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From Centralisation to Decentralisation: Governance of Education in Sweden

Author(s) -

Lisbeth Lundahl

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

european educational research journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.715

H-Index - 34

ISSN - 1474-9041

DOI - 10.2304/eerj.2002.1.4.2

Subject(s) - centralisation , decentralization , corporate governance , deregulation , political science , higher education , inequality , social change , public administration , economic growth , sociology , development economics , economics , management , mathematical analysis , mathematics , law , macroeconomics

This article draws on interviews with Swedish system actors, at national and local levels, to consider the impact of changes in the governance of education in Sweden, which have been characterised as a shift from centralisation to decentralisation. The respondents discuss their explanations of change, putting emphasis on social and economic developments, and consider alterations in the relationships between the centre, the localities and the institutions. Change is mostly seen as both inevitable and positive: only a minority raise concerns about the impact of deregulation on inequalities.

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