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Jämlikhet eller representation? Ett normativt dilemma kring ledares utbildningsnivå

Hejdenberg, Jonatan LU (2024) STVK04 20241
Department of Political Science
Abstract
This study analyses the educational levels of 240 different political leaders across 118 different countries between the years 1989 to 2015 to derive if the educational levels of leaders effect educational equality as well as health equality. The study is conducted with a quantitative approach and the results show us that a leader with a college degree is going to be more likely to increase equality within both education and health compared to a leader without a college degree. A country’s GDP/capita also plays a role in this, but the result show that the leader’s level of education is still an important factor in increasing equality within the two examined sectors. This is explained through a more well-educated leader having a greater... (More)
This study analyses the educational levels of 240 different political leaders across 118 different countries between the years 1989 to 2015 to derive if the educational levels of leaders effect educational equality as well as health equality. The study is conducted with a quantitative approach and the results show us that a leader with a college degree is going to be more likely to increase equality within both education and health compared to a leader without a college degree. A country’s GDP/capita also plays a role in this, but the result show that the leader’s level of education is still an important factor in increasing equality within the two examined sectors. This is explained through a more well-educated leader having a greater understanding over the underlaying processes that affect a country. If we see increasing equality as something that is normatively desirable, this lands us in a dilemma, as choosing more well-educated leaders will lead to a confinement of descriptive representation of the people. (Less)
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author
Hejdenberg, Jonatan LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVK04 20241
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Politiska ledare, utbildningsnivå, jämlikhet, utbildning, sjukvård
language
Swedish
id
9152581
date added to LUP
2024-07-18 11:09:31
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2024-07-18 11:09:31
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  abstract     = {{This study analyses the educational levels of 240 different political leaders across 118 different countries between the years 1989 to 2015 to derive if the educational levels of leaders effect educational equality as well as health equality. The study is conducted with a quantitative approach and the results show us that a leader with a college degree is going to be more likely to increase equality within both education and health compared to a leader without a college degree. A country’s GDP/capita also plays a role in this, but the result show that the leader’s level of education is still an important factor in increasing equality within the two examined sectors. This is explained through a more well-educated leader having a greater understanding over the underlaying processes that affect a country. If we see increasing equality as something that is normatively desirable, this lands us in a dilemma, as choosing more well-educated leaders will lead to a confinement of descriptive representation of the people.}},
  author       = {{Hejdenberg, Jonatan}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Jämlikhet eller representation? Ett normativt dilemma kring ledares utbildningsnivå}},
  year         = {{2024}},
}