Structural Injustices in Swedish Education

Dennis Beach is Professor of Education at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden and the Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT at the University of Borås, Sweden. He is an International Fellow of Durham University, UK and Visiting Professor at Roehampton University, UK.

• 1.The Myth of Swedish Education Equity.- 2.Education Differentiation Within Contemporary Globalization: A Meta-ethnographic Analysis of the Conferral of Power and Status in Modern Education Systems.- 3.Performativity, Creativity and Personalised Learning.- 4.Twelve Years of Upper-Secondary Education in Sweden: The Beginnings of a Neo-Liberal Policy Hegemony?.- 5.Social Class Stereotypes in Upper-Secondary School.- 6.Higher Education Expansion and Student Choices: A Critical Analysis.- 7.A Meta-ethnography of Research on Education Justice and Inclusion in Sweden with a Focus on Territorially Stigmatised Areas.- 8.Education Markets and Inequalities.- 9.Conclusions: Reconsidering Sweden’s International Contemporary Recognition and Historical Standing in Regard to Matters of Educational Justice and Equity