The concept of 'actor' in the study of professions: identifying a Western bias

This paper is based on reviews of literatures on sociology of profession. The paper argues that the concept ‘actors’ has only narrowly mapped the Western literatures related to professionalization of occupations. Such a narrow conception of ‘actor’ in many ways only reflects a convergence of the Wes...

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Main Author:	Quddus, S. M. Abdul
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Dhaka University Press 2010
Subjects:	H96 Public policy (General), Policy sciences
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/11442/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/11442/1/article_in_journal_Dev_Studies.pdf

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spelling	iium-114422018-02-14T08:13:11Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/11442/ The concept of 'actor' in the study of professions: identifying a Western bias Quddus, S. M. Abdul H96 Public policy (General), Policy sciences This paper is based on reviews of literatures on sociology of profession. The paper argues that the concept ‘actors’ has only narrowly mapped the Western literatures related to professionalization of occupations. Such a narrow conception of ‘actor’ in many ways only reflects a convergence of the Western concerns and context and never gives a holistic picture about professionalization of occupations in the context of developing societies. Our point of departure is that such a narrow map and to some extent loose conceptualization about the issue make the concept problematic especially when use in the developing societies like Asia or Africa context. The paper, therefore, draws the conclusion that the understanding and the interpretation of the concept ‘actors’ need to be explained in relation to the wider international socio-economic and political context of a particular society. Dhaka University Press 2010-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/11442/1/article_in_journal_Dev_Studies.pdf Quddus, S. M. Abdul (2010) The concept of 'actor' in the study of professions: identifying a Western bias. Dhaka University Journal of Development Studies, 01 (01). pp. 23-40. ISSN 2072-9545
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description	This paper is based on reviews of literatures on sociology of profession. The paper argues that the concept ‘actors’ has only narrowly mapped the Western literatures related to professionalization of occupations. Such a narrow conception of ‘actor’ in many ways only reflects a convergence of the Western concerns and context and never gives a holistic picture about professionalization of occupations in the context of developing societies. Our point of departure is that such a narrow map and to some extent loose conceptualization about the issue make the concept problematic especially when use in the developing societies like Asia or Africa context. The paper, therefore, draws the conclusion that the understanding and the interpretation of the concept ‘actors’ need to be explained in relation to the wider international socio-economic and political context of a particular society.
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The concept of 'actor' in the study of professions: identifying a Western bias

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