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<p>This article examines the way in which political decisions on schooling are made, with the double constraint of a search for consensus, anchored in Swiss politics, and the presence of moral entrepreneurs (Becker, 1985).We analyse the tensions that this creates in the design of a reform of lower secondary education and the forms that the conflict takes. The analyses show an over-politicisation of educational issues, exacerbating the divisions between policy actors.</p>
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This article examines the way in which political decisions on schooling are made, with the double constraint of a search for consensus, anchored in Swiss politics, and the presence of moral entrepreneurs (Becker, 1985).We analyse the tensions that this creates in the design of a reform of lower secondary education and the forms that the conflict takes. The analyses show an over-politicisation of educational issues, exacerbating the divisions between policy actors.

A Moral Entrepreneur in the Land of Consensus: Making School Policy in Switzerland

Swiss Journal of Sociology

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This article examines the way in which political decisions on schooling are made, with the double constraint of a search for consensus, anchored in Swiss...

A Moral Entrepreneur in the Land of Consensus: Making School Policy in Switzerland

Published Online: Feb 27, 2023

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2023-0013

Keywords
Educational policies, compulsory secondary education, consensus, moral entrepreneur, conflict

© 2023 Barbara Fouquet-Chauprade et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

A Moral Entrepreneur in the Land of Consensus: Making School Policy in Switzerland

Published Online: Feb 27, 2023

Page range: -

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2023-0013

KeywordsEducational policies, compulsory secondary education, consensus, moral entrepreneur, conflict

© 2023 Barbara Fouquet-Chauprade et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Educational policies, compulsory secondary education, consensus, moral entrepreneur, conflict