The status of preschool teachers in two municipalities following the economic collapse

• Published in: Veftímaritið Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla
• Main Authors: Axelsdóttir, Laufey, Pétursdóttir, Gyða Margrét
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Icelandic
• Published: Stjórnsýslustofnun 2014
• Subjects: Preschool teacher; gender; class; professionalism; municipality; Leikskólakennari; kyngervi; stétt; fagmennska; sveitarfélag; Varpa; Ytra; Iceland
• Online Access: http://www.irpa.is/article/view/a.2014.10.1.5; https://doi.org/10.13177/irpa.a.2014.10.1.5

This feminist study examines the working conditions of preschool teachers, a female dominated occupation, in two municipalities in Iceland and asks, in light of government policy, if and then how the municipalities facilitate preschool teachers professionalism following the 2008 bank collapse. Weber...