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Alexandru Panican. Photo: Patrik Hekkala

Alexandru Panican

Associate professor | Senior lecturer | PhD in Social Work

Alexandru Panican. Photo: Patrik Hekkala

The Growing Emphasis on Social Citizenship in Nordic Education – Inducing New Social Risks While Trying to Alleviate Them

Author

  • Alexandru Panican

Editor

  • Ivan Harslof
  • Rickard Ulmestig

Summary, in English

Education as a social right has been gaining strong prominence in the Nordic countries transition towards the post-industrial society. I focused the Swedish educational system.

The study finds that the right to education turned into a moral duty to be an enlightened citizen. The interviewees’ stigmatize vocational programmes and encourage pupils to choose ‘right’ meaning school-based education. Authorities refuse to provide jobs which not require upper secondary school, even when unskilled jobs are available and regardless of the youngster’s preferences and abilities.

While implement social rights to combat school dropouts, unemployment and social exclusion, officials generate such social risks that they have the responsibility for overcoming.

Department/s

  • School of Social Work

Publishing year

2013

Language

English

Pages

92-112

Publication/Series

Changing Social Risks and Social Policy Responses in the Nordic Welfare States

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Topic

  • Social Work

Keywords

  • education
  • Nordic countries
  • Swedish educational system
  • moral duty
  • vocational programmes
  • upper secondary school
  • social rights
  • school dropouts
  • unemployment
  • social exclusion
  • social risks

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 978-1-137-26718-4