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Socialliberalismen och skolan - om frihet och jämlikhet i Liberalernas skolpolitik

Karlsson, Diana LU (2022) STVK02 20221
Department of Political Science
Abstract
Liberty is the core value of Liberalism and can, in many ways, almost be seen as synonymous with the term. The Liberals in Sweden has a strong focus on education policy and opinion polls indicate a strong support for their policy. The party is a strong proponent of free school choice, but is at the same time emphasising the importance of an educational system that ensures equal opportunities to everyone. Furthermore, the party wants to impose stricter controls for religious schools. The aim of this essay is therefore to describe how freedom is reflected in The Liberal’s education policy. Both the negative and positive understanding of liberty are discussed. An idea analysis is carried out in order to analyse the material. The results show... (More)
Liberty is the core value of Liberalism and can, in many ways, almost be seen as synonymous with the term. The Liberals in Sweden has a strong focus on education policy and opinion polls indicate a strong support for their policy. The party is a strong proponent of free school choice, but is at the same time emphasising the importance of an educational system that ensures equal opportunities to everyone. Furthermore, the party wants to impose stricter controls for religious schools. The aim of this essay is therefore to describe how freedom is reflected in The Liberal’s education policy. Both the negative and positive understanding of liberty are discussed. An idea analysis is carried out in order to analyse the material. The results show that the Liberals’ arguments in large parts lie well in line with Social liberalism, and offers a complement to earlier research. Furthermore, the study shows that large parts of their educational policy promotes positive liberty. (Less)
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author
Karlsson, Diana LU
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course
STVK02 20221
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Liberalism, idéanalys, skolpolitik, frihet, Liberalerna
language
Swedish
id
9080328
date added to LUP
2022-06-16 15:48:59
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2022-06-16 15:48:59
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  abstract     = {{Liberty is the core value of Liberalism and can, in many ways, almost be seen as synonymous with the term. The Liberals in Sweden has a strong focus on education policy and opinion polls indicate a strong support for their policy. The party is a strong proponent of free school choice, but is at the same time emphasising the importance of an educational system that ensures equal opportunities to everyone. Furthermore, the party wants to impose stricter controls for religious schools. The aim of this essay is therefore to describe how freedom is reflected in The Liberal’s education policy. Both the negative and positive understanding of liberty are discussed. An idea analysis is carried out in order to analyse the material. The results show that the Liberals’ arguments in large parts lie well in line with Social liberalism, and offers a complement to earlier research. Furthermore, the study shows that large parts of their educational policy promotes positive liberty.}},
  author       = {{Karlsson, Diana}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Socialliberalismen och skolan - om frihet och jämlikhet i Liberalernas skolpolitik}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}