Lines of Reasoning When Designing Education for Municipal Councillors in Sweden

Autor/inn/en	Bladh, Daniel; Nordvall, Henrik
Titel	Lines of Reasoning When Designing Education for Municipal Councillors in Sweden
Quelle	In: Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 67 (2023) 1, S.113-125 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Bladh, Daniel) ORCID (Nordvall, Henrik)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0031-3831
DOI	10.1080/00313831.2021.1983866
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Instructional Design; Persuasive Discourse; City Government; Government Employees; Abstract Reasoning; Introductory Courses; Public Administration Education; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Lesson concept; Lessonplan; Unterrichtsentwurf; Persuasion; Persuasive Kommunikation; Abstraktes Denken; Denken; Einführungskurs; Schweden
Abstract	Although elected representatives play an imperative role for the functioning of a formal democracy, educational research has so far not given much attention to the education and training offered to this group of people. A democratic dilemma may arise in the design and organisation of this education that relate to local governance and policy processes. This paper investigates introductory education that Swedish municipalities offer to municipal councillors and explore the reasons behind its design. The study draws on a comprehensive set of empirical material, consisting of educational programmes from 261 Swedish municipalities and interviews with municipal representatives. The results suggest three different lines of reasoning, denoted system-oriented, relationship-oriented, and market-oriented lines, behind the design of this education. The importance of these results can be considered in relation to previous findings that a strained relation exist between elected representatives and local administrations in Sweden. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01