Essays about: "privatisation of education"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words privatisation of education.
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1. Privatisation of elderly care: Differences in non-contractible quality
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : The privatisation of social services has been a subject of debate in Sweden since the neo-liberalist reforms enabled it in the 1990s. The main topic of discussion is whether private providers save costs to an extent where it degrades quality in the pursuit of shareholder value. READ MORE
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2. Revising the link between neighbourhoods and education: The case of well performing middle schools in Malmö
University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/SociologiAbstract : How do neighbourhoods affect life chances? This is a question that researchers have asked in different forms as early as the 50’s –and there is no shortage of papers exploring neighbourhood effects: how where we live affects our well-being or our participation in the labour market, our life expectancy or, in general, our life outcomes. Yet, there is less consensus than one would expect from a field that has been this active: mechanisms are not clearly defined, methodologies are often one-sided, theoretical concepts are outdated and sometimes harmful for communities and contextuality of most kinds is surprisingly rare. READ MORE
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3. Managerial representation: Are Women Better Off in the Public or the Private Sector? : A quantitative study of gender inequality in managerial authority in the Swedish welfare state service industries
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionenAbstract : In recent decades, Sweden has seen a rapid increase in the share of health care, education and social care that is delivered by privately-owned companies. Such privatisation of welfare state services has by some of its advocators been viewed as a means to enhance gender equality in labour market outcomes; one of them being access to managerial positions. READ MORE
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4. Can national inspections support professional discretion? : A case study of the Swedish national school inspection
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This thesis explores the professional discretion in relation to national inspections by focussing on the Swedish national school inspection (SNSI) and how the inspections made can affect the professional discretion. During the last decades the Swedish welfare sector has gone through a remarkable shift towards using new public management (NPM) reforms, implementing market solutions with the aim to increase cost efficiency and quality. READ MORE
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5. Happy Grades in Swedish Primary Schools: an Investigation - How different institutional logics can manage conficting institutional pressures
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledningAbstract : Previously a role model for education, Sweden has been experiencing plummeting results in the international PISA rankings on education since they began in 2003. Defying this trend, the grades of Swedish students have been increasing. READ MORE
