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Maria Gustavsson; Agneta Halvarsson Lundkvist – Studies in Continuing Education, 2024
This article investigates stakeholders' learning and transformative action when developing a collaboration platform between a Swedish regional authority organisation (RAO) and civil society organisations (CSOs) to find new ways to provide welfare services. The material is based on 22 semi-structured interviews and observations of seven general…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Welfare Services, Public Sector, Community Relations
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Wieland Wermke; Daniel Nordholm; Annika I. Anderson; Riitta Kotavuopio-Olsson – European Educational Research Journal, 2024
Principal autonomy has been identified as an important ingredient in effective and healthy schools. However, little is known about the various dimensions of the phenomenon and how it takes form in different contexts. This article presents an analytical device contributing to further understand the complex nature of principal autonomy. The device…
Descriptors: Principals, Foreign Countries, Decision Making, Cross Cultural Studies
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Sara Carlbaum; Joakim Lindgren; Malin Benerdal; Linda Rönnberg – Education Inquiry, 2024
National policies aiming at marketisation and privatisation in welfare sectors such as Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) require governance and organisation to be realised. In Sweden, the municipalities are key but largely under-researched organisers for preschool quasi-market infrastructures. This study explores the different ways in…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Foreign Countries, Municipalities, Community Organizations