Education and Social Integration Comprehensive Schooling in Europe [Hardcover]

This book traces national policies behind the efforts of integrating education systems in Europe. Based on a wide-ranging historical analysis, this book offers the first fully comparative explanation of the divergent development of comprehensive education in Europe.The Uneven Develoment of Comprehensive Education in Scandinavia, Germany, and England The Conglomorate Education System: The Integrative Role of the State Social Class Formation and Educational Participation Liberal Politics: The Early Beginnings of Comprehensive Education Social Democratic Politics: The Advancement of Comprehensive Education Comprehensive Education Consolidated

With this book, Wiborg presents 'the great narrative' of Scandinavian education history, which is the history of comprehensive education. Based on an analysis which is much broader in scope than her predecessors, she offers a nuanced, insightful and rich theory of why Scandinavia diverted from Europe in pursuing education that integrates social cohesion and academic standards. - Alfred O. Telhaug, Professor, University of Oslo, Norway

Wiborg presents a clearly argued account of the complex interaction of politics and the events that have led some European countries to embrace a comprehensive ideal and others to reject it. Her understanding of the developments in the five chosen countries is impressive. This book is essential reading for all who are interested in comparative historical sociology and for those seeking to use theory to improve educational practice. - Peter Mortimore, Former Director of the Institute of Education, University of London and International Professor, University of Southern Denmark, 2008

Susanne Wiborg presents an extremely well-researched and highly detailed historiography of the political development of educational integration within Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, and to a lesser extent Germany and England. As such it is a valuable historical text on the coml“.