Specialised music classes in comprehensive education
A case study of the Swedish shift from social-democratic uniformity to neoliberal diversity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10105988 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jonathan Lilliedahl (0000-0001-7030-9925, Örebro University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 228-240 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Educational Administration & History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0620 • E-ISSN: 1478-7431 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00220620.2020.1718620 |
| OpenAlex | W3003602908 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 20 |
The following article examines the emerging historical legitimacy of specialised comprehensive schools in Sweden. During the 1980s, neoliberal ideas were gaining ground in Swedish educational policy. As a result, the social democratic government began to relax the rigour of the unified, state-regulated educational system. Specialised music classes played a significant role in this context, as such programmes were increasingly considered models for specialisation and deregulation. The establishment of specialised music classes in Sweden was symptomatic of the national adoption of neoliberal principles in education policy.The case study design uses qualitative document analyses of archive materials including public investigations, minutes of political meetings, and newspaper debates. The discursive legitimation of specialised comprehensive education is seen as dependent on three interrelated frame factors: ideology, economics, and law. Within this framework empirical knowledge of the transformative educational policy of the 1980s is analysed
Context (archaeology · Democracy · Diversity (politics · Ideology · Legitimacy · Legitimation · Neoliberalism (international relations · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Rigour · Social science · Sociology · Transformative learning · Diverse Music Education Insights · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Law · Public Administration
New Public Management and the Reform of Education
Global Education Inc.
Networks, new governance and education
Globalizing Education Policy
Critical discourse analysis
World Yearbook of Education 2012
Transformations of the Swedish Welfare State
Educational marketization the Swedish way
School Choice Policies in England and the United States
Travelling and embedded policy
From city technology colleges to free schools
The Development of the Academies Programme
A Matter of Self-Governance and Control The Reconstruction of Swedish Education Policy
Education, Modernity and Neo-consewative School Reform in Canada, Britain and the US
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |