Changes in the governance of the reading subject
Swedish reading policy, c .1949–1984
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12340878 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Linnea Lindsköld (0000-0002-6482-731X, University of Borås, corresponding author), Åse Hedemark (0000-0001-5290-3808, Uppsala University) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 253-267 |
| Publication date | 2023-03-09 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Cultural Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1028-6632 • E-ISSN: 1477-2833 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10286632.2023.2187052 |
| OpenAlex | W4323668490 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 31 |
This paper analyses significant changes in the political rationality underpinning Sweden’s official reading policy between the 1940s and 1980s. Using official inquiry reports as empirical material and drawing on a discourse analytical method, we examine policy changes regarding ideal readers (what reading should result in) and administrative practices (what policy actions could be used) and the kinds of academic knowledge that was used to justify specific measures. It is found that official reading policy ceased to be limited to distributing literature and expanded to include active reading promotion. The replacement of sociological perspectives by cognitive viewpoints as constituting knowledge is also noted. It is concluded that changes in the political rationality had consequences for how the individual reader was construed, from a subject with the potential to change society to a subject who had to adjust to society. We argue that the cultivation of readers evident in reading policy constitutes a specific technique of governance not sufficiently considered in previous cultural policy research
Corporate governance · Economics · Epistemology · Ideal (ethics · Management · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Promotion (chess · Rationality · Reading (process · Social science · Sociology · Subject (documents · Underpinning · Viewpoints · Computer Science · Law · Public Administration · Religious Education and Schools · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Media and Politics
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0.33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |