Rural Municipalities and Change in Local School Structure: Comparing Room for Manoeuvre among Rural Municipalities in Latvia and Norway

Autor/inn/en	Šupule, Inese; Søholt, Susanne
Titel	Rural Municipalities and Change in Local School Structure: Comparing Room for Manoeuvre among Rural Municipalities in Latvia and Norway
Quelle	In: Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 63 (2019) 7, S.1070-1085 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Šupule, Inese)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0031-3831
DOI	10.1080/00313831.2018.1476916
Schlagwörter	Rural Areas; Municipalities; Comparative Analysis; Public Officials; Role; Governance; Cross Cultural Studies; Case Studies; Foreign Countries; Administrative Organization; Decision Making; School Restructuring; Expectation; School Closing; Rural Education; Educational Objectives; Human Capital; Elementary Secondary Education; Educational Finance; Educational Administration; Stakeholders; Educational Policy; Educational Change; Norway; Latvia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Magistrat; Rollen; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Ausland; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Schulreformplan; Schulumwandlung; Expectancy; Erwartung; School closings; Schule; Schließung; Schließung (von Schulen); Ländliche Erwachsenenbildung; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Humankapital; Bildungsfonds; Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung; Politics of education; Bildungsreform; Norwegen; Lettland
Abstract	Rural depopulation, decreasing numbers of children, and general centralization, combined with high expectations for education, are factors that challenge rural communities and school structures in both Latvia and Norway. The aim of this article is to compare the role of the municipality and other levels of governance in making decisions on school structure in rural municipalities. The research method is a multiple-case-study approach, supported by survey data. Through the lenses of multi-level governance theory, we have investigated how national frameworks such as regulations and educational expectations are affecting local decision-making. Local politicians navigate between national frameworks and local expectations in making their decisions on school reorganization and closure. We find that local stakeholders' perceptions of rural educational objectives and possibilities are embedded in their role(s) in society. Closing of schools causes conflicting pressures and dissension between different stakeholders. We find that local negotiations might generate better solutions and less-contested decisions. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01