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Transformation and Restructuring of Professions in Globalizing World

Wednesday, 18 July 2018: 17:30-19:20
Location: 803B (MTCC SOUTH BUILDING)
RC52 Sociology of Professional Groups (host committee)

Language: English

Professions in both the developed and developing societies are passing through a process of transformation with strengthening of the forces globalization in last more than two decades. The traditional notion of concept of the profession is now acquiring new dimensions as professions have expended their network beyond the national boundaries in developing the requisite skills in order to compete at global level. The transnational flows of people, ideas and objects have repercussions for the professions and professionals located in different parts of the globe. Growth of new communication technologies and global environmental issues paved the way for the emergence of new professional groups and restructuring of the existing professions in the light of changes taking place in the globalizing world. This warrants to explore the pertinent issues related to the transformation and restructuring of professions in the globalizing world.
Session Organizers:
Virendra Pal SINGH, Centre for Globalization and Development Studies, IIDS, University of Allahabad=211002, India and Parvez Ahmad ABBASI, VNSG University Surat, India
Chair:
Parvez Ahmad ABBASI, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL WORK, India
Co-Chair:
Virendra Pal SINGH, Centre for Globalization and Development Studies, IIDS, University of Allahabad=211002, India
Oral Presentations
866.1
Transformation of the Professionalism of Vocational Teachers: Social Context and Agency of Teachers
Meril UMARIK, Tallinn University, Estonia; Krista LOOGMA, Tallinn University, Estonia; Maret AASA, Tallinn University, Estonia
866.3
Social Background of Women Police Professionals in a Developing Country
Madhu SISODIA, DAV PG COLLEGE (BHU), VARANASI, INDIA, India
866.4
Transformation and Restructuring of Complimentary and Alternative Medicines in India: An Historical Perspective
Arvind CHAUHAN, Department of Sociology, Barkatullah University, Bhopal, (M.P), 462026, India, India
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