Privatisation of public education? The emergence of independent upper secondary schools in Sweden

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ID11488552
AutoresInger Erixon Arreman (0000-0002-9240-3565, Umeå University, autor correspondente), Ann-Sofie Holm (0000-0002-9025-4666, University of Borås), Ann‐Sofie Holm
Ano2011
Volume26
Fascículo2
Páginas225-243
Data de publicação2011-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Education Policy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0268-0939 • E-ISSN: 1464-5106
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02680939.2010.502701
OpenAlexW2114783341
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas37
Referências citadas13

This article explores the upper secondary (or post‐16) school market. The study on which it is based, funded by the Swedish Research Council, was entitled ‘Upper‐secondary education as a market’. Empirical data include official statistics, policy documents, school publications, company reports and school visits. Printed and other news media were also scrutinised to identify how the marketisation of education is represented in public discourse. A number of themes emerged from the study which included mapping the expansion of the school market, chains of ownership and influence, marketing strategies, choice and the school market and issues raised in the media. These imply that there is a new market discourse which represents a clear break with previous social democratic education policies primarily aimed at enhancing citizenship and wider democratic values within an inclusive public school. However, critiques have also emerged including a call for strengthened regulations of and control over independent schools and concern about an education market equated more with shares and profits rather than pedagogy and student citizenship

Citizenship · Democracy · Political science · Public relations · School choice · Sociology · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities · Law · Public Administration