Special Education In Finland: Systems, History and Current Issues
Apart from Iceland, Finland is the northernmost country in the world. Geographically it is one of the largest countries in Europe, but with only five million people it is one of the most sparsely populated. Like most other western countries, Finland has undergone a rapid process of urbanisation and...
Published in: | Australasian Journal of Special Education |
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Main Authors: | , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
1995
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1030011200023319 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S1030011200023319 |
Summary: | Apart from Iceland, Finland is the northernmost country in the world. Geographically it is one of the largest countries in Europe, but with only five million people it is one of the most sparsely populated. Like most other western countries, Finland has undergone a rapid process of urbanisation and change in occupational structure, although this did not begin until the 1940s. Nowadays about 65 per cent of the population live in urban areas (Statistics Finland 1991). |
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