Quasi-Market Regulation in Early Childhood Education and Care : Does a Nordic Welfare Dimension Prevail?
Until about 25 years ago, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland and Finland used a bureaucratic-professional governance model to reach common welfare goals in ECEC, something that arguably constituted a Nordic dimension. Since then, the countries have introduced post-bureaucratic governance models such a...
| Published in: | Nordic Studies in Education |
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| Main Authors: | , , , |
| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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2023
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| Online Access: | https://trepo.tuni.fi/handle/10024/146536 https://doi.org/10.23865/nse.v43.4006 |
| Summary: | Until about 25 years ago, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland and Finland used a bureaucratic-professional governance model to reach common welfare goals in ECEC, something that arguably constituted a Nordic dimension. Since then, the countries have introduced post-bureaucratic governance models such as evaluation and quasi-markets in varying degrees. Differences in the timing of policy changes and saturation of demand have resulted in variations in the use of quasi-market instruments and divergence in the composition of public, for-profit and non-profit providers. However, common welfare goals, such as inclusion and language learning, have been strengthened. We base our analysis on existing research, statistics and policy papers. Peer reviewed |
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