Inequality, Education, and Social Exclusion in the Welfare State: Pedagogical Responses from the Nordic...

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Kirsten Elisa Petersen (Aarhus University, Denmark) Niels Rosendal Jensen (Aarhus University, Denmark)

Inequality, Education, and Social Exclusion in the Welfare State

Pedagogical Responses from the Nordic Countries

Kirsten Elisa Petersen (Aarhus University, Denmark), Niels Rosendal Jensen (Aarhus University, Denmark)

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08 August 2025

Social discrimination; Sociology; Social welfare & social services; Moral & social purpose of education

Series: Routledge Research in the Sociology of Education

Focusing specifically on educational contexts, this volume sheds light on how the increasing inequalities and issues of social exclusion found in the processes and systems of Nordic welfare states have a detrimental impact on the well-being and development opportunities of children and young people.

Presenting a broad range of empirical and theoretical research conducted within a variety of institutional contexts – such as day care, school, and leisure pedagogy as well as in more domestic, disadvantaged settings – chapters analyse problems and issues which foster inequality within pedagogy and education in predominantly Danish, and more broadly Nordic, welfare state contexts. Using insights from various scientific disciplines such as psychology, sociology, and anthropology, the volume discusses how these processes are acted out not only within welfare education systems, but more broadly within social and educational policy legislation, directly affecting decisions taken for children and young people. Ultimately the volume looks to the wider international context to argue that inequality cannot be analysed solely in relation to income, and discusses different forms of inequality stemming from liberal, conservative, and social democratic welfare state regimes in order to recommend implications for future research.

This book will be of interest to researchers, academics, and postgraduate students in the fields of sociology of education, childhood education and social inequalities within education more broadly. Policy makers in these fields will also find the book useful.

Edited by: Kirsten Elisa Petersen (Aarhus University Denmark), Niels Rosendal Jensen (Aarhus University, Denmark)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032749860
ISBN 10: 1032749865
Series: Routledge Research in the Sociology of Education
Pages: 258
Publication Date: 08 August 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Kirsten Elisa Petersen is Associate Professor and Director of Research programme Social Exclusion and Pedagogy in the Welfare State (SEP), Aarhus University, Denmark. Niels Rosendal Jensen is Associate Professor and Head of Department of Educational Sociology, Danish School of Education, Aarhus University, Denmark.