Infrias brukarstyrelsernas demokratilöften? - en komparativ fallstudie om brukarstyrelser i grundskolor
BrukarinflytandeBrukarstyrelseSkolrådFörsöksverksamhetGrundskolorPolitical and administrative sciencesStatsvetenskapFörvaltningskunskapLaw and Political Science
This thesis examines and evaluates user boards in Swedish public schools from a democratic perspective. In order to evaluate whether the democratic values are fulfilled five different democratic ideals are selected to serve as a theoretical fundament. These ideals derive from the Swedish Government Official Reports that preceded the reform of user boards in schools, and are identified as the following: participation, dialogue, trust, democratic schooling and influence. The study is based on cases and involves two schools with user boards and two comparative schools with informal parental influence, so called school advisory boards. The study concludes that the main difference between the two types of parental influence is the level of formality. The formal character of the user boards provides the parents in those with more possibilities to influence their schools, than parents in advisory boards. However, the parents in the user boards do not use their influence to the extent that they are allowed to.