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Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 38 avhandlingar innehållade ordet marketization.
16. Den goda skolan : i lagens namn eller en trygghetens famn? Diskurser om skolproblem i lokal media och bland skolverksamma
Sammanfattning : This thesis focuses on representations of school problems in Swedish local newspapers and how these can be understood in terms of discourses about “the good school”. The thesis also focuses on how these discourses are manifested among and resisted by school professionals, and on the potential consequences for schools. LÄS MER
17. On Consumed Democracy : The Expansion of Consumer Choice, Its Causal Effects on Political Engagement, and Its Implications for Democracy
Sammanfattning : This is a thesis about expansions of consumer choice, their causal effects on political engagement, and the democratic implications that follow. For material and ideological reasons alike, consumer choices have expanded over the last decades and are likely to become even more present in citizens’ lives in the future. LÄS MER
18. Innerstadsgymnasierna : En studie av tre elitpräglade gymnasieskolor i Stockholm och deras positionering på utbildningsmarknaden
Sammanfattning : During the early 1990s Sweden underwent extensive educational reforms. Vouchers, freedom of choice, establishment of so-called “free-schools” together with far-reaching decentralization took the place of a highly centralized educational system, with few private schools and a very low degree of differentiation. LÄS MER
19. Trading animal genetics : On the “marketization” of bovine genetics in the dairy industry
Sammanfattning : This thesis studies the workings of markets in the specific context of the international trade in bovine genetics in the dairy industry and with a particular focus on the Global North. It draws upon the examples of trade in breeding stock – cows – at auction sales and trade in bovine semen. LÄS MER
20. Bounded Horizons : A study of upper secondary school choice for newly arrived students
Sammanfattning : Graduating primary school students in Sweden choose their upper secondary school within a unique quasi-market school system. The students may choose specialized programs but must also be accepted based on grade rankings by the schools. Despite equity arguments for the school choice model, opportunities are not equally available for all students. LÄS MER