Expand or Translate? Theorising Work in Professionals' Activism
Gjata, Joris (University of Colorado Boulder)
Rowe, Matthew S. (San Diego State University)
Roudbari, Shawhin (University of Colorado Boulder)
Maestripieri, Lara, ed. (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

Publicació:	Palgrave Macmillan Cham, 2023
Resum:	Professionals are influential social actors who leverage their skills and social status to provide specialised services to the public. While sociologists have worked in recent years to highlight the roles of professionals as agents of institutional change, gaps still remain between this approach and studies of professionals who organise to address broader social problems. As a result, the involvement of professionals in social justice activism remains undertheorised in sociology. In this paper, the authors build upon a range of studies from sociology and other related disciplines to offer a novel analytic framework that highlights two modes of professional activism: organising that leverages a professional skill set as a tool to address social problems beyond the profession, and organising that aims to reform the profession. The paper illustrates the framework with evidence from the authors'.
Resum:	ongoing research into the architectural profession in the United States. Finally, the authors suggest several implications of this framework for sociological research in professions, social movements, and social inequalities.
Drets:	Tots els drets reservats.
Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Capítol de llibre ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Matèria:	Professions ; Work ; Activism ; Social movements ; Architecture ; United States
Publicat a:	Professionalism and Social Change. Processes of Differentiation Within, Between and Beyond Professions, 2023, p. 255-279, ISBN 978-3-031-31278-6

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-31278-6_12

Disponible a partir de: 2025-08-05 Post-print

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