Logik der Geschlechterdifferenz reduzieren lassen. Die These der Gleichsetzung von Geschlechterdifferenz und Geschlechterhierarchie bedarf nach diesen Ergebnissen ebenso einer Differenzierung wie die weitverbreitete Vorstellung, weibliche Geschlechtssymbolik führe zwangsweise zur Deprofessionalisierung

The public sector is facing turbulent times and this also challenges the health professions who are expected to serve both the interests of the citizens and the cost-containment and austerity policies of governments. This article seeks to explore the changing role of the health professions. I introduce an approach on 'citizen professionals' as active players in the policy process and mediators between the state/policymakers and the citizens/patients. The aim is to highlight a transformative potential of professionalism and the connectedness with other sets of governance, like management. Empirical material from a German case study and a comparative European study serve to illustrate the arguments, drawing on policy analysis and secondary sources. The results bring the complexity of transformations and new emergent forms of professionalism into view that cannot be understood in traditional categories of conflict, exclusion and jurisdiction. Exploring the potential of the health professions to creatively respond to new challenges may reveal new opportunities for innovating healthcare policy beyond market and management. ; O setor público enfrenta tempos atribulados, constituindo isto igualmente um desafio para as profissões de saúde, de quem se espera que sirvam tanto os interesses dos cidadãos quanto as políticas de contenção de custos e de austeridade dos governos. Este artigo procura explorar o papel em mudança das profissões de saúde. Introduzo uma abordagem aos profissionais cidadãos como agentes ativos no processo de produção de políticas e como mediadores entre o Estado/produtores de políticas e os cidadãos/utentes. O objetivo é salientar um potencial de profissionalismo transformador e a interligação com outras instâncias de governança, como a gestão. Elaborado a partir da análise de produção de políticas e de fontes secundárias, os argumentos aduzidos são ilustrados com base em material empírico relativo a um estudo de caso alemão e a um estudo comparativo europeu. Os resultados fazem sobressair a ...

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to present information on gender studies and feminist approaches in Germany and cross‐national perspectives on the challenges and chances of changing science systems.Design/methodology/approachThe paper is report on an international conference in Germany "Re‐visioning the future. Perspectives in gender studies". It discusses selected topics – race, class, gender and gender and professions – to highlight the need for and benefit of an international debate on gender studies.FindingsInternational and comparative research into gender expands the scope of gender studies both internationally and in one country.Originality/valueThe paper adds new geopolitical perspectives to a debate on gender studies and equal opportunities in academia that is shaped by Anglo American research.

What part does gender play in professionalism? How does gender translate into hierarchies in professions? This paper attempts to deal with these questions and to move towards an embedded approach that can account for paradoxes of gender and professions. It focuses on the notion of context and the hypothesis that gender is both stable and variable. Using empirical material from a multi‐method study of the German dental profession, three main issues are considered: the impact of different structuring modes and diverse actors on gender relations, the relation of gender difference and hierarchy, and differentiation between women as a group. Gender becomes manifest on the symbolic level as well as in structural arrangements. However, its impact on each of these levels varies. Most striking is the empirical proof that gender does not lead to the construction of hierarchies under all conditions. Female symbolism can also favour women. Professionalisation theories help to reconstruct these processes.

Vorstellung der Zielsetzungen, Ausgangslage, Fragestellungen und des Forschungsdesigns eines ab September 2002 am Zentrum für Sozialpolitik der Universität Bremen durchgeführten Forschungsprojekts. "In einem Vergleich zwischen Deutschland und England soll herausgearbeitet werden, wie Gesellschaften, die sich in der Organisation ihres sozialen Sicherungssystems, des Arbeitsmarktes und des Bildungswesens unterscheiden, mit den zunehmenden Beschäftigungsproblemen gering qualifizierter Arbeitskräfte umgehen. Das Vorhaben gilt folgenden Forschungsfragen: Wie gestalten sich die unterschiedlichen Konfigurationen von Sozialstaat, Arbeitsmarkt und Bildungswesen in Deutschland und England? Wie beeinflussen die unterschiedlichen institutionellen Voraussetzungen an den Schnittstellen von Sozialpolitik, Arbeitsmarkt und Bildungssystem Strategien und Programme zur Beschäftigungsförderung niedrig Qualifizierter? Womit hängen Integrationserfolge in erster Linie zusammen? Hängen sie von den (austauschbaren) Programminhalten ab oder von den Einstellungen und Ressourcen maßgebender Akteure, der Akteurs-Konstellation und der Kooperation der Akteure untereinander? Schließlich, ist ein schlichter Import von Programmen und Strategien in ein völlig verschiedenartiges institutionelles Umfeld Erfolg versprechend?" (Autorenreferat)

"(Die Autorin) stellt eine Studie vor, die sich mit Professionalisierung und Dienstleistungsqualität in der ambulanten Versorgung beschäftigt. Diese Studie ist als gemeinsames Projekt der Abteilungen 'Geschlechterpolitik im Wohlfahrtstaat' und 'Gesundheitspolitik, Arbeits- und Sozialmedizin' angelegt. Die politisch praktischen Erträge des Projekts zielen zum Einen auf Handlungsspielräume für eine geschlechtergerechte Gestaltung der Erwerbsstrukturen im Gesundheitssektor; zum Anderen geht es um Gestaltungsspielräume in der ambulanten Gesundheitsversorgung und um Fragen der Dienstleistungsqualität. Mit der Konzentration des empirischen Teils der Studie auf die Region Bremen ist auch der Transfer von Forschungsergebnissen in die sozialpolitische Praxis angestrebt." (Autorenreferat)

PurposeThis article aims to provide an overview on key trends in public sector policy and professional development and how they intersect with gender and diversity. It seeks to explore new configurations in the relationship between gender and the professions and to develop a matrix for the collection of articles presented in this volume.Design/methodology/approachThe authors link social policy and governance approaches to the study of professions, using the health professions and academics as case studies. Material from a number of studies carried out by the authors together with published secondary sources provide the basis of our analysis; this is followed by an introduction of the scope and structure of this thematic issue.FindingsThe findings underline the significance of public policy as key to better understand gender and diversity in professional groups. The outline of major trends in public sector professions brings into focus both the persistence of gender inequality and the emergence of new lines of gendered divisions in the professions.Practical implicationsThe research presented here highlights a need for new models of public sector management and professional development that are more sensitive to equality and diversity.Originality/valueThis article focuses on the "making" of inequality at the interface of public policy and professional action. It introduces a context sensitive approach that moves beyond equal opportunity policies and managerial accounts and highlights new directions in research and policy.

An authoritative, state-of-the-art collection that brings together key experts to provide an overview of the field. This new paperback edition includes 3 new chapters on human resources and health, end-of-life care and complementary and alternative medicine as well as thorough updates to the introduction and conclusion