Welfare state restructuring in education and its national refractions: Finnish, irish and swedish teachers' perceptions of current changes

Current Sociology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 597-622

  Houtsonen, Jarmo ^a   Czaplicka, Magdalena ^b   Lindblad, Sverker ^c   Sohlberg, Peter ^d   Sugrue, Ciaran ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Finland; Ireland; Restructuring; Survey; Sweden; Teachers; Welfare state

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954237756     PISSN: 00113921     EISSN: 14617064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011392110368000     Document Type: Article

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